1957 · Gottlieb
Royal Flush
Red theatre curtain swag across top, scalloped purple valance, magenta wall behind lower card table, green felt card table and radiant cream-yellow sunburst behind the top row of women.
- Year
- 1957
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
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
- red
- purple
- green
- yellow
Fingerprint: Royal Flush: six stylised showgirls in strapless gowns and opera gloves presenting oversized playing cards in pageant line, crowned white-bearded king in green-and-gold robe presiding over green felt card table, heart-shaped crest with heraldic shield at bottom centre, red theatre curtain swag.
Six cartoon showgirls in strapless gowns and opera gloves standing in a row, each presenting an enormous playing card as though in a beauty pageant, against a red theatre curtain. A crowned white-bearded king in a green-and-gold robe presides over a green felt card table with two women seated at it in the lower half. A jumble of bright diagonal rainbow colour bands carries a big numeral column 7-to-1 next to the score chart. A yellow heart-shaped crest with a tiny heraldic shield anchors the bottom centre, and a white ribbon signature panel sits just below it.
Setting
- Red theatre curtain swag across top
- Scalloped purple valance
- Magenta wall behind lower card table
- Green felt card table
- Radiant cream-yellow sunburst behind the top row of women
Symbols
- Ace of hearts
- Jack of hearts
- Queen of hearts
- King of hearts
- Nine of hearts
- Joker card
- Four card suits (spade, heart, diamond, club)
- Crown
- Heraldic shield with red diagonal band
- Red diamond
- Yellow heart outline
- White opera gloves
- Red theatre curtain
- Playing chips
- Drinking glass
- Purple scalloped valance
Lettering
- Very large white sans-serif block capitals with heavy red and yellow drop-shadow outline for the title; black sans-serif capitals on a white scroll banner for the patent notice; black cursive signature on a white ribbon for the maker panel; black block numerals on coloured rectangles in the score chart
Themes
- Playing cards
- Poker
- Royalty
- Showgirls
- Casino
- Card game
Title on it
- Royal flush
Text on it
- ROYAL
- FLUSH
- MILLIONS
- THOUSANDS
- Amusement Patents
- A PRODUCT OF
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- CHICAGO, ILL.
- U.S.A.
- JOKER
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 900
- 800
- 700
- 600
- 500
- 400
- 300
- 200
- 100
- 90
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| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Far left, blonde bob, yellow dress with blue trim and a single blue shoulder strap, long pale-yellow opera gloves, holding a giant ace of hearts tilted right |
| Woman | Second from left, brunette, strapless green gown, red gloves, holding a giant jack of hearts face card |
| Woman | Centre-left, brunette, strapless red gown, red gloves, holding a giant queen of hearts face card |
| Woman | Centre-right, blonde, strapless red gown with yellow trim, holding a giant king of hearts face card |
| Woman | Second from right, blonde, strapless blue gown, holding a giant nine of hearts card showing nine red pips |
| Woman | Far right, older grey-haired woman in a red off-shoulder dress with a white collar, holding a card printed joker |
| Man | Crowned king with long white beard and moustache, wearing a gold crown, green-and-white striped robe with gold trim over a blue tunic, seated upper right of the lower scene |
| Woman | Left of lower scene, standing in profile, tall blue feathered headdress, yellow-and-blue ruffled costume |
| Woman | Seated at the card table, blonde, red halter dress with a white band, back to viewer |
| Woman | Seated centre at the card table, blue dress with puffed sleeves, short white curly hair and a small tiara, back to viewer |
| Woman | Seated right at the card table, blonde with a small tiara and green strap, back to viewer |
Illuminated card-themed backglass with a deep red curtain swag across the top and huge block capitals spelling ROYAL at upper left and FLUSH at upper right in white with red and yellow outline shading; the O of ROYAL is a white heart shape. Below the title stands a row of six stylised 1950s cartoon women with pale skin and short waved hair, each in a strapless gown (red, green, teal or blue) with long elbow-length opera gloves, each holding an oversized playing card tilted in front of her: an Ace of Hearts, three face cards (a Jack, a Queen and a King) and a Nine of Hearts, plus at far right an older grey-haired woman in a red dress holding a card printed JOKER. A scalloped purple valance separates the top row from a lower casino scene on a magenta ground: a crowned, white-bearded king in a green-and-gold striped robe sits at a green felt card table beside two seated women seen from behind, one blonde in a red halter dress and one in a blue dress with white curly hair and a small tiara, while a third woman with a blue feathered headdress stands at the left. Chips, a glass and a small card stack lie on the table. A large yellow heart crest with a heraldic shield and red diamond sits at bottom centre. At right a bright score panel carries MILLIONS and THOUSANDS headers above columns of numerals, and a diagonal rainbow-coloured wedge carries the numerals 7 down to 1. Colours are dominated by red, magenta/purple, green and yellow.