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1948 · Bally

Melody

Indoor stage, band performance and music staff graphic border.

Year
1948
Maker
Bally
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Backglass lights
Players
1

Vision analysis

On the backglass

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Melody backglass

Backglass

  • yellow
  • purple
  • red
  • teal

Fingerprint: MELODY with glamorous singer in strapless purple gown, two cartoon brass bands in maroon jackets, nine colored value plaques, five-line music staff with notes.

Distinctive

A glamorous singer in a strapless purple gown stands centre stage, arms flung wide, flanked by two separate cartoon bands of maroon-jacketed musicians playing trumpet, violin, double bass, saxophone and drums. The whole scene sits on a bright lemon-yellow field with the title in huge pink block letters with yellow inline striping, arched above her. Nine coloured value plaques (1000 to 9000) run in an arc across the very top, repeated on hanging scalloped banners beneath. The bottom edge is a deep red panel carrying a five-line music staff with gold eighth notes numbered 1 through 8.

Setting

  • Indoor stage
  • Band performance
  • Music staff graphic border

Symbols

  • Musical notes (eighth notes and quavers)
  • Five-line music staff
  • Treble clef
  • Trumpet
  • Violin
  • Double bass
  • Saxophone
  • Drum kit
  • Microphone
  • Scalloped banner shapes
  • Arched colour plaques

Lettering

  • Large arched pink-red 3d block capitals with yellow inline stripes and darker outline for the title; simple white numerals on the coloured top plaques and banners; small purple-black cursive script signature-style wordmark above the title

Themes

  • Big band
  • Jazz
  • Music
  • Singer
  • Stage
  • Orchestra

Title on it

  • Melody

Text on it

  • MELODY
  • 1000
  • 2000
  • 3000
  • 4000
  • 5000
  • 6000
  • 7000
  • 8000
  • 9000
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman One adult singer, centre, strapless magenta-purple evening gown with high slit and sheer trailing drape, short dark curly hair, both arms outstretched, smiling, holding a microphone
Man Left group of three cartoon band members in maroon jackets and white shirts: one playing a trumpet raised to his mouth, one bowing a violin, one playing a large green double bass
Man Right group of three cartoon band members in maroon jackets and white shirts: one playing a golden saxophone, one playing a brass horn, one seated behind a pale blue drum kit with cymbals
Creature None; no animals or monsters appear, only the human band and singer
Full description

Rectangular backglass with a cherry-wood frame, dominated by a bright yellow central panel. Across the top runs an arc of nine coloured rectangular plaques (teal, red, green, orange, purple, blue) each printed with a value from 1000 up to 9000, separated by gold music-note spindles; below it hangs a row of matching scalloped banners again reading 1000 through 9000. Below that, in large pink-and-red 3D block letters with yellow inline stripes, is the word MELODY, arched, with a small cursive script signature-style wordmark in purple-black script above it. A single pin-up style woman stands centre stage on a grey plank floor in a strapless magenta-purple evening gown with a high slit and a trailing sheer purple drape; she has short dark curly hair, both arms flung wide, smiling, and holds a small microphone. She is flanked by two clusters of cartoon band members in maroon jackets with white shirts: on the left a trumpet player, a violinist with bow, and a double-bass player; on the right a saxophone player, another brass player, and a drummer behind a blue drum. Musical notes float in the yellow air. Green draped curtains and blue-grey arc panels frame the sides, with pink and purple score reels at each edge, and a deep red bottom band showing a five-line music staff with gold eighth notes numbered 1 to 8.