Star Lite

The Star Lite is a single-player, flipperless electro-mechanical pinball machine manufactured by Exhibit Supply Company (ESCO) of Chicago in November 1947, with a Hollywood Glamour theme. Players got 5 balls for 5 cents, aiming at a field of 15 scoring bumpers and 2 kick-out holes.

As a flipperless game, Star Lite predates Exhibit's first flipper title, Build Up, which arrived just two months later in January 1948. Games like this one were commonly retrofitted by operators once flippers became standard, and the added flipper mechanisms often ended up in unusual playfield positions rather than the manufacturer-intended locations.

Beyond its Hollywood Glamour theme name, specific details of Star Lite's artwork and designer are not documented, but the machine stands as a representative example of the last generation of pinball design before flippers permanently changed the game.