World premiere movie ad for 1979 "The Onion Field"...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Sept. 24, 1979



* "The Onion Field" World premiere advertisement

*  American neo-noir crime drama film  - movie

* Actors John Savage and James Woods - Ted Danson debut



The back page has a nice advertisement for "The Onion Field" for it's World premiere in Manhattan. This ad is for the very first showi... See More  

1979 Opening day review of the film "10"...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 15, 1979



* "10" romantic comedy film - movie

* Opening day premiere review w/ photo

* Actor Dudley Moore & Actress Bo Derek



Page 49 has a opening day review for the film "10" with heading: "The Final Score: Dudley&Bo&Julie" and photo. Page 49 has a current advertisement for the film... See More  

1979 premiere of "Meteor" film advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 22, 1979



* "METEOR" Sean Connery & Natalie Wood

* Science fiction disaster film - movie

* Opening day premiere advertisement



The back page has a advertisement for the opening day of the science fiction film "METEOR" (see images)

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Premiere of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 7, 1979



* Best "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere

* Science fiction film - USS Enterprise



A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and perhaps no better newspaper could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment in... See More  

Hostages Move Denied...

THE PRATT TRIBUNE, December 28, 1979, from Pratt, KS. Two-column headline "Hostage Move Denied" of the seven American hostages being held by the Moslem militants. This full issue also national and local news of the day and is in nice condition. See photos for full details.

1980 "RUSH" concerts & "THE FOG" movie ads...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 3, 1980



* RUSH - Canadian progressive rock band

* Geddy Lee - Neil Peart - Alex Lifeson

* "Permanent Waves" album tour - The Palladium

* "THE FOG" opening day premiere advertisement

* Director John Carpenter - creator of "Halloween"

* Independent supernatural horror film - movie 



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1980 opening day of "Coal Miner's Daughter" film...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 10, 1980



* "Coal Miner's Daughter" advertisement & review

* Grand Opening day movie premiere

* American biographical musical film 

* Actress Sissy Spacek as Loretta Lynn 



Page 51 has the opening day review for the film "Coal Miner's Daughter" with photo.

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World premiere of "Friday the 13th" (1980) slasher film...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, New York, May 12, 1980



* "Friday the 13th" advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere

* American slasher cult classic film



Page 48 has a iconic 6 x 3 inch (not including the locations underneath) advertisement: "Friday the 13th" for it's World premiere in New York City. Being a weekly publication, this is actually the opening day ad for this... See More  

Opening week of "The Shining", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 27, 1980



* Best "The Shining" advertisement

* Grand Opening week premiere

* Jack Nicholson psychological horror



A issue on the opening week (Tuesday) of the motion picture hit "The Shining" and perhaps no better newspaper could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywood area's prime pu... See More  

1980 World premiere of "Raging Bull" film ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 12-18, 1980



* Best "Raging Bull" advertisement

* Opening Day movie World premiere

* Jake LaMotta boxing drama film

* Robert De Niro - Martin Scorsese



Page 53 has a great full page advertisement for the World premiere of "Raging Bull" film at the Sutton theater in Manhattan. (see images)

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1980 "Flash Gordon" opening day film review...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 3-9, 1980



* "Flash Gordon" film review & ad

* Grand opening day movie premiere

* Space opera - superhero film



Page 63 has an opening day review for the film "Flash Gordon" with related photo and illustration. (see images) The following page has a ad for the film.

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Apple Computer Inc. goes public in 1980...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 12, 1980



* Apple Computer Inc. goes public (day of)

* New York Stock Market Exchange (NYSE)



Section D, page 6 has a two column heading: "A State Bars Apple Stock" (see) Apple Inc. would go public on this day in the New York Stock Market.  I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time. Great to ha... See More  

Review & premiere of "American Pop", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, February 13, 1981



* Best "American Pop" film advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review

* Adult animated musical drama cult classic



A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture cult classic hit "American Pop" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry -... See More  

1981 "The Howling" horror film & U2 "Boy" ads...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, March 11-17, 1981



* "The Howling" American horror film

* Opening day movie premiere ad & review

* U2 - Irish rock band - Bono - The Edge

* Debut album "Boy" release advertisement

* Ad for the movie: "THE FUNHOUSE"



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Pope John Paul II shot...

LOS ANGELES TIMES EXTRA, May 13, 1981  The two line banner headline reads "Pope Shot 3 Times, Rallies After Surgery" with subhead "Turk Suspect Seized in St. Peter's Square". "Pope John Paul II was hit by three bullets today fired at close range before 18,000 horrified people in St. Peter's Square by a man said to be an escaped killer from a Turkish prison...&... See More  

Premiere of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 11, 1981



* Best "Raiders of the Lost Ark" film advertisement

* Grand Opening Day (EVE) movie premiere

* Steven Spielberg - Harrison Ford



A nice issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry.

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1981 "Escape from New York" opening day review...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 10, 1981



* Escape from New York movie

* Opening day review

* Science fiction action film

* Kurt Russell - Snake Plissken



Page 17 has two reviews for the opening day showing in New York City for the movie: "Escape from New York" The headings read: "The Screen: 'Escape From New York'" & "At the Movies; Kurt Russel, from baseball ... See More  

Review & premiere of "Heavy Metal", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 7, 1981



* Best "Heavy Metal" film advertisement & review

* Grand Opening Day premiere of this adult animated sci-fantasy cult classic



A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture cult classic hit "Heavy Metal" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - t... See More  

Bob Dylan concert ad... Nicholas Nickleby Production...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October. 4, 1981



* Bob Dylan Concert Ad

* The making of Nicholas Nickleby

*  Full Page Ad for Richard Harris in Camelot



Besides interesting news of the day, this issue is loaded with premium theater, movie and concert ads form America's "city that never sleeps", NYC.  Included is a 1/4 pg. Bob Dylan Concert Ad and a full page ad for the limited e... See More  

1981 PRINCE & The Time editorials...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 2-8, 1981



* PRINCE Rogers Nelson editorial

* Singer - songwriter - actress - author 

* & "The Time" - Morris Day - photos



Page 87 has two editorials by Vince Aletti and Vernon Gibbs on singer & guitarist PRINCE & The Time with two related photos. (see images)

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San Francisco 49ers 1st Super Bowl champs....

DAILY UNION, Junction City, Kansas, January 25, 1982



* San Francisco 49ers

* Super Bowl XVI

* Joe Montana



The sport's section (page 9) has a five column headline: "It's 'a dream that came true'" with photo. This is 1st report coverage on the San Francisco 49ers winning their very first Super Bowl championship.



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1982 review & premiere of "Conan the Barbarian"

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, May 18, 1982



* "Conan the Barbarian" film advertisement

* Grand Opening Day movie premiere w/ review

* Fantasy adventure - Arnold Schwarzenegger



Page 52 has a 9 x 6 1/2 inch advertisement for the opening day of the film "Conan the Barbarian" starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. (see images) This movie gave Schwar... See More  

1982 opening day review of "ANNIE" w/ ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, June 1, 1982



* "Annie" Musical comedy drama review

* Grand Opening premiere movie release

* Based on "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip



Page 51 has a review for the opening day of the first film adaption of the musical "Annie" with heading: "Little Awful Annie" and related photo. (see image... See More  

Prince William born.... John Hinckley Jr....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 22, 1982



* Prince William, Duke of Cambridge

* John Hinckley Jr.



The front page has a two column headline: "Princess of Wales Has Boy; Charles Is 'Over the Moon'". This is 1st report coverage on the birth of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge to Prince Charles and Princess Diana.



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Jim Rice saves young boy's life... 1982...

THE SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE, Indiana, Aug. 8,1982 Page 56 within the Sports Section has: "Young fan injured in Fenway Park", which tells of (then, future Hall of Famer) Jim Rice rushing out of the dugout to aid a 5-year-old spectator (Jonathan Keane) after he had been struck in the skull by a foul ball. Doctor's later determined that had Jim Rice not acted so swiftly, the boy would not ha... See More