1957 · Williams
Gay Paree
Deep blue starry night sky, ornate victorian street lamps at both top corners, painted fairground pavilion and dome building behind the figure, wavy yellow musical staff with coloured notes across the bottom and dark outer border with black edge trim.
- Year
- 1957
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
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
- blue
- red
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: gay paree, pair of ornate Victorian street-lamp posts framing starry blue sky both top corners most memorable, bulb-studded red-yellow arched title lettering over blue night sky, flanked by two angled instruction placards, four brightly colored numbered score cartouches arranged 2x2, blonde woman in red gown lower center arms flung up beneath billowing pale-blue drape front of domed pavilion, musical staff with colored oval notes and streamers bottom third, illuminated glossy backglass
The most memorable element is the pair of ornate Victorian street-lamp posts framing the starry blue sky at both top corners. Second is the bulb-studded red-and-yellow arched title lettering over a blue night sky, flanked by two little angled instruction placards ('1 to 4 Can Play' and 'Invite Competition For More Fun'). Third is the four brightly coloured numbered score cartouches arranged 2x2, each with its own colour-coded body and player label. Fourth is the blonde woman in a red gown at lower centre, arms flung up beneath a billowing pale-blue drape in front of a domed pavilion.
Setting
- Deep blue starry night sky
- Ornate victorian street lamps at both top corners
- Painted fairground pavilion and dome building behind the figure
- Wavy yellow musical staff with coloured notes across the bottom
- Dark outer border with black edge trim
Symbols
- Row of small round light bulbs inside the title letters
- White stars scattered across the sky
- Musical notes and coloured oval note-heads on the staff
- Bunting-style streamers and ribbons
- Four numbered circular discs (1, 2, 3, 4)
- Red pennant flag
- Blank red ribbon banner below the title
- Rectangular reel score windows showing 0
Lettering
- Yellow cursive script wordmark above a large arched red title with yellow inline and marquee-light bulb dots; player labels in bold outlined capital sans-serif, each in its own colour (red, yellow, green, maroon) on white cartouches; small placards use yellow and white mixed-case lettering on green and yellow angled backgrounds
Themes
- Music hall
- Variety entertainment
- Fairground
- Four player
- Night sky
Title on it
- Gay paree
Text on it
- Williams
- GAY PAREE
- 1 to 4 Can Play
- Invite Competition For More Fun
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- BALL-IN-PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Single blonde woman at lower centre, shoulder-length wavy hair, fair skin, red strapless bodice with red full-length gown, both arms raised above her head, smiling, holding or lifting a billowing pale-blue and white draped canopy/cloth that sweeps to her left; her skirt is gathered and flares forward |
| Other | Painted domed pavilion / exhibition hall in pale blue and white behind the woman, with arched windows, a columned section and small distant figures standing on the pavement in front of it |
Illuminated, glossy backglass panel. Deep royal-blue night-sky background speckled with small white stars, flanked at both top corners by two ornate white/grey Victorian street-lamp posts drawn in line art. Across the top, a yellow cursive 'Williams' sits above a large red-and-yellow script title 'GAY PAREE' whose letters are filled with yellow light-bulb dots on deep red, arched in a curve. Two small angled placards hang below the title: a green one at left reading '1 to 4 Can Play' and a yellow one at right reading 'Invite Competition For More Fun', between them a blank red ribbon banner. Four large rounded score windows fill the mid-field in a 2x2 grid, each a coloured cartouche with a white numbered disc on top (1 red, 2 yellow, 3 green, 4 dark red/maroon) and white reel windows showing 0 digits; beneath each, a white cartouche reads '1ST PLAYER', '2ND PLAYER', '3RD PLAYER', '4TH PLAYER'. Lower centre shows a painted fairground scene: a blonde woman in a red gown and red bodice, arms raised, lifting a billowing pale-blue-and-white draped canopy or cloth, with a domed pavilion building behind. The bottom third is a wavy yellow musical staff with coloured oval notes and streamers; a red pennant at lower left reads 'BALL-IN-PLAY'.