Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- green
- magenta
- yellow
- cream
Fingerprint: Glamorous pool-hall scene, "ROTO-POOL" title, magenta scoring ladder reaching million row, blonde in magenta gown holding raised martini, red-haired in yellow gown with pool cue, third woman in off-shoulder purple, green felt table with scattered balls, ball-return trough, blue-tiled dado, mid-century painted
The left-hand magenta scoring ladder that climbs from 100 up to 900 and then a top 'MILLION 00' row marked with a white arrow. Second most memorable: two glamorous pin-up style women in strapless magenta and yellow evening gowns flanking the pool table, one holding a raised martini glass. A third striking element is the railed ball-return trough across the bottom displaying two orderly rows of billiard balls. The title is set in oversized purple block capitals with a pink-and-yellow swash beneath.
Setting
- Indoor pool hall
- Cream wall
- Blue and white diamond tile dado
- Wooden cue rack
- Pool table with green felt
Symbols
- Martini glass
- Pool cue
- Billiard balls
- Cue rack
- Ball return trough
- Scoring ladder
- Arrow
Lettering
- Large purple block capitals with white and black outline for the title, yellow-green cursive script above it, white sans-serif capitals on a magenta panel for the score table
Themes
- Billiards
- Pool hall
- Pin-up women
- Nightclub
Title on it
- Gottlieb's roto-pool
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- ROTO-POOL
- THOUSANDS
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 900
- 90
- 800
- 80
- 700
- 70
- 600
- 60
- 500
- 50
- 400
- 40
- 300
- 30
- 200
- 20
- 100
- 10
- MILLION
- 00
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Blonde, strapless magenta evening gown, short curled hair, smiling, holding a raised martini glass, standing behind the table |
| Woman | Red-haired, strapless yellow gown with white collar detail, leaning on the green pool table holding a cue, hoop earrings |
| Man | Dark hair, green shirt and dark tie, seen from behind at upper left, facing a wall-mounted scoring box and cue rack |
| Man | Dark hair, pale yellow shirt, lower left in profile, holding a small blue ball in his hand |
A mid-century pinball backglass set in a green-felt pool hall, framed by a wooden cabinet edge visible at left and right. The title sits at top right in two lines: a small yellow-green script 'Gottlieb's' above large purple-and-white outlined capitals 'ROTO-POOL', with a pink-and-yellow swoosh underline. Down the left third runs a magenta-purple scoring panel headed 'THOUSANDS' in white, listing descending pairs 900 90, 800 80, 700 70, 600 60, 500 50, 400 40, 300 30, 200 20, 100 10 and a final 'MILLION 00' row marked by a white arrow; a white column of numerals 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 runs down the outer edge. Four figures: a blonde woman in a strapless magenta evening gown holding a martini glass; a red-haired woman in a strapless yellow gown with a white collar leaning on the pool table holding a cue; a dark-haired man in a green shirt and dark tie seen from behind at upper left, facing a wall cue rack and scoring unit; and a dark-haired man in a pale yellow shirt at lower left, in profile, holding a small blue ball. Green felt table carries scattered coloured balls (yellow, white, magenta, orange, red) and a cue ball near the cue tip. Below, a railed ball-return trough displays two neat rows of striped and solid billiard balls in yellow, blue, red, black, orange and white. Background is a cream wall with a diamond-patterned blue-and-white tiled dado and a red wooden cue rack.