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1949 · Gottlieb

Three Musketeers

Known for Million score ladder and Three Musketeers. Old French street, half-timbered buildings and blue sky.

Year
1949
Maker
Gottlieb
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
4

Known for

  • Display

    Million score ladder

    On the backglass

  • Character

    Three Musketeers

    Musketeer-on-horse artwork, adventure theme

On the playfield

  • red
  • yellow
  • cream
  • blue
  • 2 flippers
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Bumper 1

  • Two bumpers

Flipper 1

  • Two flippers

Display 1

  • Million score ladder On the backglass

On the backglass

  • blue
  • red
  • yellow
  • green

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • man Three musketeers in plumed wide hats riding a white horse and two tan horses
  • woman Woman at lower left in green plaid skirt with flower basket
  • woman Woman at lower right in yellow dress with floral headdress
  • man Crowd and a man at right in green and yellow
  • animal Three horses, one white, two tan

Setting

  • Old French street
  • Half-timbered buildings
  • Blue sky

Text on it

  • 6,5,4
  • 3,2,1
  • MILLION
  • Three MUSKETEERS
  • 900,000
  • 800,000
  • 700,000
  • 600,000
  • 500,000
  • 400,000
  • 300,000
  • 200,000
  • 100,000

Made by

Design
Harry Mabs
Art
Roy Parker

The cast

  • Three Musketeers Musketeer-on-horse artwork, adventure theme

Reference

Playfield vision analysis

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

Playfield

  • red
  • yellow
  • cream
  • blue

Fingerprint: Half a Million, red label at top, two cartoon women flanking top, one in black and one in red hat, horses in artwork, circles numbered 1 to 6 down middle ending in navy-and-yellow target ring with LITES HOLE, red-and-white bumpers, blue side bumpers labelled 50,000 and 500, A B C D yellow circles on red lower deck

Distinctive

A column of numbered circles 1 to 6 ending in a navy-and-yellow ring with 5 at its centre. 'Half a Million' lettered in white on a red label at the top. Two cartoon women flank the top. A red lower field with A B C D circles and Special banners.

Setting

  • Flat painted field with flowers

Symbols

  • Numbered circles
  • Letters A B C D

Notable shapes

  • Column of circles
  • Bullseye ring

Art motifs

  • Target ring
  • Flowers

Themes

  • Half a million
  • Cartoon women

Title on it

  • Half a Million

Text on it

  • Half a Million
  • SPECIAL
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • LITES HOLE
  • SPECIAL WHEN LIT
  • EXTRA SPECIAL WHEN LIT
  • 50,000
  • 500,000
  • 1/2 MILLION
  • SPOTS LIT LETTER
  • FLIPPER
Pop bumpers
About six red-and-white bumpers across the top and middle and two blue ones at the sides
Slingshots
Two white triangular kickers at the lower left and right
Apron and bottom of playfield
Red lower deck with A B C D circles, two white flippers marked FLIPPER, a blue apron with SPECIAL banners. Photo is small and soft.
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Dark-haired woman in a dark top on the left
Woman Woman in a red outfit and hat on the right
Animal Horses in the top artwork
Full description

A small photograph of an old wooden playfield below a backglass showing a colourful cartoon scene. The upper field is cream-yellow with two cartoon women painted at the sides, one in black on the left, one in red with a hat on the right, among flowers and horses. White-and-red bumpers sit across the top and middle, a total of six or seven. A red label reads Half a Million, with SPECIAL and A B C D lettered rollovers. A column of numbered circles 1 to 6 runs down the middle, ending in a navy-and-yellow target ring with LITES HOLE. Blue bumpers sit at the sides with 50,000 and 500 labels. Red lower deck with A B C D yellow circles, two flippers, SPECIAL and EXTRA SPECIAL WHEN LIT banners and a blue apron.

Backglass vision analysis

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

Backglass

  • blue
  • red
  • yellow
  • green

Fingerprint: Three MUSKETEERS in pale script on red banner. Stacked banners 6,5,4, 3,2,1 and MILLION at upper left, score plaques 900,000 to 100,000 down right side. Three plumed cavaliers on white and tan horses in centre, tartan-skirted woman with flower basket lower left, woman in yellow with floral headdress lower right. Half-timbered buildings, flags and crowd.

Distinctive

Three plumed cavaliers on horseback, one on a white horse, ride beneath a red banner reading Three MUSKETEERS. Stacked banners at upper left count 6,5,4 / 3,2,1 / MILLION. The street below is paved with bright red, green and yellow patches.

Setting

  • Old French street
  • Half-timbered buildings
  • Blue sky

Symbols

  • Plumed hats
  • Flags
  • Score plaques
  • Red banner

Lettering

  • Pale pink-white decorative script on red banner; white capitals on dark blue banners

Themes

  • Musketeers
  • Cavaliers
  • Horses
  • France

Title on it

  • Three MUSKETEERS

Text on it

  • 6,5,4
  • 3,2,1
  • MILLION
  • Three MUSKETEERS
  • 900,000
  • 800,000
  • 700,000
  • 600,000
  • 500,000
  • 400,000
  • 300,000
  • 200,000
  • 100,000
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Three musketeers in plumed wide hats riding a white horse and two tan horses
Woman Woman at lower left in green plaid skirt with flower basket
Woman Woman at lower right in yellow dress with floral headdress
Man Crowd and a man at right in green and yellow
Animal Three horses, one white, two tan
Full description

A photographed backglass in a curved-top wooden frame, with a French street scene of cavaliers. At upper left stacked banners read 6,5,4 then 3,2,1 then MILLION in white on dark blue. Down the right, plaques step from 900,000 and 800,000 across the top to 700,000, 600,000, 500,000, 400,000, 300,000, 200,000 and 100,000 in green, yellow and red. A big red banner across the middle reads Three MUSKETEERS in pale script. Three musketeers in plumed wide-brimmed hats ride horses, one white, two tan, in the centre. Around them are women in long skirts, a woman at lower left holding a basket, a woman at lower right in yellow with a floral headdress, and half-timbered buildings, flags and a crowd. The street is paved with colourful splotches of red, green and yellow. Blue sky and cloud above.