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1951 · Williams

Shoo Shoo

Red theatre curtain with scalloped valance, green stage floor and side panels of numbered pin-up frames.

Year
1951
Maker
Williams
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Backglass lights
Players
1

Made by

Design
Gordon Horlick
Art
George Molentin

Vision analysis

On the backglass

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

Shoo Shoo backglass

Backglass

  • yellow
  • red
  • orange
  • black

Fingerprint: Three pin-up showgirls blue red green dresses seated side side red tiered platform beneath big red block letters SHOO SHOO, grinning white-faced clown head round red nose red hair ruff juts bottom-left corner, red pedestal box lettered COSTUMES yellow capitals bottom right pale blue draped fabric over, unusually tall score legend whole top third three stacked bands numbered circles

Distinctive

Three pin-up showgirls in blue, red and green dresses seated side by side on a red tiered platform, beneath big red block letters with white and black drop shadows reading SHOO SHOO. A grinning white-faced clown head with a round red nose and a red hair ruff juts up from the bottom-left corner. A red pedestal box lettered COSTUMES in yellow capitals at the bottom right, with pale blue draped fabric over it. An unusually tall score legend filling the whole top third: three stacked bands of numbered circles running 1-9, then 100-900, then 10-90.

Setting

  • Red theatre curtain with scalloped valance
  • Green stage floor
  • Side panels of numbered pin-up frames

Symbols

  • Rows of numbered scoring circles
  • Numbered pin-up panels
  • Scalloped curtain valance
  • Tiered stage platform

Lettering

  • Large red condensed sans-serif capitals with white and black drop shadow for the title, small green cursive script above, yellow condensed capitals on the red booth

Themes

  • Pin-up showgirls
  • Theatre stage
  • Circus clown
  • Variety show
  • Carousel

Title on it

  • Shoo shoo

Text on it

  • MILLION
  • MA
  • THOUSAND
  • THOU
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 100
  • 200
  • 300
  • 400
  • 500
  • 600
  • 700
  • 800
  • 900
  • 10
  • 20
  • 30
  • 40
  • 50
  • 60
  • 70
  • 80
  • 90
  • Williams
  • SHOO SHOO
  • COSTUMES
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Brunette in a pale blue sleeveless dress, seated left of centre, leaning forward with one arm raised and hand pressed to her forehead, looking sideways
Woman Blonde in a tight red dress at centre, seated facing forward with elbows on knees and chin resting on both hands, direct coy gaze
Woman Redhead in a strapless green dress seated right of centre, upright with one arm behind her, head turned left
Other Small distant orange-red figure standing behind the women at right, near the green stage edge
Other White-faced clown head with round red nose, red hair and ruff, grinning, bottom left corner
Other Red box or booth with yellow lettering at bottom right, holding draped pale blue fabric
Woman Small pin-up girl figures inside the ten numbered side panels, 1-5 on the left and 6-10 on the right
Full description

A wide, brightly painted pinball backglass. The top third is a yellow score legend made of three stacked bands of circles and ovals: an upper row of nine large coloured circles numbered 1 to 9, alternating green, yellow and orange-red, flanked by cropped words ending MILLION and MA; a black band of white numerals 100 through 900 with THOUSAND cropped at both edges; and a lower row of smaller ovals 10 to 90 in green, yellow and red. Below, a maroon-red curtain with a scalloped yellow-and-white valance hangs behind a green stage. Large red block letters with white and black drop shadows spell SHOO SHOO, with a small green cursive word above. Three pin-up women sit on a red tiered carousel platform at centre: a brunette in a pale blue dress leaning forward with her hand to her forehead, a blonde in a red dress resting her chin on both hands, and a redhead in a green dress sitting upright. Side panels carry small framed pictures of pin-up girls numbered 1-5 on the left and 6-10 on the right. A clown head with white face, red nose and red hair sits at the bottom left, and a red box labelled COSTUMES stands at the bottom right.