1954 · Gottlieb
Gold Star
Flat teal-blue painted backdrop, magenta-purple ground plane in the lower third, wooden cabinet frame visible around all four edges and reflection glare across the upper centre of the glass.
- Year
- 1954
- 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.
Backglass
- teal
- magenta
- red
- cream
Fingerprint: Pin-up in green bikini holding red star sphere overhead, three smaller star balls, "GOLD STAR" yellow block title, score ladder 900,000 down, balloon letters spelling MILLION.
A pin-up woman in a green bikini holding a huge red star-emblazoned sphere straight over her head with both arms, flanked by three smaller coloured star balls. The unusual stacked score ladder running 900,000 down to 100,000 down the entire left side, capped by five overlapping balloons spelling MILLION. A white scroll banner reading Double in magenta script beside a reclining redhead in an orange bikini. The title GOLD STAR in chunky yellow block letters with a red drop-shadow outline in the upper right.
Setting
- Flat teal-blue painted backdrop
- Magenta-purple ground plane in the lower third
- Wooden cabinet frame visible around all four edges
- Reflection glare across the upper centre of the glass
Symbols
- Five-pointed stars in red, cream, green and orange
- Large striped sphere with a star
- Five overlapping balloons
- Gold ingot bars scattered on the orange ground
- Red star on a pole
- White scroll cartouche
- Small green diamond motif near the bottom right
Lettering
- Bold yellow sans-serif block capitals with heavy red outline and drop shadow for the title; curved magenta capitals on the balloons; large magenta cursive script on the white scroll; yellow-green capitals with red outline arched over the bottom band; black script capitals in a white boxed signature panel.
Themes
- Pin-up beach girls
- Score ladder
- Million bonus
- Double bonus
- Star emblems
- Balloons
Title on it
- Gold star
Text on it
- GOLD STAR
- MILLION
- 900,000
- 800,000
- 700,000
- 600,000
- 500,000
- 400,000
- 300,000
- 200,000
- 100,000
- Double
- POINTS
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Centre, standing full length, arms raised holding a large red sphere with a cream five-pointed star and cream zigzag banding at its base. blonde shoulder-length hair, green bikini top and matching green sarong-style skirt with yellow trim, gold platform sandals, smiling, facing the viewer. |
| Woman | Upper right, standing, blonde hair, red fringed halter bikini, one hand on hip, posed against a large red star on a vertical pole. |
| Woman | Upper right, standing beside the red-bikini figure, red/auburn hair, green two-piece bikini, pale skin, arms down, smiling. |
| Woman | Centre-right, reclining on a white cloud-like scroll with one leg extended, red/auburn hair, orange bikini top and bottoms, elbow propped, facing left. |
A wood-framed electro-mechanical backglass with a flat teal-blue background and a magenta-purple ground across the lower third. Left third: a stacked column of nine cream-framed score panels reading 900,000, 800,000, 700,000, 600,000, 500,000, 400,000, 300,000, 200,000 and 100,000 downwards, alternating red and green numerals on white bars with tiny star ornaments at each corner. Above them, five large overlapping balloons in red, orange, magenta and cream carry the curved magenta word MILLION. Centre: a red sphere with a big cream star and cream zigzag banding, held aloft by a pin-up woman in a green two-piece and gold platform sandals, arms raised, blonde hair, smiling. Upper right: two more pin-up women, one blonde in a red fringed bikini and one redhead in a green two-piece, posed against a red starburst on a pole. Centre-right: three smaller star balls in red, green and orange plus a red star on a white star, above a white scroll banner reading Double in magenta script. Top right: large yellow block letters with red outline reading GOLD STAR. Bottom centre: POINTS arched in yellow-green letters with red outline over an orange band scattered with small gold bars. Bottom right: a boxed signature D. Gottlieb & Co. Art style is flat, brightly saturated, hand-painted mid-century cartoon illustration with heavy black outlines and airbrushed shading.