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1958 · Williams

4 Star

Dark navy starry night sky with radiating light streaks and flat coloured five-pointed stars.

Year
1958
Maker
Williams
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Backglass lights
Players
1

Made by

Design
Harry Williams
Art
George Molentin

Vision analysis

On the backglass

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

4 Star backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • red
  • yellow
  • white

Fingerprint: Four 1960s-style pin-up showgirls matching red white yellow stage costumes arranged around pale blue tiered cake-stand pedestal, huge polka-dotted red numeral 4 followed yellow STAR letters black top hat resting pedestal next reclining girl, starry blue sky huge flat yellow red stars, two rainbow arcs coloured number panels bottom row arch-topped scoring panels

Distinctive

Four 1960s-style pin-up showgirls in matching red, white and yellow stage costumes arranged around a pale blue tiered cake-stand pedestal, against a starry blue sky with huge flat yellow and red stars. The huge polka-dotted red numeral 4 followed by yellow STAR letters, with a black top hat resting on the pedestal next to the reclining girl, is the most memorable single feature. Beneath them, two rainbow arcs of coloured number panels and a bottom row of arch-topped scoring panels wrap the full width.

Setting

  • Dark navy starry night sky with radiating light streaks
  • Flat coloured five-pointed stars

Symbols

  • Five-pointed stars
  • Top hat
  • Hula skirt
  • Millions and thousands scoring bands
  • Arch-topped scoring panels

Lettering

  • Large yellow block capitals with red drop shadow for star; red polka-dotted numeral 4; red cursive script wordmark top left

Themes

  • Pin-up showgirls
  • Space
  • Stars
  • Stage revue

Title on it

  • 4 star

Text on it

  • Williams
  • 4 STAR
  • MILLIONS
  • THOUSANDS
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 100
  • 200
  • 300
  • 400
  • 500
  • 600
  • 700
  • 800
  • 900
  • Thousand
  • 00
  • 10
  • 20
  • 30
  • 40
  • 50
  • 60
  • 70
  • 80
  • 90
  • Thou
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Left, blonde beehive hair, white blouse, red trousers, yellow-and-black striped hula skirt with gold trim, hand on hip, smiling
Woman Centre, short red hair, white blouse, red-and-yellow skirt, black cape with gold-braided edging draped over the shoulders, smiling
Woman Right, black bobbed hair, red jacket, blue leggings, one arm raised overhead, wide smile
Woman Lower centre, reclining on the pedestal, long black hair, red top and red trousers, red high-heeled shoes, elbow propped
Full description

Painted pinball backglass with a nightclub/space revue theme. Four young women pose around a pale blue-and-white tiered circular pedestal on a dark starry blue night sky. Large blocky yellow letters with red shadow spell 4 STAR across the top; the numeral 4 is red with white polka dots, and oversized yellow and red five-pointed stars float behind the figures. Top left carries a cursive red wordmark, Williams. Left woman: blonde beehive hair, white blouse, red trousers with a yellow-and-black hula skirt, hand on hip. Centre woman: short red hair, white blouse, yellow-red skirt, dark cape with a gold-braided edge. Right woman: black hair, red jacket, blue leggings, one arm raised high. Fourth woman reclines across the pedestal front in a red top and trousers, black hair, red high heels. A small black top hat sits on the pedestal beside her. Below, curved white banners read MILLIONS on the left and right and THOUSANDS at the left edge. Two arc-shaped bands of coloured rounded panels carry scoring values: 1 to 8 with MILLIONS, then 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900 with THOUSANDS. A bottom row of arch-topped panels alternates yellow Thousand panels with red and blue number panels reading 00 to 90.