A Cigarette and a Glass [سيجارة وكاس] (Samia Gamal) - (1955)

A Cigarette and a Glass [sigara wa kas] (Samia Gamal) (1957) original Egyptian stone litho film poster

Pictured is a 27.5" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohamed Abdel Aziz to promote the 1955 112-minute Niazi Mostafa black-and-white film A Cigarette and a Glass [sigara wa kas] starring Samia Gamal based on a story by Abdel Aziz Salam, screenplay by Abdel Aziz Salam, Hassan Tewfik and Niazi Mostafa, dialogue by Abdel Aziz Salam and Hassan Tewfik and cinematography by Abdel Aziz Fahmy. Plot summary: This is a famous Egyptian melodrama in which the late Samia Gamal (1924 - 1994) plays the part of a renowned dancer named Hoda Gamal, who gives up the spotlight for marriage and is then driven to drink by jealousy. Hoda is jealous of a scheming Italian nurse named Yolanda [Dalida] who is working for her husband Dr. Mamdouh Samy [Nabil Al Alfi]. The tension is resolved at the end with the outbreak of a fire in their apartment that threatens the life of their daughter; this brings the couple to their senses and results in Yolanda's replacement as Dr. Mamdouh's assistant. Kouka, the wife of director Niazi Mostafa, sings the title song in her role as Hoda's friend and fellow performer Azz.

Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Abdel Aziz Salam, Nabil Al Alfi, Seraj Munir, Dalida, Kouka, Mohamed Reda, Hussein Abdel Nabi, Hosni Claude, Mervat Kazem, Kamal al-Zeini, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Hassan Tewfik, Samia Gamal

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The Much-Loved One [حبايبى كتير] (Ragaa Abdou) - (1951)

The Much-Loved One [habaebi ketir] (Ragaa Abdou) (1951) Original Egyptian film poster

Pictured is a 23.5" x 35.5" first printing of an Egyptian poster designed by Dimitri, Studio Adly and Meftah to promote the 1951 111-minute Kamal Attia black-and-white film The Much-Loved One [habaebi ketir] starring Ragaa Abdou with story and dialogue by Abdel Aziz Salam and cinematography by Bruno Salvi. Plot summary: The musician Nabila [Ragaa Abdou] paid no attention to the admirers who gathered around her every day. Nabila lived only for her art and did not care for anything but her art and singing. Then a young man named Raouf who managed an advertising company [Kamal Al-Shennawi] appeared in her life and tried to tear down the walls Nabila had built around herself. He succeeded and she fell in love with him, but her wicked brother Farid [Farid Shawqi] did not like this because he had been planning for her to marry a wealthy man named Ghandur Bey [Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi]. The two of them fought over this; Nabila finally prevailed and married the one she loved.

Cast and crew: Ragaa Abdou, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Magda, Farid Shawqi, Ismail Yasseen, Kamal Attia, Bruno Salvi, Abdel Aziz Salam, Abdel Aziz Ahmed, Hassan Kamel, Fathia Chahine, Soad Ahmed, Gamalat Zayed, Abdel Alim Khattab, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Samir Ezzat, Souraya Fakhry, Ibrahim Fawzi, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Gihane

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My Heart Worships You قلبي يهواك (Hussein Sedki, Sabah) - (1955) Egyptian one-sheet

My Heart Worships You (1955) - (Hussein Sedki) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 34.75" x 23.5" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Rahman to promote the 1955 109-minute Hussein Sedki black-and-white film My Heart Worships You ['albi yahwak] starring Hussein Sedki and Sabah based on story and screenplay by Hussein Sedki with dialogue by Abdel Aziz Salam and cinematography by Awhan Hagun. Plot summary: Soad loved Ahmad but married Zaki. Ahmad married his divorced wife Afkar again, but she soon became a problem for him. Soad was also having a lot of problems with her husband Zaki. Then Zaki fell in love with Afkar. When Zaki had a painful accident in the mountains of Lebanon, Soad separated from him and Afkar also separated from Ahmad. Then Zaki married Afkar and Ahmad married Soad.

Cast and crew: Hussein Sedki, Sabah, Abdel Aziz Salam, Awhan Hagub, Samiha Ayyoub, Mohammad al-Dib, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Nadia Gamel, Akram Gawdat, Nour El-Demerdash, Zaki Ibrahim, Victoria Habiqa, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Ibrahim Heshmat, Rashad Hamed

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My Heart Worships You (1955)

My Heart Worships You ['albi yahwak] (1955) - (Hussein Sedki) Egyptian oversize stone litho film poster

Egyptian 46x35 stone litho poster for the 1955 Hussein Sedki film My Heart Worships You featuring Hussein Sedki and Sabah, art by Abdel Rahman, printed by Rahgaeb Printers of Cairo.

Cast and crew: Hussein Sedki, Sabah, Abdel Aziz Salam, Awhan Hagub, Samiha Ayyoub, Mohammad al-Dib, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Nadia Gamel, Akram Gawdat, Nour El-Demerdash, Zaki Ibrahim, Victoria Habiqa

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