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1965 · Gottlieb

Hi Dolly

Sky-blue painted backdrop, interior dressing-room doorway, teal sofa, theatre spotlight marquee and bunting of pennants and shields.

Year
1965
Maker
Gottlieb
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
2

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.

Hi Dolly playfield

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

Distinctive

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
Pop bumpers
Three round bumpers in a row across the upper third, each with a red-and-white starburst cap printed 10 points
Spinners
Two red spin arrow banners at the upper left and upper right of the rollover ladder, plus spin arrows on either side of the centre apron
Drop targets
Five-lane rollover ladder lettered a through e at the top reading 10 points each; three green 10 drop targets over when lit across the mid arc; a 100 points for 10 disc in the top centre
Slingshots
Two standard triangular slingshots with red rubber, one each side of the lower centre
Upper playfield
Arched top deck with rollover lanes, a red circular disc backdrop, 5 points and 100 points discs, and chrome ball guides framing the lanes
Apron and lower playfield
Stained tan metal apron with blue printed instruction cards: one or two players at lower left, flipper buttons with the line can use on cabinet in the centre, a hi dolly card with score 1000 and bonus 2000 at lower right, a small tilt / ends ball metal plate on the right, and a white lanier-heinzlein photographer watermark in the bottom right corner. the playfield glass shows heavy scratches, grime and a yellow neon reflection at the upper left.
Who and what
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 description

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.

Hi Dolly backglass

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

Distinctive

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
Who and what
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.
Full description

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.

Hi Dolly backglass

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

Distinctive

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
Who and what
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
Full description

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.