This is a 55" x 77" Italian four-sheet poster using art by Robert
McGinnis to promote the 1967 Lewis Gilbert film You Only Live
Twice based on a screenplay by Harold Jack Bloom and starring Sean
Connery as James Bond. Plot summary: SPECTRE has stolen an American
space capsule and Bond has the task of locating it somewhere in Japan
Cast and crew: Lewis Gilbert, Harold Jack Bloom, Robert McGinnis,
Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Mie Hama, Tetsuro Tanba, Teru
Shimada, Karin Dor, Donald Pleasence, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell,
Desmond Llewelyn, Charles Gray, Tsai Chin, Peter Fanene Maivia, Burt
Kwouk, Michael Chow
This is a 27" x 40" US one-sheet poster for the 2016 Dinesh D'Souza
film Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic
Party written by Dinesh D'Souza and Bruce Schooley and starring
Dinesh D'Souza as himself. Plot summary: This is a documentary film
in which D'Souza retraces his incarceration at a halfway house for
making illegal political contributions, which he contends was
politically motivated, followed by an examination of the history of
the Democrat party from Andrew Jackson to present.
Cast and crew: Dinesh D'Souza, Bruce Schooley, Jonah Goldberg,
Andrea Cohen, Peter Schweizer, Mikaela Krantz, Carol Swain, Rebekah
turner, Jayvaugn Brown, Richard L. Olsen, Stuart Glass, Marc Jeffreys,
Michael Clemmons, Howard Goldwaite, Stephen Loftin, Gidget Taylor
This is a 14" x 21" Belgian poster designed by an unknown artist for
the 1960 Munzio Malassoma film Revolt of the Slaves based on
the 1854 novel Fabiola by Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, screenplay
by Stefano Strucchi and Duccio Tessari and starring Rhonda Fleming as
Fabiola. Plot summary: In the 4th Century AD Fabiola is a young
beauty from a noble Roman family who converts to Christianity under
the influence of her slave girl Syra.
Cast and crew: Daniel Mainwaring, Stafano Strucchi, Duccio Tessari,
Nicholas Patrick Wiseman, Rhonda Fleming, Wandisa Guida, Dario Moreno,
Gino Cervi, Rafael Rivelles, Nunzio Malasomma, Ettore Mannil, Fernando
Rey, Serge Gainsbourg, Jose Nieto, Benno Hoffmann, Rainer Penkert,
Antonio Casas, Vanoye Aikens, Dolores Francine, Bert Nelson
This is a 55" x 77" two-piece Italian four-sheet poster designed by
Piovano of Studio Paradiso for the 1965 Mario Caiano film Vengeance of the Vikings
[Erik il vichingo] based on a story by Arpad DeRiso and Giovanni
Scolaro, screenplay by Mario Caiano, Arpad DeRiso and Giovanni Scolaro
and starring Giuliano Gemma as Erik. Plot summary: In a quest for land
to get away from the rapacious Danes, Erik the Viking goes on an
expedition to North America and makes friends with a group of indians.
Cast and crew: Mario Caiano, Arbad DeRiso, Mariano Ozores, Giovanni
Scolaro, Gordon Mitchell, Giuliano Gemma, Montgomery Wood, Eleonora Bianchi, Elisa
Montes, Eduardo Fajardo, Beni Deus, Lucio De Santis, Roberto Ceccacci,
Piovano, Studio Paradiso, Aldo Pini, Fortunato Arena, Fedele Gentile,
Franco Moruzzi, Aldo Bufi Landi, Alfio Caltabiano, Erno Crisa, Gianni
Solaro, Carla Calo, Gustavo Salafranca
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1959 Fatin Abdel Wahab
film The Big Brother based on story, screenplay and dialogue by
Ali El Zorkani and starring Farid Shawqi as Awad. Plot summary: Big
brother Awad took care of his family including his mother, [Ferdoos
Mohammed] his brother Ahmed [Ahmed Ramzi] and his niece Dawlat [Farida
Fahmy]. The family thought he was working as a respectable tradesman
but he was actually the head of a narcotics gang. He was loved by
Ruhia, [Hend Rostom] a dancer who also worked with him in the
narcotics trade. Ruhia had a great desire to marry Awad but he
refused. She then became interested in Awad's brother Ahmed who was
in his final year of law school.
Cast and crew: Fatin Abdel Wahab, Ali El Zorkani, arid Shawqi, Hend
Rostom, Ahmed Ramzy, Ferdoos Mohammed, Mohammed Tawfik, Farida Fahmy,
Ali El Zorkani, Saeed Abu Bakr, Reyad El Kasabgy, Mahmoud al-Seba,
Mahmoud Azmi, Said Khalil, Mohammad al-Tukhi
This is a 27" x 39" undated Egyptian rerelease one-sheet designed by Abdul
Rahman for the 1916 25-minute Charlie Chaplin silent film The
Vagabond starring Charlie Chaplin as the vagabond.
Cast and crew: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Charlotte Mineau
This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian one-sheet poster
designed by Magdi William for the 1961 Niazi Mostafa film Blood on
the Nile [dema ala al-nil] based on a story by Ahmed Shoukry,
screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Hay Adib and starring Farid Shawqi as
Baghram Awad. Plot summary: Ghalia [Hend Rostom] fell in love with
Baghram Awad after she learned he had taken revenge against the
brother of her husband, who had tried to kill her and her son. She
moved far from her village and began a new life with Awad.
Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Abdel Hay Adib, Ahmed Shoukry, Farid
Shawqi, Hend Rostom, Amina Rizk, Fakher Fakher, Mahmoud Faraq, Hassan
Youssef, Klelio, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Khaled Al-Agabani, Salwa
Mahmoud, Hassan el Baroudi, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Hassan Atala
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Gasour and Ahmed
Fouad for the 1961 Ibrahim Emara film For a Handful of Kids
[min agle khefnet awlad] based on a story by Sami Ghanim, screenplay
by Mohammad Mostafa Sami and starring Rushdy Abaza as Hassan. Plot
summary: Hassan was an elementary school teacher at a school directed
by Mr. Madbouly [Abdel Moneim Madbouly]. Hassan lived happily with
his wife Nadia [Soheir al-Morshedy] even though they had been married
seven years without having any children. Then they began to quarrel
about not having children and one of Hassan's friends suggested he
marry the director's sister so he could have children. He did this and
kept it secret from his first wife Nadia. Then both of the women had
children. Nadia had a girl and the second wife [Soheir Zaki] had a
boy. He was able to meet the costs of both households, but the women
kept having children until Hassan had eight. Then there were so many
problems Hassan's situation became unbearable.
Cast and crew: Sami Ghanim, Mohammad Mostafa Sami, Rushdy Abaza,
Soheir El-Morshidy, Soheir Zaky, Ibrahim Emara, Mostafa Shawqi, Rafet
Fahim, Mostafa Helmy, Mostafa Reshwan, Hani Shaker, Atef Mokaram,
Abdel Azim Kamel, Aqila Ratib, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Soheir Zaki, Ali
Al-Moawen, Soheir Al-Morshedy
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by an unknown artist for
the 1961 Kamal El Sheikh film My Only Love based on a story by
Sabry Ezzat, screenplay and dialogue by Ali El Zorkani and Sabry Ezzat
and starring Omar Sharif as Adel. Plot summary: Adel was a commercial
airline pilot who loved a girl named Mona [Nadia Lutfi] while Shukry
[Kamal Al-Shennawi] a friend of Mona's family was also trying to get
close to her. She stopped him because she knew Adel was planning to
propose. However Shukry still got the jump on Adel and ended up
marrying Mona because Mona thought Adel was seeing another woman.
Later Mona realized she had been mistaken and asked Shukry for a
divorce so she could go back to Adel.
Cast and crew: Ali El Zorkani, Sabry Ezzat, Omar Sharif, Nadia
Lutfi, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Kamal El Sheikh, Kamal Korayem, Abdel Moneim
Ibrahim, Showeikar, Fakher Fakher, Fotouh Neshati, Mohamed Abaza,
Nazim Shaarawy, Samia Rushdy, Souraya Fakhry, Amal Ramzy
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster designed by Hassan
Mazhar Gasour for the 1990 Adel Sadeq film The Swindler and the
Dog [al-nesab wal-kalb] based on story screenplay and dialogue by
Fawzi Ali and Adel Sadeq and starring Sameer Ghanem as Samir. Plot
summary: This is a black comedy in which a gang of gold smugglers with
a pack of attack dogs is finally arrested after being tricked into a
round of internal fighting.
This is a 26.25" x 36.5" Egyptian poster for the 1996 Russell Mulcahy
film Silent Trigger written by Sergio Altieri and starring Dolph
Lundgren as Waxman, the shooter. Plot summary: Waxman, a trained
special forces soldier, is an assassin who with his spotter Clegg
[Gina Bellman] fails to take out a target in an assignment from a top
secret government agency. They then become targets.
Cast and crew: Russell Mulcahy, Sergio Altieri, Dolph Lundgren,
Gina Bellman, Conrad Dunn, Christopher Heyerdahl, Emma Stevens,
Alexandria Haber, Reynald Robinson, Dale Hayes, Erin Simms, Jonathan
Robert Rondeau, Carl Alacchi, Jonathan Larocque, Andreas Apergis, Tim
Post, Jason Cavalier
This is a 25.75" x 36.5" Egyptian poster for the 1998 Atef-e Taieb
psychological thriller Consolation [gabr al-khawater] based on
a story by Abdel Fatah Rizk, screenplay and dialogue by Bachir El Dik
and starring Sherihan as Nawal Ibrahim al-Saadi. Plot summary: In
Alexandria Nawal Ibrahim al-Saadi was suffering from schizophrenia in
a psychiatric clinic after being forcibly separated from her divorced
husband and her only son Adel. She met many patients suffering from
various problems. Dr. Mahmoud Shaker [Ashraf Abdel Baqi] sympathized
with Nawal and tried to help her as much as possible, but he saw the
hospital director Dr. Al-Meliguy [Hassan Mostafa] was subjecting the
patients to unsafe experiments; this prompted him to take action
against the schemes.
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy for the
1982 Richard Jeffries film Bloodtide based on a screenplay by
Richard Jeffries and Nico Mastorakis and starring James Earl Jones as
Frye. Plot summary: On a Greek island a visitor named Frye
inadvertently releases a monster that forces the local people to
sacrifice virgins.
Cast and crew: Richard Jeffries, Niko Mastorakis, James Earl Jones,
Jose Ferrer, Lila Kedrova, Mary Louise Weller, Martin Kove, Lydia
Cornell, Deborah Shelton, Sofia Seirli, Despina Tomazani, Rania
Photiou, Spyros Papafrantzis, Irini Tripkou, Annabel Schofield
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Gasour and Moaty
to promote the 1968 Ahmed Diaeddin 96-minute black-and-white
film The Student and the Professor [al-talmiza wal-ostaz]
starring Soad Hosny based on a story by Adly el-Mowalid with
screenplay and dialogue by Adly El-Mowalid and Abdel Fatah al-Sayed
with cinematography by Kamal Korayem. Plot summary: When Salwa's
[Soad Hosny] father dies she must quit school and become an apprentice
seamstress, but because of a conflict there she is ordered into a
reformatory for girls. In the reformatory she also has problems with
the personnel, but she gradually forms a relationship with Wahid Farid
[Shukry Sarhan], a music teacher she eventually marries.
Cast and crew: Soad Hosny, Shukry Sarhan, Abdel Moneim Madbouly,
Ahmed Diaeddin, Adly El-Mowalid, Kamal Korayem, Abdel Moneim Madbouly,
Samia Shukry, Gamalat Zayed, Wahid Farid, Abdel Fatah al-Sayed, Ahmed
al-Haddad, Salama Elias, Alia Abdel Moneim, Nadia Ezzat, Enaam
Salousa, Hekmat Fouad, Nadia Gamil
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Moaty and Nabil for
the 1971 Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Ashraf Fahmy and Madkour Sabet
film Forbidden Pictures [suwwar mamnu'a] starring Magda
El-Khatib as Hanna. The film tells three stories. The first story
is Forbidden [mamnu'] directed by Mohamed Abdel Aziz and
starring Magda El-Khatib as Hanna. Plot summary: A young man [Nour
El-Sherif] worked as a waiter in a restaurant with aspirations to
marry into a higher social class so he would be able to invite his
friends to dinner at that restaurant. The second story is Used to
Be [kan] directed by Ashraf Fahmy and starring Nabila Ebeid, Hamdy
Ahmed, El Sayed Radi, and Ali al-Sherif. Hasuna [Hamdy Ahmed], a
carpenter in a poor neighborhood, longs to meet Sania [Nabila Ebeid],
a film actress from his area who is making a film on his street.
Naguib Mahfouz wrote the third story, titled Sura [photo]
directed by Madkour Sabet, cinematography by Hassan Abdel Fattah and
starring Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Mahmoud Yassine, Wahid Ezzat, Fatheia
Shahin and Mohi Ismail. Plot summary for sura: The police were
looking for the body of a woman at the foot of the pyramids. Her
picture was published in a newspaper. A number of people thought the
woman in the photo looked familiar. A mother thought she was her
daughter who had left her village to work in Cairo; one gentleman
thought she was the maid he used to flirt with. For a director she
was the mistress who had attacked him and fled. She was a different
woman with a different name in each home and for each man. The
investigator tried in vain to find the truth.
This is a 23.25" x 35" stone lithograph movie poster by an unknown
artist for the 1958 Mahmoud Zulfikar film Me and My Heart based
on a story by Amin Yousseff Ghurab, screenplay by Mahmoud Zulfikar and
Amin Yousseff Ghurab and starring Mariam Fakhr
Eddine as Leila. Plot summary: A woman named Leila was
shocked when she saw her mother in her husband's [Hussein Kandil] arms
and ran out of the house in a rush. She was hit by a car and taken to
a hospital. She was shocked again when Dr. Mohsen at the hospital
[Imad Hamdi] gave her a job and then proposed marriage. Dr. Mohsen
knew she was from a prosperous family. He contacted her brother,
[Youssef Fakhr Eddine] who asked her husband to divorce her; he
refused and obtained a court order summoning her to a marital
obedience dwelling.
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour
and Mohammad Abdel Aziz for the 1966 Atef Salem film Khan
al-Khalili based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz and starring Samira
Ahmed as Nawal. Plot Summary: The Akef family moved to Khan
al-Khalili. They were the parents, the big brother Ahmed Akef [Imad
Hamdi] who was over 40 and the little brother Rushdy [Hassan Youssef]
who was completing his studies. A variety of personality types lived
in Khan al-Khalili such as the teacher Nunu who lived his life with no
tomorrow and ran sentences together when he spoke. In the midst of
the air raids during World War II the people in the neighborhood took
refuge in the air raid shelter. Ahmed loved his good-looking neighbor
Nawal [Samira Ahmed] and tried to get close to her. His mother talked
about his feelings for her. He felt he had hopes. When Nawal fell in
love with Rushdy, met him and went for a walk with him Rushdy went
through a crisis within and came down with tuberculosis. He thought
of Ahmad and the sacrifice of his love for Nawal. Ahmad began to get
involved with the Khan al-Khalil society and had an encounter with the
teacher Nunu's nihilism. Rushdy's illness worsened and he died.
Nawal was stricken by Rushdy's death and the family decided to move
from Khan al-Khalili to another area.
Cast and crew: Naguib Mahfouz, Atef Salem, Samira Ahmed, Imad
Hamdi, Hassan Youssef, Taheya Cariocca, Abdel Waress Assar, Mohamed
Reda, George Sidhum, Tewfik El Dekn, Amal Zayed, Abdel Khalek Saleh,
Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Mustafa Samy