1954 · Williams
Cue-Tee / Star Pool
Indoor recreation room / billiard hall, yellow-and-blue chequerboard floor, sky-blue wall, green-baize billiard tables with dark wooden rails, tiered green and yellow spectator seating and row of coloured pool balls resting on the table rails.
- Year
- 1954
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
2 games under this title
-
Cue-Tee 1954 -
Star Pool 1954
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.
Backglass Cue-Tee
- yellow
- blue
- red
- green
Fingerprint: Giant curved yellow band numbered pool balls arcing whole backglass, title CUE-TEE tucked into arc notch sky-blue panel, fair-haired young man yellow flame-pattern shirt frozen mid-bend stretched green billiard table, grinning red-haired woman red jumper holding cue straight up, behind them two men big white letter C badges shirts, vertical purple MILLIONS banner left edge
A giant curved yellow band of numbered pool balls arcing across the whole backglass, with the title CUE-TEE tucked into the notch of the arc on a sky-blue panel. A fair-haired young man in a yellow flame-pattern shirt is frozen mid-bend, stretched out over a green billiard table, alongside a grinning red-haired woman in a red jumper holding a cue straight up. Behind them two men wear big white letter C badges on their shirts. A vertical purple MILLIONS banner runs down the left edge beside a chequered yellow-and-blue floor.
Setting
- Indoor recreation room / billiard hall
- Yellow-and-blue chequerboard floor
- Sky-blue wall
- Green-baize billiard tables with dark wooden rails
- Tiered green and yellow spectator seating
- Row of coloured pool balls resting on the table rails
Symbols
- Numbered billiard balls 1-15 including a black 8 ball
- Striped pool balls
- Bonus value panels 100-900
- Pool cues
- Green baize table
- White letter c badges on shirts
- Chevron pennant banner behind the title
Lettering
- Tall condensed yellow block capitals with red outline for the main title on a red pennant; a cursive script logo above it; simple white block capitals stacked vertically on a purple banner down the left edge; plain white sans-serif numerals inside the bonus panels
Themes
- Billiards
- Pool
- Snooker hall
- Recreation room
- Spectators
- Scoring arc
Title on it
- Cue-tee
Text on it
- CUE-TEE
- Williams
- MILLIONS
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 500
- 600
- 700
- 800
- 900
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- C
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Young fair-haired man, foreground left, yellow short-sleeved shirt with a large red flame motif, pale blue trousers, bent low at the waist and reaching forward over the billiard table with a cue, face turned down in concentration |
| Woman | Young red-haired woman, foreground right, red jumper with white collar and studded belt, smiling broadly at the viewer, holding a long cue vertically in front of her |
| Woman | Blonde woman standing behind the table, green patterned dress with white apron or pinafore, holding a cue up in one hand |
| Man | Man in the back row wearing a maroon/purple shirt with a large white letter c on the chest, light hair, looking towards the table |
| Man | Man beside him in a red shirt also bearing a large white letter c, wearing glasses |
A brightly coloured, flat comic-style backglass. The composition is dominated by a huge curved yellow billiard-ball scoring arc sweeping from the lower left up over the top right: it carries a ring of numbered pool balls (1 through 15, each in a different ball colour, some black, some striped) along its lower edge and a row of white-on-coloured bonus boxes (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900) along its upper edge. Set in the notch of the arc on a sky-blue panel is the main title, CUE-TEE, in tall yellow block capitals with a red outline on a red pennant shape, with a cursive script logo above it. Five cartoon figures fill a recreation-room scene: in the foreground a fair-haired young man in a yellow shirt with a red flame motif and pale blue trousers leans far over a green-baize billiard table, cue in hand; beside him a smiling red-haired young woman in a red jumper with a white collar and belt stands holding a cue upright. Behind them a blonde woman in a green dress and white apron and two men, one in a maroon shirt and one in a red shirt, each with a big white letter C on the chest, watch from tiered green and yellow seating. The floor is a yellow-and-blue chequerboard. A vertical purple banner on the far left reads MILLIONS.
Backglass Star Pool
- green
- red
- blue
- yellow
Fingerprint: "STAR POOL" in red rectangle banner; curved arc ringed by multicolored numbered ovals 0-9; billiards-hall interior with blonde woman in mustard-yellow top and white skirt leaning over green pool table; dark-haired man in bright red polo shirt facing viewer; ball-return rack with colored balls, wood-paneled walls, mid-century cartoon
A woman in a mustard-yellow top and white skirt leaning far over a green billiards table with a cue, while a grinning man in a bright red polo shirt looks straight out at the viewer from the bottom centre of the glass. A sweeping curved banner arcs from the lower left to the upper right, ringed by coloured numbered ovals reading 0 through 9, with cream lettering on a dark band stating free-ball and points-when-lit instructions. The title sits in a red rectangular banner at upper right with a cursive word above it.
Setting
- Billiards hall interior
- Blue painted walls
- Wood-panelled dado
- Vertical coloured stripes on the left border
Symbols
- Numbered ovals 0-9 around the arc
- Pool cue
- Pool table
- Red ball-return rack
- Coloured billiard balls
- Vertical striped border
Lettering
- Tall condensed cream block capitals in a red banner; cream and red lettering on a dark curved band; small black-and-white cursive script above the title
Themes
- Billiards
- Pool hall
- Sport
- Mid-century advertising art
Title on it
- Star pool
Text on it
- STAR POOL
- FREE BALL WHEN LIT
- 5 POINTS WHEN LIT
- 20
- 15
- 10
- 5
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Foreground, dark brown hair, broad smile, bright red short-sleeved polo shirt, seated bottom centre facing the viewer |
| Woman | Blonde bobbed hair, mustard-yellow short-sleeved top, white knee-length skirt, bent forward over the pool table holding a cue |
| Man | Background left, dark hair, blue-green shirt, standing at the far pool table |
| Man | Background centre, dark hair, leaning over the far pool table with a cue |
| Woman | Far right background, bright red dress, standing upright near the wall |
A glossy, colourful backglass in a mid-century cartoon style, dominated by a billiards-hall scene. A curved arc banner sweeps across the top half, its dark band carrying cream lettering about free balls and points when lit, ringed by multicoloured numbered ovals reading 0 through 9 like reel windows. At upper right a red rectangle banner holds the main title STAR POOL in tall cream-yellow block capitals, with a small black-and-white cursive word above it. Behind, an interior with blue walls and wood-panelled dado. In the foreground a dark-haired man in a bright red polo shirt smiles out at the viewer, seated at bottom centre. Beside him a slim blonde woman, wearing a mustard-yellow top and a white knee-length skirt, bends over a green pool table holding a cue. Two more men play at a second table in the background, and a red-dressed figure stands at the far right. A red ball-return rack holding coloured balls sits at lower right.