1954 · Williams
Screamo
Fairground amusement park, blue sky with white clouds, green-and-white lattice steel coaster or swing ride, pink and yellow striped fairground buildings, red and white striped queue railings and green carousel canopy.
- Year
- 1954
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Harry Mabs
- Art
- George Molentin
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- yellow
- blue
- white
Fingerprint: SCREAM: Huge fairground ride entrance arch in red bulb-studded letters, giant laughing blonde woman's head filling bottom foreground, four grinning boys in caps leaning over yellow score car, fairground crowd in striped rail.
A huge fairground ride entrance arch spelling 'SCREAM' in fat red bulb-studded block letters, with a maker name in script perched on top and a giant laughing blonde woman's head filling the bottom centre foreground. The score display is styled as a yellow fairground ride car reading 'MILLIONS' with 200/400/600/800 windows. Four grinning boys in caps lean over the top of that car against a blue sky and steel coaster lattice. A queue of grinning fairground visitors in green, pink and red shirts presses along a red-and-white striped rail across the lower left.
Setting
- Fairground amusement park
- Blue sky with white clouds
- Green-and-white lattice steel coaster or swing ride
- Pink and yellow striped fairground buildings
- Red and white striped queue railings
- Green carousel canopy
Symbols
- Round incandescent light bulbs inside the title letters
- Score windows
- Red and white striped barriers
- Lattice coaster track
- Carousel canopy
- Tower ride
- Cloud puffs
Lettering
- Title in very fat red sans-serif block capitals with white edge and yellow bulb dots; score numerals in white on black windows; 'millions' in small red capitals on a yellow band; 'score' in white serif capitals on dark blue
Themes
- Amusement park
- Fairground
- Ride queue
- Funfair
- Roller coaster
Title on it
- Scream
Text on it
- MILLIONS
- 200
- 400
- 600
- 800
- SCORE
- SCREAM
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Boy in a green cap and yellow shirt at upper left of the score panel, arms flung up, open-mouthed grin |
| Man | Boy in a dark cap and orange shirt at top centre-left, one arm raised, grinning over the panel |
| Man | Boy in an orange cap at top centre-right, head tilted, smiling |
| Man | Boy in a dark cap and red shirt at upper right, arm up, laughing |
| Woman | Large laughing blonde woman in the bottom centre foreground, swept yellow curls, pink lipstick, head tilted |
| Man | Man in a green shirt at lower left behind the striped rail, smiling |
| Woman | Woman in a pink top beside him, dark hair, leaning on the rail |
| Man | Man in a red shirt and cap at lower left |
| Woman | Woman in a yellow top at the left edge, partly cropped |
| Child | Small figure in yellow among the crowd at left |
| Other | Tiny silhouetted fairground riders on the rides at the right side |
A brightly coloured cartoon-style amusement-park backglass. Across the top sits a long yellow bumper-car-shaped score panel edged in orange, printed 'MILLIONS' in small red capitals at its left tip, with four black score windows reading 200, 400, 600 and 800 above the word 'SCORE' in white serif capitals on a dark blue strip. Behind and above the panel, a blue sky with white clouds, a green-and-white lattice steel coaster or swing-ride framework and a fairground tower. Four cartoon boys in caps lean over the top edge of the panel, arms raised, grinning down at the viewer. Centre stage carries a red-and-yellow gate arch with a maker name in yellow script above the huge title 'SCREAM', spelled out in fat red block capitals studded with round yellow light bulbs and edged white. Below and left, a queue of smiling fairground goers - men and women in bright green, pink, yellow and red shirts - leans on a red-and-white striped counter rail. Bottom centre a large laughing blonde woman with swept yellow curls and pink lipstick fills the foreground. To the right are pink and yellow striped fairground buildings, a red fence, a green carousel canopy and a yellow tower ride. Dominant colours: red, yellow, sky blue and white, with green and pink accents.