Premieres of the films "Grease" & "Jaws 2"...
Item # 726953
June 16, 1978
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, June 16, 1978
* Great "Grease" advertisement
* Opening Day movie premiere
* Musical romantic film comedy
* John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
* Also opening day of "Jaws 2"
Page 89 has a nice advertisement for the opening day premiere of the iconic film "GREASE" from the city where the inspiration for the movie originated. (see details below)
Also a nice advertisement for the opening day of "JAW 2" (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time.
Complete with all 160 pages, tabloid size, nice condition.
Background: The June 16, 1978, theatrical release of Grease stands as a watershed moment in American pop culture, solidifying a massive 1950s nostalgia wave and redefining the modern Hollywood blockbuster musical. Launching into theaters on the heels of its chart-topping soundtrack, the film's premiere transformed John Travolta into an era-defining superstar and Olivia Newton-John into a cinematic icon, ultimately grossing nearly $400 million to become the highest-grossing musical of the 20th century. For the city of Chicago, the event carried a profound local significance; though the Paramount Pictures adaptation glossed over the gritty, working-class, R-rated reality of the original 1971 Kingston Mines stage play, the film's "Rydell High" was directly inspired by co-creator Jim Jacobs' 1957 graduation from Chicago's own William Taft High School. By trading the localized, authentic Chicago street culture for a sun-drenched, idealized California dreamscape, the Hollywood production successfully universalized a specific piece of Midwestern teenage folklore, creating a multi-generational cultural touchstone that permanently altered the landscape of theatrical marketing, radio airplay integration, and musical cinema.
* Great "Grease" advertisement
* Opening Day movie premiere
* Musical romantic film comedy
* John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
* Also opening day of "Jaws 2"
Page 89 has a nice advertisement for the opening day premiere of the iconic film "GREASE" from the city where the inspiration for the movie originated. (see details below)
Also a nice advertisement for the opening day of "JAW 2" (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because their was really no reason to save it at the time.
Complete with all 160 pages, tabloid size, nice condition.
Background: The June 16, 1978, theatrical release of Grease stands as a watershed moment in American pop culture, solidifying a massive 1950s nostalgia wave and redefining the modern Hollywood blockbuster musical. Launching into theaters on the heels of its chart-topping soundtrack, the film's premiere transformed John Travolta into an era-defining superstar and Olivia Newton-John into a cinematic icon, ultimately grossing nearly $400 million to become the highest-grossing musical of the 20th century. For the city of Chicago, the event carried a profound local significance; though the Paramount Pictures adaptation glossed over the gritty, working-class, R-rated reality of the original 1971 Kingston Mines stage play, the film's "Rydell High" was directly inspired by co-creator Jim Jacobs' 1957 graduation from Chicago's own William Taft High School. By trading the localized, authentic Chicago street culture for a sun-drenched, idealized California dreamscape, the Hollywood production successfully universalized a specific piece of Midwestern teenage folklore, creating a multi-generational cultural touchstone that permanently altered the landscape of theatrical marketing, radio airplay integration, and musical cinema.
Category: The 20th Century
