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Duette backglass

1955 · Gottlieb

Duette

Designed by Wayne Neyens · art by Roy Parker

Green theatrical curtain valance across the top, cream and pale-blue plain field, pink-and-gold radiating sunburst behind the centre medallion and wooden frame with bevelled inner edge.

Year
1955
Maker
Gottlieb
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
2

2 games under this title

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.

Duette backglass

Backglass Standard

  • green
  • pink
  • cream
  • gold

Fingerprint: No human figures at all entire backglass devoted to typography score reels and radiating starbursts, giant magenta star medallion at centre of white-gold sunburst holding tiny silver 25-cent coin, BALL IN PLAY in fat magenta capitals directly beneath, theatrical green curtain valance across top carrying pink cursive Gottlieb's Duette logo underlined, two player score frames with reels and grid windows

Distinctive

There is not a single human figure - the whole backglass is typography, score reels and radiating starbursts. The most memorable feature is the giant magenta star medallion at the centre of a white-and-gold sunburst, holding a tiny silver 25-cent coin, with 'BALL IN PLAY' in fat magenta capitals directly beneath it. Second is the theatrical green curtain valance across the top carrying the pink cursive 'Gottlieb's Duette' logo, underlined. Third, the twin side-by-side player windows in clashing magenta and green, each with its own circled player number, its own three reels and its own coloured grid window, advertising two-player simultaneous play. Fourth, the competitive slogan panel on the left reading 'It's more Fun to Compete! A GAME OF SKILL'.

Setting

  • Green theatrical curtain valance across the top
  • Cream and pale-blue plain field
  • Pink-and-gold radiating sunburst behind the centre medallion
  • Wooden frame with bevelled inner edge

Symbols

  • Large magenta eight-pointed star
  • White-and-gold rayed star
  • Silver 25-cent coin
  • Two circled player numbers 1 and 2
  • Six white score reels with black digits
  • Two rectangular grid windows in pink and green
  • Paired numerals 1 and 2 at bottom centre

Lettering

  • Large pink cursive script with white drop shadow for the title; magenta and green sans-serif capitals for labels; green italic script on the slogan panels; small red cursive signature on a white strip

Themes

  • Two-player competitive play
  • Score reels and numerals
  • Starburst medallion
  • Coin denomination 25 cents
  • Theatre curtain stage motif

Title on it

  • Gottlieb's duette

Text on it

  • Gottlieb's
  • Duette
  • It's more Fun to Compete!
  • A GAME OF SKILL
  • 1 or 2
  • CAN PLAY
  • at the same time
  • 25
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • 1st PLAYER
  • 2nd PLAYER
  • PLAYER
  • D. Gottlieb & Co.
Full description

Illuminated rectangular backglass/translite in a varnished wooden frame, with no people pictured at all. A green scalloped theatre-curtain valance across the top carries a large pink-and-white cursive title, 'Gottlieb's Duette'. The main field is a cream and pale-blue panel framed by a pink-and-gold sunburst, with a large magenta star behind a white-and-gold rayed star containing a small silver coin marked 25. Two cream scroll placards with gold borders sit either side of the centre: the left reads 'It's more Fun to Compete! / A GAME OF SKILL', the right reads '1 or 2 / CAN PLAY / at the same time'. Below the star, a cream cartouche with a yellow border reads 'BALL IN PLAY' in chunky magenta letters above a vertical stack of pale-green blob shapes. Lower half has two symmetrical player score frames: left in magenta-pink with a circled '1', three reels reading 0 0 9, a '1st PLAYER' banner and a pink rectangular grid window; right in green with a circled '2', three reels reading 0 0 0, a '2nd PLAYER' banner and a green grid window. Bottom centre shows large red-outlined numerals 1 and 2 flanking a small yellow 'PLAYER' oval, above a white signature strip in red script. Dominant colours: emerald green, hot pink/magenta, cream white and gold.

Duette backglass

Backglass Duette Deluxe

  • blue
  • green
  • magenta
  • cream

Fingerprint: Gottlieb's Duette: Big magenta medallion with yellow-pink starburst and green ball-in-slot hanging from dark-green scalloped canopy, two cream diamond lozenges reading DELUXE vertically, pink and green score windows, pastel cartoon style.

Distinctive

The whole backglass is built around a big magenta medallion with a yellow-and-pink many-pointed starburst and a green ball set in a slot at its heart, hanging from a dark green scalloped canopy like a stylised flower. Two cream diamond lozenges reading 'DELUXE' vertically flank the playfield symmetrically. The title 'Gottlieb's Duette' is rendered in bulging pink cursive with a cream drop shadow. A pink-framed '1st PLAYER' window reading 3 3 8 sits opposite a green-and-gold '2nd PLAYER' window reading 0 0 0, with a red 1 = 2 multiplier marker between them.

Symbols

  • Starburst medallion
  • Ball-in-slot roundel
  • Green ball
  • Arrow motif
  • Scalloped green canopy
  • Vertical diamond lozenges

Lettering

  • Bulging pink cursive script with cream drop shadow for the title; chunky slab capitals for ball in play and deluxe; italic script in the two cream instruction panels

Title on it

  • Gottlieb's duette

Text on it

  • Gottlieb's Duette
  • It's more Fun to Compete!
  • A GAME OF SKILL
  • 1 or 2 CAN PLAY
  • at the same time
  • BALL IN PLAY
  • GAME OVER
  • DELUXE
  • 1st PLAYER
  • 2nd PLAYER
  • 3 3 8
  • 0 0 0
  • 1 = 2
  • TILT
  • MATCH
  • A PRODUCT OF
  • D. Gottlieb & Co.
Full description

A rectangular backglass for an electro-mechanical game, painted in flat hand-lettered cartoon style on a pale sky-blue field framed by a cream/white border. Across the top a large pink-and-cream cursive logo reads 'Gottlieb's Duette', underlined by a swash, set against a dark green scalloped (scale-like) canopy. Centre-top is a magenta circular medallion containing a multi-pointed yellow/magenta starburst surrounding a small green ball-in-slot symbol; flanking it are two cream cartouche panels reading 'It's more Fun to Compete! A GAME OF SKILL' (left) and '1 or 2 CAN PLAY at the same time' (right). Below the medallion a green vertical 'BALL IN PLAY' shape hangs above two stacked green ovals. Two vertical cream diamond lozenges bordered in magenta read 'DELUXE' down each side. Lower half: a pink-framed window labelled '1' containing score reels reading '3 3 8' above '1st PLAYER' in yellow, and a green-and-gold window labelled '2' containing '0 0 0' above '2nd PLAYER'. Glowing red 'TILT' window at lower left, green 'MATCH' window at lower right, '1 = 2' in red and yellow beneath the centre. Small signature plaque at bottom centre.

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