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1964 · Rally

The Three Musketeers

Red curtain backdrop, pink and blue striped awning and green foliage.

Year
1964
Maker
Rally
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
2

Vision analysis

On the backglass

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

The Three Musketeers backglass

Backglass

  • red
  • yellow
  • green
  • purple

Fingerprint: Three slim female fencers in bright leotards lunging with crossed foils before deep crimson curtain, "The Three MUSKETEERS" with each element in different bright color, small jester peeking behind left fencer near red card, two yellow parchment scroll banners flanking with translucent score windows, wooden trestle with crossed foils

Distinctive

The most memorable feature is the trio of female fencers in brightly coloured breeches - green, red and purple - posed lunging at each other with crossed foils in front of a deep red curtain backdrop. The multi-coloured block-capital title 'MUSKETEERS' with each letter in a different bright colour is highly distinctive. A small red-and-white striped jester with a fool's cap peeks out from behind the left fencer near a red playing card, an easily missed detail. The pair of yellow parchment scroll banners holding rows of score windows run left and right beneath the title, with a plain wooden trestle table and crossed foils at the bottom centre.

Setting

  • Red curtain backdrop
  • Pink and blue striped awning
  • Green foliage

Symbols

  • Playing card (red card at lower left)
  • Fencing foils (two crossed under the table)
  • Jester fool's cap
  • Yellow parchment scroll banners
  • Trestle table

Lettering

  • Two-part title: slanted pale-grey brush script for 'the three' over multi-coloured heavy block capitals for 'musketeers'; supporting text in green and red script with drop shadows

Themes

  • Swashbuckling
  • Fencing duel
  • Three musketeers
  • Period costume
  • Cards and carnival awning

Title on it

  • The three musketeers

Text on it

  • The Three
  • MUSKETEERS
  • 1st Player
  • Game of Skill
  • 1 or 2 Player
  • 2
  • 3
  • 1
  • 6
  • 0
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Centre: tall dark-haired woman, white open-neck blouse, vivid green breeches, gold belt buckle, black boots laced white, holding a fencing foil angled down-left, other arm raised
Woman Left: blonde woman with headband, cream top, red breeches, tan knee-high boots, lunging right with foil extended
Woman Right: platinum-blonde curly-haired woman, yellow top, purple breeches, black laced boots, white cape billowing behind, lunging left with foil
Other Small jester or clown in red-and-white striped costume and fool's cap peeking out at lower left behind the blonde fencer
Other Golden lidded pot at lower left beside a small red-and-yellow crest or banner
Full description

Rectangular backglass with a cream painted wooden border, filled with a mottled crimson-red curtain backdrop. Across the top, the title reads 'The Three' in large slanted pale-grey script with a dark outline, followed by 'MUSKETEERS' in heavy block capitals, each letter filled in a different colour (teal, yellow, green, orange, red). Below the title sit two horizontal yellow parchment scroll banners, one at each side, each carrying a row of rectangular translucent score windows; the left banner is captioned in green script '1st Player' and the right one has a small printed '2' box beside it. Three women duel with foils in a three-point fencing stance. Centre: a dark-haired woman stands tall, white open-neck blouse, vivid green breeches, gold belt buckle, black boots laced with white, right hand holding a foil angled down-left, left arm raised. Left: a blonde woman in a cream top, red breeches and tan knee boots lunges right, foil extended. Right: a platinum-blonde curly-haired woman in a yellow top, purple breeches and black laced boots lunges left, a white cape billowing behind her. Lower left shows a pink-and-blue striped awning, green foliage, a red playing card, a red-and-white striped jester peeking through, and a golden pot beside a small red-and-yellow crest. Bottom centre has a plain brown wooden trestle table with two crossed foils beneath it.