{"product_id":"scared-stiff-底抜けびっくり仰天-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1954-dean-martin-jerry-lewis-carmen-miranda-b2-size-51-73-cm-d300","title":"“Scared Stiff” \/ 「底抜けびっくり仰天」, Original Release Japanese Movie Poster 1954, Dean Martin \/ Jerry Lewis \/ Carmen Miranda, B2 Size (51 × 73 cm) D300","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-end=\"308\" data-start=\"146\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-end=\"210\" data-start=\"157\"\u003eultra-rare original Japanese B2 theatrical poster\u003c\/strong\u003e for \u003cstrong data-end=\"231\" data-start=\"215\"\u003eScared Stiff\u003c\/strong\u003e \/ 「底抜けびっくり仰天」, printed for the film’s \u003cstrong data-end=\"307\" data-start=\"270\"\u003eoriginal Japanese release in 1954\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"610\" data-start=\"310\"\u003eThis is a remarkable piece of mid-century Japanese cinema advertising, produced during the golden era of the \u003cstrong data-end=\"450\" data-start=\"419\"\u003eDean Martin and Jerry Lewis\u003c\/strong\u003e comedy partnership. Original 1950s Japanese B2 posters for Martin and Lewis titles are extremely difficult to find, particularly in this level of preservation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"988\" data-start=\"612\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"631\" data-start=\"612\"\u003eFilm background\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"634\" data-start=\"631\"\u003eDirected by \u003cstrong data-end=\"665\" data-start=\"646\"\u003eGeorge Marshall\u003c\/strong\u003e, Scared Stiff stars \u003cstrong data-end=\"701\" data-start=\"686\"\u003eDean Martin\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"718\" data-start=\"703\"\u003eJerry Lewis\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"738\" data-start=\"720\"\u003eLizabeth Scott\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-end=\"762\" data-start=\"744\"\u003eCarmen Miranda\u003c\/strong\u003e. The film is a horror-comedy remake of \u003cstrong data-end=\"824\" data-start=\"802\"\u003eThe Ghost Breakers\u003c\/strong\u003e, blending haunted-house mystery, Caribbean adventure, slapstick comedy, musical performance, and the Martin and Lewis double-act at the height of their popularity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1256\" data-start=\"990\"\u003eThe film follows nightclub performers who become entangled in a mystery involving a supposedly haunted castle on an island. It is classic Martin and Lewis material: broad physical comedy, musical interludes, romantic complications, and playful supernatural suspense.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1540\" data-start=\"1258\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1275\" data-start=\"1258\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1278\" data-start=\"1275\"\u003eThis Japanese B2 poster is a superb example of \u003cstrong data-end=\"1373\" data-start=\"1325\"\u003e1950s Shōwa-era illustrated film advertising\u003c\/strong\u003e. The composition is built around a giant stylised ghost-sheet, from which the painted faces of \u003cstrong data-end=\"1484\" data-start=\"1469\"\u003eDean Martin\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-end=\"1504\" data-start=\"1489\"\u003eJerry Lewis\u003c\/strong\u003e emerge in exaggerated comic terror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1820\" data-start=\"1542\"\u003eThe Japanese title \u003cstrong data-end=\"1576\" data-start=\"1561\"\u003e「底抜けびっくり仰天」\u003c\/strong\u003e is rendered in enormous red hand-brushed calligraphy across the centre, giving the poster its greatest graphic force. The lettering feels deliberately unstable and animated, perfectly matching the film’s tone of comic panic and “shock” humour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2228\" data-start=\"1822\"\u003eThe upper yellow headline promotes the film as the latest explosive comedy from the popular duo, while the lower section names \u003cstrong data-end=\"1964\" data-start=\"1949\"\u003eDean Martin\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-end=\"1984\" data-start=\"1969\"\u003eJerry Lewis\u003c\/strong\u003e, with supporting credits for \u003cstrong data-end=\"2032\" data-start=\"2014\"\u003eLizabeth Scott\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-end=\"2055\" data-start=\"2037\"\u003eCarmen Miranda\u003c\/strong\u003e. Smaller painted character scenes at the bottom add further colour and theatricality, including comic full-body figures and Carmen Miranda in her flamboyant screen persona.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2475\" data-start=\"2230\"\u003eThe overall design is playful, spooky, and beautifully period-specific: \u003cstrong data-end=\"2411\" data-start=\"2302\"\u003ea hand-painted ghost comedy image, vivid red Japanese calligraphy, and 1950s studio-era illustration work\u003c\/strong\u003e of the kind no longer produced in modern digital poster design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2837\" data-start=\"2477\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"2501\" data-start=\"2477\"\u003eAuthenticity and age\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"2504\" data-start=\"2501\"\u003eThe reverse photograph shows visible \u003cstrong data-end=\"2562\" data-start=\"2541\"\u003eink bleed-through\u003c\/strong\u003e, especially from the heavy red title pigment. 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