Monday, April 28, 2014

Ghost Town Frolics (1938, Dir. Lester Kline)

FILM: Ghost Town Frolics
YEAR: 1938
DIRECTOR: Lester Kline
PINBALL MODEL(S): 
N/A (animated)
GAME LOCATION(S): 
haunted tavern / flop-house

Thursday, April 24, 2014

Mikey and Nicky (1976, Dir. Elaine May)

FILM: Mikey and Nicky
YEAR: 1976
DIRECTOR: Elaine May
PINBALL MODEL(S): 

Egg Head (1961, Gottlieb)
GAME LOCATION(S): Bar/Diner

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Thieves' Highway (1949, Dir. Jules Dassin)

FILM: Thieves' Highway
YEAR: 1949
DIRECTOR: Jules Dassin
PINBALL MODEL(S): 

Smarty (1946, Williams)

Super Score (1946, Chicago Coin)
GAME LOCATION(S): Bar/Diner

Thursday, April 17, 2014

The Lady from Shanghai (1947, Dir. Orson Welles)

FILM: The Lady from Shanghai
YEAR: 1947
DIRECTOR: 
Orson Welles
PINBALL MODEL(S): 

Stars (1941, Exhibit Supply Co.)
GAME LOCATION(S): Restaurant
NOTES: Though the appearance of this pin is brief and seemingly inconsequential, I'm not bold enough to apply that designation to anything that the genius Welles decided to include in-frame.  The oblique perspective of the pin/wall/phone set at-angle against the hard profile of Welles' face accomplishes a kind of deepening of the frame, despite the rather tight field of the shot.