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A little TIMES SQUARE - Madonna connection

posted 8 years ago by eagle79-1
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The 1974 Spanish shocker BLUE EYES OF THE BROKEN DOLL was playing the Times Square grind house circuit around 1979-80 under the title HOUSE OF PSYCHOTIC WOMEN.
On the film TIMES SQUARE, you can see the marquee of one of 42nd Street's theaters advertising the film on a double-bill with another schlock horror film, Al Adamson's NURSE SHERRI. The character played by Trini Alvarado sort of makes a joke of the movie's title with her friend (played by Robin Johnson).

Another movie that seems to have been filmed around the same time, A CERTAIN SACRIFICE, shows what I believe to be the same marquee. This is the film that starred Madonna, made either the year she said she moved to NYC or a year later. On the specific scene, Madonna is inside a limo with a few of her "love slaves" riding down the legendary street, searching for the man who raped her earlier in the film. You get a glimpse of the marquee while the future mega-star makes some raunchy (and unintentionally funny) quips about the offender & his hang-out: "His life is a 24-hour jack-off!".

I wouldn't be surprised if both films were being shot around the same time.

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[–] VinnieRattolle 8 years ago

Well, that's a bizarre find. "A Certain Sacrifice" was shot around September 1979, so there's no doubt that it's the same marquee.

And trust me, Amber, you're not missing anything. I used to play "A Certain Sacrifice" for friends as a means of torturing them (well, at least the improvised song "Screaming Demon Lover," which some random dude screeches). The movie runs less than an hour but with it's poor super-8 picture/sound, horrible acting, and idiotic plot, it's kind of an endurance test. Nobody would've ever seen it if Madonna hadn't become famous, and though her role is pivotal to the story, she's barely in it (unlike the other "actors," she demanded a paycheck).

[–] shango7200 7 years ago

I actually find this fascinating . I am OBSESSED with movie marques that pop up in other movies!
In the Led Zeppelin film The Song Remains the Same - the band is driving around in their limo and you see a marque for "The Stepford Wives" in the background --not sure if it was Times Square--but it was somewhere else in NYC. I love The Stepford Wives AND Led Zeppelin so there ya go.

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