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1955 · Gottlieb

Twin Bill

Deep blue-violet starry night sky, pale lilac and white clouds, dark green oval glow behind the title and yellow-green ladder panels on a yellow lower border.

Year
1955
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.

Twin Bill backglass

Backglass

  • blue
  • yellow
  • red
  • white

Fingerprint: Twin-Bill in huge purple 3D block capitals with yellow drop shadow on deep blue-violet night sky with white stars and lilac clouds, two blonde pin-up women framing title—one in green-and-white costume upper left, one in glossy red dress reclining upper right, two tall lime-yellow MILLIONS score panels with white diamond columns, stacked value boxes, wood-grain frame

Distinctive

The most memorable feature is the pair of towering lime-yellow ladder-shaped 'MILLIONS' score panels, each with a descending column of white numbered diamonds 1-7 flanked by nine stacked value boxes. Second, two blonde pin-up women in mirrored poses frame the title - one in a green-and-white costume at top left, one in a glossy red dress reclining at top right. Third, the title 'Twin-Bill' is rendered as enormous purple 3D block letters with a yellow shadow, sitting under the smaller white script 'Gottlieb's'. Fourth, tiny jester figures lurk in both bottom corners beside the red cursive 'D. Gottlieb & Co.' signature. The whole backglass is visibly mounted in a plain light wood frame with a diagonal glass reflection across the lower right.

Setting

  • Deep blue-violet starry night sky
  • Pale lilac and white clouds
  • Dark green oval glow behind the title
  • Yellow-green ladder panels on a yellow lower border

Symbols

  • White five-pointed stars
  • Clouds
  • White diamonds numbered 1-7
  • Stacked purple and orange rounded bars
  • Green oval glow

Lettering

  • Main title in huge purple 3d block capitals with white keyline and yellow drop shadow; 'gottlieb's' above it in slanted white cursive script; 'millions' in red capitals on white banners; score values in white condensed numerals on green (left) and red (right) boxes; 'd. gottlieb & co.' in red cursive at bottom right.

Themes

  • Pin-up
  • Score ladders
  • Night sky
  • Showgirls
  • Jesters

Title on it

  • Twin-bill

Text on it

  • Gottlieb's
  • Twin-Bill
  • MILLIONS
  • 7
  • 6
  • 5
  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1
  • 900 000
  • 800 000
  • 700 000
  • 600 000
  • 500 000
  • 400 000
  • 300 000
  • 200 000
  • 100 000
  • D. Gottlieb & Co.
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Upper left: blonde pin-up woman, bare-armed, wearing a green-and-white costume with a small green cap, seated and leaning forward with one arm extended down towards the score panels.
Woman Upper right: blonde pin-up woman in a glossy bright red dress, reclining with her arm propped behind her and bare legs stretched leftwards, a red flag or drape behind her.
Other Bottom left corner: a small standing jester/clown figure in green, yellow and white with a feathered headdress and outstretched arms.
Other Bottom right corner: two tiny standing figures - one a red-and-white jester with a pointed cap, one a green-clad character beside him.
Full description

A framed, brightly painted backglass set against a deep blue-violet night sky sprinkled with white five-pointed stars and pale lilac clouds. Across the upper third, the word 'Gottlieb's' appears in slanted white script, and below it the main title 'Twin-Bill' in huge purple block capitals with a white outline and a yellow 3D drop shadow, backed by a dark green oval glow. Two pin-up women frame the title: at upper left a blonde woman in a green-and-white costume with a small green cap, seated and leaning forward, and at upper right a blonde woman in a glossy red dress reclining with one arm propped behind her. The lower two-thirds is filled by two tall, lime-yellow, ladder-shaped score panels edged in green, each headed 'MILLIONS' in red and holding a column of white diamonds numbered 1 to 7. Beside each diamond column is a stack of value boxes reading 100 000, 200 000, 300 000, 400 000, 500 000, 600 000, 700 000, 800 000 and 900 000 - dark green boxes on the left, red boxes on the right. A stack of purple and orange rounded bars runs down the centre. Small jester and clown figures in green, yellow and red stand in both bottom corners. A wood-grain frame with a visible glass reflection surrounds the whole piece, and 'D. Gottlieb & Co.' is signed in red script at bottom right.