1950 · Gottlieb
Bank-A-Ball
Flat pale sea-green field, wooden pinball cabinet frame around the printed glass, green-felted ball table across the lower third and magenta and gold stepped geometric panel on the left.
- Year
- 1950
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Harry Mabs
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- green
- red
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: bank a ball: three-dimensional red title with tiny letter "a" wedged between words, columns of cash-value boxes counting down right and up left sides, blonde woman in red leaning over green felt table with scattered colored balls, dark-haired man in white shirt and blue tie behind her, second blonde head in profile lower left, mid-century airbrushed style
The huge three-dimensional red title "BANK A BALL" with a tiny letter "A" wedged between the two words, sitting under a fan of number cards and the script word "Million". Two mirrored columns of cash-value boxes down both side edges, counting down on the right and up on the left. A blonde woman in a red top leaning over a green felt table strewn with coloured balls, with a man in a white shirt and blue tie behind her, and a second blonde woman's head in profile at the lower left corner. A magenta-and-gold stepped score ladder on the left carrying two rows of numbered ovals, 11 to 15 and 1 to 10.
Setting
- Flat pale sea-green field
- Wooden pinball cabinet frame around the printed glass
- Green-felted ball table across the lower third
- Magenta and gold stepped geometric panel on the left
Symbols
- Stacks of banknotes
- Scattered coloured balls on felt
- Billiard cue
- Stepped ladders of numbered value boxes
- Fanned number cards
- Small coin and cash icons beside each zero
Lettering
- Main title in enormous red block capitals with white inner highlight and heavy yellow-and-black 3d drop outline on two lines; secondary word in white cursive script with red shadow; side values in plain white numerals on coloured rectangles; score ovals in white numerals inside red, green, blue and yellow circles
Themes
- Money
- Cash prizes
- Billiards
- Pool table
- Numerical score ladder
Title on it
- Bank a ball
Text on it
- Million
- BANK A BALL
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 100 000
- 200 000
- 300 000
- 400 000
- 900 000
- 800 000
- 700 000
- 600 000
- 500 000
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 4
- 5
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young blonde woman with long wavy hair, red strapless top, waist up, leaning forward over the green felt table with one arm extended down among the scattered balls |
| Man | Dark-haired man in a white dress shirt, blue necktie and blue trousers, standing behind and right of the woman facing left towards her, holding a thin white cue-like object upright |
| Woman | Large close-up blonde woman's head in left-facing profile at the lower left corner, hair piled in sculpted curls, red lipstick, head and shoulders only |
Backglass in a varnished wooden frame, airbrushed in mid-century style on a pale sea-green ground. Top centre, a fan of white-edged cards shows the numerals 1, 2 and 3 in coloured squares, with "Million" in flowing white script and a red drop shadow. Below, the title "BANK A BALL" is set in enormous chunky red block capitals with white highlights and a heavy yellow-and-black outline, stacked on two lines with a tiny "A" between. Down the left edge a stepped ladder of coloured boxes reads 100, 200, 300, 400, each with three zeros and a banknote motif; the right edge mirrors it descending through 900, 800, 700, 600, 500. A magenta-and-gold stepped panel at left middle holds two rows of numbered ovals, 11 to 15 and 1 to 10. Lower right, a blonde woman in a red strapless top leans over a green-felted table scattered with coloured balls; a dark-haired man in a white shirt and blue tie stands behind her with a thin cue. Lower left is a blonde head in profile. Colours: green, red, yellow, white.