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1950 · Gottlieb

Double-Feature

Deep navy starburst field, large yellow disc and curved yellow band with painted crowd.

Year
1950
Maker
Gottlieb
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Backglass lights
Players
1

Made by

Design
Wayne Neyens
Art
Roy Parker

Vision analysis

On the backglass

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Double-Feature backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • yellow
  • red
  • white

Fingerprint: DOUBLE FEATURE identical dancing showgirls in white fringed costumes with feathered headdresses flanking huge yellow circle; staggered rainbow score ladder 900000 down to 100000 left edge; red rocket banner arcing top with MILLION; audience heads filling curved bottom band; navy blue background, deco influence

Distinctive

Two identical dancing showgirls in white fringed costumes, arms raised, standing side by side in front of an enormous yellow disc ringed with pink and teal circles. The staggered rainbow ladder of score values (900 000 down to 100 000) down the left edge, each number on its own colour-coded bar. A red rocket-shaped banner arcing over the top with MILLION in white block letters. The title set as red block capitals DOUBLE above red cursive Feature on a white ribbon.

Setting

  • Deep navy starburst field
  • Large yellow disc
  • Curved yellow band with painted crowd

Symbols

  • Rocket-shaped top banner
  • Stars
  • Ring of pink and teal circles
  • Feather fans
  • Pom-poms
  • Painted audience

Lettering

  • Bold red block capitals with white outline for double, red cursive script on a white ribbon for feature, white-outlined block capitals for million, numerals in squared sans-serif on coloured bars

Themes

  • Showgirls
  • Variety stage
  • Score ladder
  • Rocket banner
  • Starburst

Title on it

  • Double feature

Text on it

  • MILLION
  • A PRODUCT OF
  • DOUBLE
  • Feature
  • 900 000
  • 800 000
  • 700 000
  • 600 000
  • 500 000
  • 400 000
  • 300 000
  • 200 000
  • 100 000
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Showgirl left of the centre pair: white fringed two-piece costume, orange beaded bodice, feathered headdress, both arms raised, feather fan and pom-poms at the hip
Woman Showgirl right of the centre pair: mirrored identical figure in white fringed costume with teal beaded bodice, feathered headdress, both arms raised
Other Dense painted audience of dozens of small head-and-shoulder figures filling the bottom curved yellow band, in muted blue, grey and pink tones
Full description

A painted backglass in a light wooden frame. The field is deep navy blue with fine white radiating streaks like a starburst. A red-to-orange rocket-shaped banner arcs across the top carrying the word MILLION in large white-outlined block capitals, with a row of small yellow stars beneath it. Down the left runs a ladder of nine slanted score-value bars, red at the top through orange and yellow to green: 900 000, 800 000, 700 000, 600 000, 500 000, 400 000, 300 000, 200 000, 100 000. The centre is a huge yellow circle containing a ring of circles that are pink/salmon on the left half and teal-blue on the right, plus a scatter of small yellow stars. Lettered over the circle is a tiny oval logo reading A PRODUCT OF above a cursive name, then the main title DOUBLE in bold red block capitals with white outline, and Feature in flowing red script on a white ribbon. Below stand two identical showgirl figures in white fringed costumes with orange and teal beaded bodices and feathered headdresses, arms raised, mirrored left and right. The bottom third is a curved yellow band crowded with a small painted audience of heads and shoulders in muted blues, greys and pinks, drawn in flat cartoon style.