1961 · Williams
Kismet
Known for Colour wheel, Yellow bumper, Blue bumper and Red bumper. Pale blue sky band across the top, green field patterned with dark diamonds and dotted arches, pink plain across the bottom strip and ornate cream and red arch frames.
- Year
- 1961
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Known for
- wheel
Colour wheel
- Bumper
Yellow bumper
- Bumper
Blue bumper
- Bumper
Red bumper
- Bumper
Purple bumper
- Target
Center swinging target
On the playfield
Toy 1
- Colour wheel wheel
Bumpers 4
- Yellow bumper
- Blue bumper
- Red bumper
- Purple bumper
Target 1
- Center swinging target
Lanes 2
- Upper side lanes
- Wall switches switches
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Dark-haired man reclining on his side on a bolster at bottom left-centre, wearing a yellow/gold vest, looking upward
- woman Blonde woman seated cross-legged in the centre of the bottom strip, wearing a long red dress, one hand raised near her face, beside a brass hookah
- woman Blonde woman at bottom right wearing a green dress, seated and turned to the left
- woman Standing in the centre curtained doorway, dark hair, wearing a pale blue two-piece outfit, arms slightly raised
Setting
- Pale blue sky band across the top
- Green field patterned with dark diamonds and dotted arches
- Pink plain across the bottom strip
- Ornate cream and red arch frames
Text on it
- KISMET
- Williams 4 Player
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- PLAYER
- BALL IN PLAY
Made by
- Design
- Steve Kordek
- Art
- George Molentin
Reference
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- green
- red
- cream
- pink
Fingerprint: Four cream cloud-shaped score windows capped by red discs with gold numerals, ornate green-and-red arch frame. "KISMET" title with red script line above. Narrow centre curtained archway: woman in pale blue two-piece standing in doorway beneath hanging brass lamp. Two striped hot-air balloons at top corners. Bottom strip: reclining dark-haired man, blonde in red dress beside brass hookah, blonde in green. Bright cartoon harem theme.
The dominant memory is the giant red block-letter title filling the top banner, flanked by two striped hot-air balloons against a pale blue sky. Second is the symmetrical grid of four cream cloud-shaped score windows, each capped by a red disc with a gold numeral, wrapped in an ornate green-and-red arch frame. Third, the narrow centre panel cuts through everything with a curtained doorway where a woman in a pale blue outfit stands under a hanging brass lamp, flanked by two small PLAYER plaques. Fourth, the bottom cartoon strip of lounging figures and food: a reclining dark-haired man, a blonde woman in a red dress beside a brass hookah, another blonde in green, a fruit bowl and a large red ceramic jar. Fifth, the small oval BALL IN PLAY plaque at bottom left.
Setting
- Pale blue sky band across the top
- Green field patterned with dark diamonds and dotted arches
- Pink plain across the bottom strip
- Ornate cream and red arch frames
Symbols
- Two red-and-yellow striped hot-air balloons
- Brass hookah
- Hanging brass palace lamp
- Red drapes and curtains
- Bowl of fruit
- Domed silver serving dish
- Large red ceramic jar
- Ornate scalloped arch frames
- Gold scroll cartouches
Lettering
- Tall red serif capitals with heavy dark drop shadow for the main title, red brush script above it, black condensed sans-serif capitals on the yellow slogan panels, gold and black serif capitals on the cream cartouches
Themes
- Arabian nights
- Harem
- Exotic
- Nightclub
Title on it
- Kismet
Text on it
- KISMET
- Williams 4 Player
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- PLAYER
- BALL IN PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Dark-haired man reclining on his side on a bolster at bottom left-centre, wearing a yellow/gold vest, looking upward |
| Woman | Blonde woman seated cross-legged in the centre of the bottom strip, wearing a long red dress, one hand raised near her face, beside a brass hookah |
| Woman | Blonde woman at bottom right wearing a green dress, seated and turned to the left |
| Woman | Standing in the centre curtained doorway, dark hair, wearing a pale blue two-piece outfit, arms slightly raised |
A brightly coloured cartoon-style backglass divided into five framed panels: four large scalloped-arch score windows (two on the left, two on the right) and a tall narrow archway panel down the centre. Across the top runs a pale blue-green sky band carrying a large red title in tall block capitals with dark shadowing, a red script line above it, and yellow rectangular slogan panels either side; two red-and-yellow striped hot-air balloons hang at the top left and top right corners. Each score window is a cream-white cloud shape with a red circle containing a gold number (1, 2, 3, 4) at its crown, a row of small reel windows showing digits, and a gold scroll cartouche below reading 1ST PLAYER, 2ND PLAYER, 3RD PLAYER or 4TH PLAYER. The green ground behind the windows is patterned with small dark diamonds and dotted arches. The centre arch shows a curtained alcove with a hanging brass lamp, a woman in a pale blue two-piece standing in the doorway, and small PLAYER labels either side. Along the bottom strip, on a pale pink ground, a dark-haired man in a yellow vest reclines on a bolster, a blonde woman in a red dress sits beside a hookah, another blonde in green sits at the right, with bowls of fruit, a domed dish of food and a large red jar.