1976 · Chicago Coin
Cinema / Hollywood
Known for Saucer lane, S target, T target and R target. Dark crimson-red field with black rays radiating from top centre, left oval: desert with green hills and pink sky, cowboy on horseback, right oval: night-blue sky with clouds behind a knife-wielding man, bottom centre: stone archway doorway with steps and bottom right: interior with a couch and a rug.
- Year
- 1976
- Maker
- Chicago Coin
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
Known for
- Hole
Saucer lane
- Target
S target
- Target
T target
- Target
R target
2 games under this title
On the playfield
On the backglass
Who and what
- other Pale blue circular medallion with a five-pointed star at top left
- man Top right, broad white hat, white shirt, purple vest or bandolier, arm raised holding a knife
- man Top right, smaller figure beside him in a hat, partially behind
- man Left oval, cowboy in hat and blue trousers on a brown horse, arm extended pointing a revolver
- animal Brown horse with dark mane in the left oval
- man Centre, moustached man in a brown felt hat, tan colouring, grinning, facing right
Setting
- Dark crimson-red field with black rays radiating from top centre
- Left oval: desert with green hills and pink sky, cowboy on horseback
- Right oval: night-blue sky with clouds behind a knife-wielding man
- Bottom centre: stone archway doorway with steps
- Bottom right: interior with a couch and a rug
Text on it
- CHICAGO COIN'S
- CINEMA
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- 3rd PLAYER
- 4th PLAYER
- 100,000
- UP
- PLAYERS
- BALL IN PLAY
- 1 2 3 4
- Cleveland Pinball League
- Cinema is of 02/19/2025
- Golden Hour - 126,170 (add longevity)
- Season Avg - 69,650 (8 plays)
- ClevelandPinballLeague.com
- opdb.org/cpl
How it plays
-
Awards 1
- Double Bonus
Made by
- Design
- Albin Peters
- Design
- Jerry Koci
- Design
- Wendell McAdams
- Art
- Lloyd Rognan
Reference
Linked terms
- Saucer lane also called saucers
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield Cinema
- cream
- red
- royal blue
- yellow-gold
Fingerprint: Two grinning jester heads wearing tall red-and-white striped cone hats positioned each lower side. Single red ball sitting in center numbered V-shaped hole value ladder ranging 1000 upward to 10000 and back. Five red pop bumpers numbered 1-2-3-6-7-10 under salmon arch crowning. Golf-hole theme, cream value lanes.
The pair of grinning jester heads in tall red-and-white striped cone hats, one on each lower side of the value lanes, are the most memorable figures. Second is the golf-hole theme made literal: a single red ball sitting in the middle of a numbered V of hole values (1000 up to 10,000 and back down) with 'HOLE VALUE' and 'HOLE BONUS' printed around it. Third, two huge yellow stars reading 'EXTRA BALL' flank a big red-yellow-white script logo that is almost entirely buried under clear plastics and reflected light. Fourth, the upper playfield is crowded with red '100'-capped round bumpers, a twin-lane metal ramp, '1000 BONUS' lettering and 'OUT' text at both shoulders. Fifth, the white apron is unusually well preserved and carries a league plate reading '1 PLAY - 25¢'.
Setting
- Flat cream and pale-yellow playfield ground
- Red and royal blue geometric side panels
- Yellow-gold starburst fields in the upper half
- White lower apron band
Symbols
- Two large yellow five-pointed stars
- Red ball in a golf hole
- Circular pop-bumper caps printed 100
- Red diamond / arrow inserts
- Ringed round inserts in red and blue-white
- Chrome wireform ball guide
- Red standup target banks
- Chevron and arrow graphics
- Metallic ramp lanes
Notable shapes
- Large v-shaped cream value-lane field taking the middle third of the playfield
- V of numbered hole values fanning out from a central ball
- Twin descending metal ramp forming an arrowhead at upper centre
- Two oversized yellow stars flanking the centre logo
- Chrome wireform ball guide arcing across the lower centre in front of the flippers
Art motifs
- Starbursts
- Concentric rings
- Diamonds
- Speed chevrons
- Conical striped hats
- Rainbow-blade colour wedges beside the upper lanes
Themes
- Golf
- Hole values
- Jester / clown
- Bonus ladder
- Single-level
Text on it
- 100
- OUT
- 1000 BONUS
- EXTRA BALL
- WHEN LIT
- SPECIAL
- A LANE
- HOLE VALUE
- HOLE BONUS
- 1000
- 2000
- 3000
- 4000
- 5000
- 6000
- 7000
- 8000
- 9000
- 10,000
- EXTRA BALL WHEN LIT
- DOUBLE BONUS
- SAME PLAYER
- SHOOTS AGAIN
- when lit
- FLIPPER BUTTON
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- CLEVELAND PINBALL LEAGUE
- 1 PLAY - 25¢
- CHICAGO DYNAMIC INDUSTRIES INC.
- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60614
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Left jester head: grinning clown face with bulbous red nose, wide white grin, dark eyebrows, framed by a tall cone hat with red and white horizontal stripes and a blue band; only head and hat shown, emerging from the left value-lane wall |
| Other | Right jester head: mirror image of the left, identical red nose, toothy grin and tall red-and-white striped cone hat, emerging from the right value-lane wall |
A full single-level playfield photographed at a steep angle, cream and pale yellow ground with red and royal blue geometric panels and yellow-gold starbursts. At the top a dark metal ramp structure descends from two round pop-bumper caps at the upper left and upper right, each capped with a red-and-white ringed disc printed '100'. Below them the centre of the upper playfield is a red panel carrying a large sweeping script logo in red, yellow and white with a heavy black outline (lettering largely hidden under clear plastics and glare), flanked by two large yellow five-pointed stars printed 'EXTRA BALL' and 'WHEN LIT'. Round red inserts and blue-white ringed inserts are scattered across the upper half, with '1000 BONUS' printed twice near the top-centre and 'OUT' printed at both left and right shoulders. Mid-playfield the script logo overlaps the words 'SPECIAL', 'A LANE', 'HOLE VALUE' and 'WHEN LIT'. Below that a broad cream V-shaped value lane area carries a column of blue-ringed inserts reading 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000 down the left, 10,000 at the apex, and 9000, 8000, 7000, 6000 down the right, with a red ball in the central 10,000 hole. Two identical jester/clown heads in tall striped cone hats with red noses and grinning faces sit left and right of these lanes, flanking red standup targets. At the bottom, a white apron carries 'FLIPPER BUTTON' twice on red arrows, 'SAME PLAYER SHOUTS AGAIN' with a 'when lit' circle, 'FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY', and a 'CLEVELAND PINBALL LEAGUE' plate reading '1 PLAY - 25¢'. Two white rubber-tipped flippers and a chrome wireform ball guide occupy the lower centre.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Cinema
- crimson red
- green
- orange-yellow
- blue
Fingerprint: CINEMA in enormous bulb-studded orange letters on green marquee above CHICAGO COIN'S, dark crimson field with black radiating sunburst rays, eight painted story vignettes ringed by grey coiled strips including knife-wielding men in hats, blonde woman in red reclining with leg raised and small white bird on foot, four white mechanical score cards numbered 1st-4th PLAYER with pink up arrows
A huge bulb-studded orange CINEMA logo on a green marquee sitting above CHICAGO COIN'S, over a crimson sunburst background. The glass is packed with eight painted story vignettes ringed by looping grey coiled strips, including two sinister knife-wielding men in hats. Four white mechanical score cards numbered 1st to 4th PLAYER with pink UP arrows dominate the middle. A blonde woman in a red dress reclining with a long white-stockinged leg and a small white bird perched on her foot fills the bottom right corner.
Setting
- Dark crimson-red field with black rays radiating from top centre
- Left oval: desert with green hills and pink sky, cowboy on horseback
- Right oval: night-blue sky with clouds behind a knife-wielding man
- Bottom centre: stone archway doorway with steps
- Bottom right: interior with a couch and a rug
Symbols
- Five-pointed star in a circular medallion
- Rows of marquee light bulbs
- Grey coiled film-strip loops framing the vignettes
- Pink up arrows
- White mechanical score cards
- Square qr code on the lower-right sticker
- Playing-card-like digit reels
Lettering
- Bulb-studded orange-yellow sans block capitals on a green marquee for the title, smaller plain white sans capitals on black strips for player labels, yellow numerals and white text on pink arrows
Themes
- Cinema
- Movie house
- Theatre
- Crime
- Western
- Gunfight
- Showbusiness
- Bank heist
Title on it
- Cinema
Text on it
- CHICAGO COIN'S
- CINEMA
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- 3rd PLAYER
- 4th PLAYER
- 100,000
- UP
- PLAYERS
- BALL IN PLAY
- 1 2 3 4
- Cleveland Pinball League
- Cinema is of 02/19/2025
- Golden Hour - 126,170 (add longevity)
- Season Avg - 69,650 (8 plays)
- ClevelandPinballLeague.com
- opdb.org/cpl
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Pale blue circular medallion with a five-pointed star at top left |
| Man | Top right, broad white hat, white shirt, purple vest or bandolier, arm raised holding a knife |
| Man | Top right, smaller figure beside him in a hat, partially behind |
| Man | Left oval, cowboy in hat and blue trousers on a brown horse, arm extended pointing a revolver |
| Animal | Brown horse with dark mane in the left oval |
| Man | Centre, moustached man in a brown felt hat, tan colouring, grinning, facing right |
| Man | Centre, moustached man in a brown felt hat, tan colouring, grinning, facing left |
| Man | Right oval, dark-haired sinister man in a black suit, white shirt and bow tie, holding a knife aloft |
| Man | Bottom left, fair-haired man in a red-orange shirt looking down at a large orange striped sphere |
| Man | Bottom centre, brown-suited man in a hat holding a cane and a small boy's hand |
| Child | Small boy in a red cap and red shirt beside the brown-suited man |
| Man | Seated bald man in a yellow robe within the stone archway |
| Woman | Bottom right, blonde woman in a red dress reclining on a couch, long white-stockinged leg raised |
| Animal | Small white bird perched on the woman's raised foot |
A backglass in a pale wooden frame, its artwork a dark crimson-red field with black rays radiating from the top centre. A green marquee banner edged with yellow light bulbs carries the title: CHICAGO COIN'S in small yellow block capitals above CINEMA in enormous bulb-studded orange-yellow letters on green. Below sit four white score-card windows in black bezels, labelled 1st to 4th PLAYER, each showing digits, with pink UP arrows and yellow 100,000 numerals between them. Eight vignettes crowd the glass, ringed by looping grey coiled strips: a pale blue circular star medallion top left, a grinning man in a broad white hat raising a knife top right, an oval of a cowboy on a brown horse pointing a revolver across desert hills, an oval of a sinister black-suited man with a bow tie brandishing a knife against night-blue sky, two moustached men in brown felt hats grinning at one another in the centre, a fair-haired man in a red shirt bent over a large orange striped sphere bottom left, a brown-suited man holding a small boy's hand with a cane, a bald man in a yellow robe seated in a stone archway, and a blonde woman in red lounging on a couch with a white bird on her raised stockinged foot. A small white auction sticker with a QR code sits at lower right.
Backglass Hollywood
- red
- teal
- yellow
- black
Fingerprint: Police whistle-stop chase tableau, huge cartoon pin-up in red yellow holding red megaphone lower left, moustached policeman in peaked cap center, trench-coated detective in brown fedora aiming pistol far right, "HOLLYWOOD" in giant white block letters inside black cream-bordered rectangle, "CHICAGO COIN'S" above title, two long oval score windows, yellow spotlight cone with chorus dancers.
The signature combination of a police whistle-stop chase tableau: a huge cartoon pin-up in red and yellow holding a red megaphone at lower left, a moustached policeman in a peaked cap at centre, and a trench-coated detective in a brown fedora aiming a pistol at the far right. The main title HOLLYWOOD appears in giant white block letters inside a black, cream-bordered rectangle reading CHICAGO COIN'S above it. Two long oval player score windows with UP medallions flank a yellow spotlight cone filled with a chorus line of dancers. A red-haired woman and a fedora-wearing man kissing in the top left panel, and the small JAMES ART signature at bottom right.
Setting
- Stylised hollywood studio interior with teal wall and stage lamp
- Yellow spotlight cone with chorus line
- Concentric teal and red arcs behind the figures
- Green band across the bottom edge
- Red curtain top-right corner
Symbols
- Yellow five-pointed stars scattered on teal and green fields
- Stage lamp on a stand
- Red megaphone
- Pistol
- Peaked police cap
- White circles numbered 1 and 2 for player balls
- Blue up medallions
Lettering
- Bold white sans-serif block capitals with black shadow for the title, smaller white caps on black tabs for player labels, hand-painted slightly uneven finish
Themes
- Cinema
- Movie studio
- Detective
- Showbiz
- Musical revue
Title on it
- Chicago coin's hollywood
Text on it
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- UP
- CHICAGO COIN'S
- HOLLYWOOD
- PLAYERS
- 1
- 2
- BALL IN PLAY
- JAMES ART
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large pin-up at lower left, red bodice, yellow ruffled shorts, red megaphone in one hand, other arm raised, bare legs and feet, dark hair |
| Man | Uniformed policeman at centre with peaked cap, moustache, pale face, looking right |
| Man | Detective at far right in brown overcoat and brown fedora, blue tie, holding a small pistol pointed left |
| Man | Grinning man at bottom left in brown fedora and red-brown coat |
| Man | Man in black bowler hat and dark suit beside him, grinning |
| Woman | Curly red-haired woman in blue inside the framed portrait at lower right, facing right |
| Man | Balding man in red jacket and blue shirt in the same framed portrait, facing left |
| Woman | Red-haired woman in the top left panel kissing, wearing a pinkish top |
| Man | Dark-haired man in tan trench coat and fedora kissing the red-haired woman in the top left panel |
| Other | Row of small chorus-line dancers in pink-and-white costumes inside the yellow spotlight cone, arms raised |
A painted 1950s Hollywood-cinema-themed backglass. The centre-right carries the main title in a black rectangle with a cream border: CHICAGO COIN'S in small white caps above the huge block letters HOLLYWOOD in white with a black shadow. Two elongated oval score windows with white numerals on black rollovers sit across the top, labelled 1ST PLAYER and 2ND PLAYER in white caps on black tabs, each flanked by a blue circular medallion reading UP in white. The top register shows a large yellow spotlight cone with a line of small chorus-girl dancers in pink-and-white costumes inside it, and to the left a red-haired woman and dark-haired man in a tan trench coat and fedora embracing and kissing against a teal wall, beside an orange stage lamp on a black stand. The lower left has a large cartoon pin-up in a red bodice and yellow ruffled shorts holding a red megaphone, one arm raised. The centre shows a yellow rail over teal-and-red concentric arcs, and a portrait of a uniformed policeman with a peaked cap and moustache. At bottom left two grinning men in hats, one in a brown fedora and one in a bowler, and at right a framed portrait of a curly red-haired woman in blue facing a balding man in a red jacket. A detective in brown coat and brown fedora with a pistol stands at the far right. Green bands at the bottom carry PLAYERS above two white numbered balls 1 and 2, and BALL IN PLAY. The lower right corner bears the signature JAMES ART.
Backglass Cinema
- red
- yellow
- blue
- white
Fingerprint: CINEMA spelled in rows of round incandescent lightbulbs on black plaque with green stepped frame, white film strip looping across middle framing cartoon scenes, mechanical score reels, reclining pin-up in white swimsuit with parrot, electro-mechanical vintage
The main title CINEMA is spelled out in rows of round incandescent lightbulbs like a giant marquee sign, on a black plaque with a green stepped frame. A white film strip curls and loops across the entire middle of the glass, framing a series of separate cartoon film scenes like a montage. Four mechanical score reels labelled 1st through 4th PLAYER dominate the layout. A reclining pin-up in a white swimsuit with a parrot perched on her hand fills the bottom right corner.
Setting
- Yellow starburst rays radiating from centre
- Deep red curtain backdrop across the top
- Pale blue sky ovals
- Green panel bottom left
- Light blue floor bottom right
Symbols
- Cinema projector spotlight with blue lens
- 35mm film strip with sprocket holes
- Yellow starburst rays
- Red-bordered direction arrows
- Mechanical score reels
- Stars in the red curtain
- Blue-and-orange chequered border strip
Lettering
- Bold black-outlined white sans-serif capitals for the score-reel labels, white block capitals on a red panel for chicago coin's, and huge rounded marquee-bulb capitals for cinema
Themes
- Cinema
- Film
- Movies
- Hollywood
- Film reel
- Westerns
- Star performer
- Musical comedy
Title on it
- Cinema
Text on it
- CHICAGO COIN'S
- CINEMA
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- 3rd PLAYER
- 4th PLAYER
- UP
- PLAYERS
- BALL IN PLAY
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Cartoon head in a brown trilby hat, black bow tie, grinning, left of centre |
| Man | Second cartoon head in brown trilby hat and bow tie, rounder face, right of centre |
| Man | Black-haired grinning man in black tuxedo and white shirt, raising a clenched fist, inside a blue oval at upper right |
| Man | Cowboy in red shirt, blue jeans and hat, lasso in hand, on a rearing brown bucking horse against pink hills, upper left oval |
| Woman | Young man in a purple shirt kissing a glamorous red-haired woman on a beach, bottom left |
| Man | Man in a tan suit and fedora walking away from the viewer, bottom centre left |
| Child | Small child in a red jacket and dark trousers holding the suited man's hand, bottom centre |
| Man | Bearded man in a yellow robe seated at a desk reading a sheet of paper, bottom centre right |
| Woman | Reclining woman in a white swimsuit with a red-beaded anklet, propped on cushions, bottom right |
| Animal | Green parrot perched on the reclining woman's raised hand |
| Man | Cartoon mexican-style figure in the top right corner wearing a huge white sombrero, colourful striped serape, white shirt and black moustache, peering in from the frame edge |
A square, symmetrically laid-out electro-mechanical backglass built around a huge yellow starburst. Across the top, a green-framed banner reads CHICAGO COIN'S above the word CINEMA, the letters formed from rows of round yellow lightbulbs on black. Four white mechanical score reels in black-outlined boxes read 1st PLAYER, 2nd PLAYER, 3rd PLAYER and 4th PLAYER, with red-bordered arrow plaques labelled UP pointing inwards between the top pair and the bottom pair. A white film strip with black sprocket holes loops and curls across the whole centre, acting as a frame for separate illustrated scenes. In the ovals are two cartoon men's heads in brown trilby hats and bow ties, a grinning black-haired man in a tuxedo raising a fist inside a blue oval, and lower left a cowboy in a red shirt on a bucking horse against pink hills. Bottom left a young man in a purple shirt kisses a glamorous red-haired woman on a beach. Bottom centre a man in a tan suit and hat walks away holding hands with a small child in a red jacket. Bottom right a bearded man in a yellow robe reads a letter at a desk. At the far right a reclining woman in a white swimsuit lies on cushions with a parrot on her hand, and at the top right a Mexican-style cartoon man in a wide white sombrero, striped serape and moustache peers in from the corner. A blue-lensed cinema spotlight sits top left. Bottom text reads PLAYERS, 1 2 3 4 and BALL IN PLAY above a blue-and-orange chequered strip.