Cherry Bell

A 1970s electro-mechanical pinball playfield photographed under a wooden backbox with the glass removed, lit by warm bulb light that flares orange down the centre lane. Layout is symmetric about a vertical centreline. Dominant colours are scarlet red, pale cream/ivory, gold-yellow and royal blue, with teal-green accents. At the top centre, three narrow score reels sit in a cream arched box flanked by green and yellow decorative panels; below them two big round yellow pop-bumper caps, each printed 1000 in black. The title Cherry Bell appears as curved red script with a white highlight, arched over an ornamental gold-and-red crest framing four red bell lamps. A cream diagonal lane on the upper right carries a row of nine white circular inserts and an oval SELECT 3 BONUS label; a mirrored lane on the left reads ADVANCE BONUS 3000 WHEN LIT. The centre of the field is occupied by a rectangular instruction/bonus panel of cream, green and red tiles (LITE TRIPLE BONUS, LITE EXTRA BALL, UP POST, LITE 10000 points, LITE SPECIAL) framed like an ornate window with columns. Below it a second framed panel shows a fan of coloured cards behind a ball labelled TRIPLE BONUS WHEN LIT. Two pale flippers with rubber guards sit low, flanked by two illustrated women in green-trimmed lanes. The bottom apron carries two white instruction cards with dense black text, a red-bordered FLIPPER BUTTON chevron on each side, and a red-and-white rectangular logo box in the centre.

A brightly coloured cartoon-style backglass set in a cabaret or theatre interior. A red coffered ceiling with teal-and-cream moulded arches spans the top, with grey fluted columns and heavy red curtains behind. The huge main logo is curved yellow lettering with a white inner highlight and dark drop shadow reading Cherry Bell, with a small green Sonic block just above it. Four mechanical score windows run across the glass: a cream window at top left marked with a green arrow and 1, one below the logo marked 2 UP with a red arrow, one across the middle right marked 3 UP with a pale green arrow, and one at the bottom right marked 4 with a dark blue arrow; each contains six white reel drums showing black 0 digits. On the left, four blonde showgirls in blue-and-white striped leotards, blue tights and red high heels lean together in a kicking chorus line, one waving overhead. Centre right, a mustachioed showman in a green-and-white vertically striped suit, black boater hat with green band and green bow tie sings into a raised black microphone. Around him are a boy in a blue striped shirt holding a small dog, a seated man in red with a hat, a seated blonde woman in blue, and a small boy in green at the far left, with piles of gold coins scattered over a yellow tiled floor.

A brightly coloured backglass with a palace-cabaret setting. Across the top runs a coffered red-and-cream ceiling with gold beading, flanked by pale blue fluted columns; deep magenta/red stage curtains hang behind the figures. The main title reads Cherry Bell in enormous cursive script, bright yellow with a red outline and white highlight, spanning the upper centre. Four white rectangular score windows with arrow tabs run diagonally across the glass, each preceded by a coloured numeral in a hexagon (green 1, red 2, yellow 3, blue 4). Lower left a line of showgirls in yellow-blonde beehive hairdos, white frilled bustiers, blue briefs and blue stockings, kicking their legs up in a chorus line. Centre-right a grinning man in green-and-white striped clown/ringmaster coat, green hat with yellow band, black moustache, arms raised, holding a small black ball. Behind him a jester in red-and-yellow with a two-point cap and a grinning skull-faced figure in purple. Right side an illustrated smaller pinball cabinet with a crowned woman, and at the far right a black-haired woman in a yellow dress beside a red 'Cherry Bell' cabinet panel. Floor is yellow and black-and-red chequered.