1948 · Genco
Merry Widow
Dark navy night sky with a pale crescent moon at upper left, scattered five-pointed stars in white, pink and green, faint dark blue planet discs behind the figures, white and pink scalloped cloud band across the lower third and red, cream, yellow and dark green striped arc at the bottom edge.
- Year
- 1948
- Maker
- Genco
- 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.
Backglass
- navy blue
- yellow
- maroon
- white
Fingerprint: Four belly-dancer figures standing on bright yellow crescent moon, central dancer in white skirt and pale blue corset with both arms flung skyward, title Merry Widow enormous yellow-green script cascading upper-left quadrant, burgundy Million banner crowning descending value ladder right edge, side dancers in tall cylindrical hats holding long thin heart-tipped poles, navy-blue night sky scattered with five-pointed stars, fan of overlapping colored circles
A troupe of four belly-dancer figures standing on a bright yellow crescent moon, with the central dancer in a white skirt and pale blue corset holding the pose with both arms flung upward. The title 'Merry Widow' is a huge, steeply diagonal yellow-green script that cascades across the whole upper-left quadrant. A burgundy 'Million' banner under three overlapping coloured circles crowns a nine-step ladder of ball-addition values running down the entire right-hand side. The three side dancers wear tall cylindrical hats and hold long thin heart-tipped poles, and their names are lettered vertically down their skirts.
Setting
- Dark navy night sky with a pale crescent moon at upper left
- Scattered five-pointed stars in white, pink and green
- Faint dark blue planet discs behind the figures
- White and pink scalloped cloud band across the lower third
- Red, cream, yellow and dark green striped arc at the bottom edge
Symbols
- Crescent moon
- Five-pointed stars
- Red hearts on poles
- Three overlapping coloured discs (yellow, green, crimson)
- Tall cylindrical hats
- Tilted rectangular value panels
Lettering
- Large diagonal yellow-green brush script with white drop shadow for the title; white italic script on a burgundy banner for 'million'; chunky white and outlined numerals on the tilted value panels; white block capitals set vertically down three coloured banners
Themes
- Harem
- Belly dancer
- Night sky
- Crescent moon
- Orientalist spectacle
- Score ladder
Title on it
- Merry widow
Text on it
- Merry Widow
- Million
- 900 000
- 800 000
- 700 000
- 600 000
- 500 000
- 400 000
- 300 000
- 200 000
- 100 000
- SINGLE
- DOUBLE
- TRIPLE
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Central, largest figure: pale-skinned adult woman with dark hair, red lips, in a pale blue corseted bodice with shoulder straps and a voluminous white skirt; one leg pointed down onto the yellow moon, both arms thrown up and wide, one hand raised highest; white high-heeled shoe visible |
| Woman | Far left figure: blonde adult woman in a white and yellow two-piece costume with a tall flat-topped yellow hat, one arm raised, holding a long thin pole topped with a red heart; a yellow banner reading single hangs beside her |
| Woman | Centre-right smaller figure: dark-haired woman in a red and green two-piece costume with a tall cylindrical hat, arms at her sides; a green banner reading double hangs in front of her |
| Woman | Far right figure: blonde woman in a yellow bodice with a red panel down the front of her skirt, tall flat-topped hat, one arm raised holding a heart-topped pole; a maroon banner reading triple runs down her skirt |
A printed backglass with a dark navy-blue night-sky background, framed by a pale wooden cabinet edge, showing a harem of four women in exotic dance costumes performing on a large yellow crescent-moon platform. The main title 'Merry Widow' is written in enormous flowing yellow-green script with a white drop shadow, slanting down from the upper left. At upper right a fan of five coloured circles (yellow, green, crimson) sits above a burgundy banner carrying the white script word 'Million', and beneath it a descending ladder of tilted rectangular panels — maroon, white, green, blue, white, maroon, maroon, olive, dark green — each carrying a five- or six-digit ball-addition value with small '000' superscripts. The background shows a crescent moon, scattered five-pointed stars, and faint dark planets. Along the bottom edge, below a scalloped white-and-pink cloud border, a red, cream, yellow and dark-green striped arc suggests a tent canopy or drum. The central woman, largest of the group, wears a pale blue corseted bodice with a full white skirt, arms flung up and out, red lipstick and a pale face.