1938 International Mutoscope Love Pilot

Description: Love Pilot, International Mutoscope, 1938, a personality tester. Has a rotating catalin plastic "attraction disk" that called the arcade’s patrons’ attention to the machine. It reads "Are you the captain of your fate? Let the pilot steer you straight". Also the "pilot wheel" that the user was supposed to rotate to influence the outcome of the "test".

Love Pilot operates by placing a nickel in the machine's coin slide. The a flurry of lights begin to flash through the silk screened glass. All the while the customer is attempting to turn the "pilot’s wheel" to influence which light stays on at the end of the play cycle. In fact, the wheel determines nothing. Love Pilot randomly stops at a given point and a light briefly remains lit behind one of the "personality types" listed on the backglass and an attraction bell rings. After a few seconds the light turns off, the bell ceases ringing and Love Pilot is ready for its next customer.

There is also another version of Love Pilot made by Mutoscope called Career Pilot.



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