Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the playfield
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- teal
- cream
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: Hi Dolly, enormous red-nosed clown bursting through yellow starburst surrounded by SHOOT AGAIN, four grinning saloon men around chrome bar with yellow cowboy, starburst-capped pop bumpers with POINTS, dirty glass scratches and neon reflection, teal-cream-red palette, full-length electro-mechanical dirty-window effect
The most memorable element is the huge red-nosed clown head bursting through a yellow starburst in the lower centre, grinning with wide eyes, encircled by the words SHOOT AGAIN. Directly above it a flowing dark-blue script logo with white outline reads Hi Dolly. Four grinning cartoon men in a saloon crowd around a chrome bar across the middle, one in a floppy yellow cowboy hat. Three round bumpers with red-and-white starburst caps and 10 POINTS printed in the centre line up across the upper third, backed by a large red circular disc. The whole field is dominated by a teal-green and cream palette with red trim and yellow targets.
Setting
- Flat painted teal-green field with cream and red panels
- Large red circular disc filling the upper playfield
- Saloon interior suggested behind the mid-playfield men
- Painted metal apron at the bottom
Symbols
- Letters a b c d e in cream circles
- Red-and-white starburst targets
- Cream discs with 10 points
- Green 10 targets
- Red spin arrow banners
- Yellow flipper ovals
- Red arrow markers
Notable shapes
- Large red circular disc dominating the upper playfield
- Arched top deck with a five-lane rollover ladder
- Yellow starburst behind the clown head
- Oval yellow flipper instruction ovals
- Oval 5 points discs at the upper corners and lower left and right
- Triangular slingshots flanking the lower centre
Art motifs
- Chrome wire ball guides and lane guides
- Red circular backdrop disc
- Starburst rings
- Cream and red concentric target rings
- Shooting-gallery target motifs
- Vintage airbrushed cartoon figures with black keyline
Themes
- Saloon
- Cowboy
- Clown
- Showgirl act
- Arcade prize
- Playing-card letters
Title on it
- Hi dolly
Text on it
- Hi Dolly
- HI DOLLY
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- SPIN
- 100 POINTS FOR 10
- 5 POINTS
- 10 POINTS
- 10 POINTS FOR
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- WHEN LIT
- JUMPER
- FLIPPER
- RESET
- TARGETS WHEN LIT
- GAME PLAYERS
- SHOOT
- AGAIN
- TILT
- ENDS BALL
- ONE OR TWO PLAYERS
- FLIPPER BUTTONS
- CAN USE ON CABINET
- SCORE 1000
- BONUS 2000
- LANIER-HEINZLEIN
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Fair-haired cartoon man at mid-left in a pale shirt, grinning broadly and leaning in from the left edge beside the slingshot |
| Man | Dark-haired cartoon man in the centre of the saloon group, head and shoulders above the chrome bar, smiling |
| Man | Second dark-haired cartoon man facing the first, wearing a small hat, at the centre of the saloon group |
| Man | Cowboy at mid-right in a floppy bright-yellow hat and light shirt, grinning, leaning in from the right |
| Other | Large clown head in the lower centre: white face, big red round nose, wide eyes, huge open grin, red hair or ruff, bursting through a yellow starburst |
| Other | Small blonde figure at the very top-left holding a striped fan-like or firework-like object, partly obscured by the yellow neon reflection |
Full-length electro-mechanical playfield photographed through a dirty, heavily scratched and tarnished glass window, with a warm yellow neon reflection washing the upper left. Layout is a tall teal-green and cream field with a big red circular disc behind the top playfield. The top arc carries a red five-lane rollover ladder lettered A, B, C, D (E cut off) reading 10 POINTS each, flanked by cream discs reading 100 POINTS FOR 10 and 5 POINTS, and red arrow banners reading SPIN at either side. Below sit three round bumpers with red-and-white starburst caps and white centres printed 10 POINTS, plus cream-and-red 10 POINTS targets and three JUMPER lanes. The mid playfield is a painted cartoon of four grinning men in a saloon: a fair-haired man in a pale shirt at left, two dark-haired men facing each other in the centre, and a cowboy in a floppy yellow hat at right, all leaning over a chrome bar. A cream arc below holds three green 10 targets over WHEN LIT. The lower deck is dominated by a big blue-and-white script logo reading Hi Dolly above a red banner D. Gottlieb & Co., with a wide-eyed red-nosed clown head bursting through a yellow starburst ringed GAME PLAYERS / SHOOT / AGAIN / WHEN LIT. Slingshots flank two yellow FLIPPER ovals, and a stained tan apron carries blue instruction text.
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- yellow
- pink
Fingerprint: Blonde pin-up sprawled on teal sofa in white halter top and pink skirt holding telephone receiver, HI! DOLLY in red block letters with white-yellow inline striping, red script word above, bunting garland of yellow-leotarded showgirls holding hands across top, dressing room doorway, mid-century theatre aesthetic, sky-blue ground
The most memorable feature is the enormous oval marquee ringed like a theatre lightbulb border, with HI! DOLLY in giant red block letters with white-and-yellow inline striping and a red script word sweeping above it. Second is the blonde pin-up woman sprawled across a teal sofa in a white halter top and pink skirt, one bare foot kicked up, holding a telephone receiver to her ear and looking straight out at the viewer. Third, the top border garland of tiny yellow-leotarded showgirls arching between lettered shields and pennants. Fourth, the two four-drum score panels capped with red 1st and 2nd medallions and cream Player banners. Fifth, the small painted DRESSING ROOM doorway with a dressing-room mirror and hanging costumes at the top centre.
Setting
- Sky-blue painted backdrop
- Interior dressing-room doorway
- Teal sofa
- Theatre spotlight marquee
- Bunting of pennants and shields
Symbols
- Ring of yellow light bulbs around the title oval
- Shield and pennant bunting
- Yellow dancers holding hands
- Framed photographs
- White telephone receiver
- Cowboy hat
- Dressing-room mirror with hanging costumes
- Seven red and blue rectangles on the cabinet apron
Lettering
- The main title is huge red block capitals with heavy white and yellow inline striping and a dark drop shadow, sitting on a bulb-ringed oval; a smaller red cursive script word arcs above it. the player banners use red italic script with a black shadow on angled white panels. instruction text is red capitals on yellow, and the player-count panel is yellow capitals on red. manufacturing text is tiny black condensed capitals inside a white lozenge at the top.
Themes
- Music hall
- Variety stage
- Pin-up
- Telephone
- Showgirls
- Marquee
- Bunting
- Western
- Dressing room
Title on it
- Hi! dolly
Text on it
- MFD. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO.
- CHICAGO, ILL. 60651
- DRESSING ROOM
- Player
- 1st
- 2nd
- HI!
- DOLLY
- BALL in PLAY
- IT'S MORE FUN
- TO COMPETE!
- A GAME OF SKILL
- GAME OVER
- 1 or 2 PLAYERS
- CAN PLAY
- AT THE SAME TIME
- 666
- 000
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Dominant blonde pin-up, fair-skinned, shoulder-length curled hair, low-cut white halter top with thin straps, short pink skirt, bracelet on raised wrist; reclining on her side along a teal tufted sofa, knees bent and bare feet lifted, holding a white telephone receiver to her ear, looking directly at the viewer with a wide open-mouthed smile. |
| Woman | Red-haired showgirl standing to the right of the logo in a bright pink leotard/skirt with white fringe and a white bodice panel, one arm lifted to her hair, head tilted, facing forward with a smile. |
| Woman | Cowgirl figure behind the sofa in a wide white cowboy hat, dark hair, brown-and-cream western shirt, shown from the chest up facing slightly left. |
| Woman | Small dancing girl in a yellow leotard at the far left end of the top garland, arms raised. |
| Woman | Another small dancing girl in a yellow leotard at the right end of the top garland, arms raised. |
| Other | Row of five or six additional tiny dancing girls in yellow leotards holding hands in an arch across the top border, interspersed with white shields and triangular pennants. |
| Man | Comic caricature head of a man in a white captain's hat at the left edge, mouth open in a laugh, drawn in a caricature style with a large chin. |
| Man | Caricature head of a grinning dark-haired man with a prominent nose at the right edge above the pin-up. |
| Man | Small caricature head of a man in a dark hat at the far right edge, grinning. |
| Other | A thin figure in a hat and jacket standing in the painted dressing-room doorway at top centre, partly hidden by the door frame. |
A bright mid-century litho-style pinball backglass in a cream wooden frame, its playing field covered by reflections of ceiling strip lights. The composition is a busy collage on a sky-blue ground. Across the very top runs a bunting garland of little girls in yellow leotards holding hands and arching between shields and pennants, with a white lozenge bearing small black manufacturing text. Two four-window mechanical score panels sit high left and high right, each with a cream drum face, black digits reading 666 and 000 respectively, and a red script word Player on a white angled banner below. Upper centre is a painted doorway labelled DRESSING ROOM, flanked by small framed photographs. Left of centre, an oval spotlight ringed with round yellow bulbs carries the main logo: a red script word arcing above huge block letters HI! and DOLLY, red with thick white and yellow inline striping and dark drop shadow, with BALL in PLAY on a red ribbon below. A 1950s-style pin-up woman dominates the right: blonde, low-cut white halter top, pink skirt, reclining across a teal sofa, holding a telephone receiver to her ear and lifting one bare foot. Behind her stands a second red-haired woman in a pink-and-white costume, and a cowgirl in a white cowboy hat, plus a cluster of comic caricature heads of men at the right and left edges. Bottom left is a yellow-and-red box; bottom right a red box about player numbers. Beneath the glass the cabinet apron carries seven red and blue rectangles.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- cream
- yellow
Fingerprint: Giant white oval bulb-studded emblem reading HI DOLLY in slanted white letters with heavy red outline, pin-up blonde in plunging red dress lounging on blue banquette with telephone handset to ear and cigarette, grinning cowboy in white hat beside red-haired showgirl holding up bottle in front of pale-blue DRESSING ROOM door
The most memorable feature is the giant white oval bulb-studded emblem reading HI DOLLY in slanted white letters with heavy red outline, set low on the left beneath the red script wordmark. Close behind it in memorability: the pin-up blonde in the plunging red dress lounging on a blue banquette with a telephone handset to her ear and a cigarette, laughing broadly. The grinning cowboy in a white hat beside the red-haired showgirl holding up a bottle in front of the pale-blue DRESSING ROOM door completes the three-figure cast.
Setting
- Pale-blue interior wall with a doorway marked dressing room
- Blue banquette seating in the lower right foreground
- Bunting of lettered triangular pennants strung across the top
- White background band carrying small maker and city line
Symbols
- Round yellow light bulbs ringing the title oval
- Triangular lettered pennant bunting
- Telephone handset
- Cigarette
- Bottle held aloft
- Cowboy hat
- Sailor cap
- Mechanical reel score windows
- Yellow playfield button discs
Lettering
- Slanted white block letters with heavy red outline and dark drop shadow for the title; red brush script wordmark above it; plain condensed white capitals on the top band; mixed-case white capitals on the score window captions
Themes
- Dressing room
- Showbiz backstage
- Performance
- Pin-up women
- Western
- Cowboy
Title on it
- Hi dolly
Text on it
- DRESSING ROOM
- 1st Player
- 2nd Player
- Player
- HI DOLLY
- BALL IN PLAY
- Dolly
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
- A GAME OF SKILL
- GAME OVER
- 1 or 2 PLAYERS
- CAN PLAY
- AT THE SAME TIME
- GAME OF SKILL
- CHICAGO, ILL. 60651
- STEADY HANDS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Red-haired pin-up, standing in profile at centre, white halter top and short red skirt, arm extended holding up a bottle, smiling |
| Man | Cowboy in a wide white hat, red shirt and yellow neckerchief, grinning, standing behind and right of the red-haired woman |
| Woman | Blonde in a low-cut red dress, reclining on a blue banquette at lower right, telephone handset held to her ear, cigarette in the other hand, laughing broadly |
| Man | Man in a white sailor cap and blue uniform leaning in at the far left edge, mouth open smiling |
| Other | Small clown-like grinning head in a red and yellow hat peering in at the right edge near the second player window |
| Other | Small male head in a dark cap peering from the dressing room doorway |
Heavily worn, brightly coloured cartoon pinball backglass. Across the top, a bunting of red, white and yellow triangular pennants, each lettered individually, hangs on a blue band under a white maker strip. Below, a pale-blue doorway labelled DRESSING ROOM sits at centre-back. Two white-framed score windows stand high left and right, headed 1st and 2nd and captioned Player in red script, digits showing 6-2. The lower left holds a large white oval edged with round yellow bulbs enclosing HI DOLLY in huge slanted white letters with red outline and dark shadow, under a red script wordmark. At centre a red-haired pin-up in a white halter top and short red skirt stands in profile, arm raised holding a bottle. Behind her a cowboy in a white hat, red shirt and yellow neckerchief grins. At right a blonde in a low-cut red dress reclines on a blue banquette, telephone handset to her ear and a cigarette in hand. A yellow-bordered plaque sits bottom left, a red-and-yellow 1 or 2 players box bottom right. Deep blue ground, cream and red dominant, with heavy paint chipping.