Dancing Lady

A full-length electro-mechanical playfield behind glass, symmetrically laid out around a bright yellow centre wedge. At the top a row of five red pop-bumper caps sits under a red banner reading LIGHTS INCREASE SCORE INCREASED VALUE, flanked by painted carnival strongman clowns in green and red. Four large round bumpers below carry starburst caps reading ADVANCE LETTER 10 and LIGHTS 10 WHEN BUMPERS, with a small script word above them. Two tall vertical oval lanes run down the upper sides, each flanked by yellow 50 POINTS AND SPIN ROTATO lettering and OFF BUMPERS panels. The centre holds a big sweeping script logo in cream and dark red reading ADVANCE, above a fan of striped triangular tent panels. Below, a starburst cluster of red 10 rosettes radiates from a blonde woman in a yellow halter top with raised arms. RED ADVANCE and YELLOW 10 advance lanes flank her at the bottom, with black flipper bats and the lower playfield behind. Dom colours: yellow, red, cream, black.

Illuminated four-player backglass on a dark green diamond-lattice trellis background. A large black rectangular centre panel with gold fringe carries the lettering: white script "Gottlieb's 4 Player" above big yellow serif capitals "DANCING" with the word "Lady" in enormous flowing yellow script beneath it. Four black oval score windows with gold rims sit in the corners, each with a red-and-yellow shield reading 1ST, 2ND, 3RD or 4TH, four mechanical reels and the word "PLAYER" in yellow (1st and 3rd) or red (2nd and 4th). Below the title an oval gilt-framed mirror contains a painted ballerina in a gold tutu en pointe with one arm raised, flanked by two white lamps. Across the bottom a company of eight smiling adult performers in theatrical costume crowd in from both sides: women in low-cut red, blue and gold dresses with feathered headpieces and men in white and blue jackets with bow ties, one holding a flower. Bottom centre a woman in a broad blue hat with white ruff collar and a red-and-yellow striped bodice faces forward holding a long staff. A red stage curtain with tassel edge fills the left edge, and a staircase with more onlookers in costume appears at upper right.

A painted, cartoon-illustrated backglass in a pale wood-grain frame, laid out symmetrically around a tall central maroon panel. Across the top a thin white credit strip reads MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO. CHICAGO, ILL. 60651. On the maroon panel, small white cursive text Gottlieb's 4 Player sits above the title: DANCING in large gold block capitals, and Lady beneath it in even larger flowing gold script with a long swash on the capital L. Four chrome-bezelled mechanical score windows with three digit reels each are staggered down the left and right edges, labelled 1ST, 2ND, 3RD and 4TH PLAYER in gold numerals and block capitals; the 1ST reads 198 in orange, the 2nd 000 glowing red. The border is a dark green harlequin-diamond lattice. Below the title, a female dancer in a pale pink fringed dress stands on a small round pedestal inside a white curtained proscenium, lit by four orange-white spotlights fanning down. Either side of her, crowd scenes show half a dozen period-costumed onlookers behind red theatre curtains, some in top hats, one woman in a blue gown, a man in a bright blue suit. Along the bottom sit two yellow instruction cards flanking a masked harlequin figure in a blue wide-brimmed hat, white ruff and a red-and-yellow diamond-patterned costume.