This is an 11.5" x 15.5" production still from the 1954 film The
Barber of Baghdad written and directed by Husein Fawzi and
starring Ismail Yasseen. Plot summary: A barber in Baghdad used to
tell his customers about about his great grandfather, a barber during
the Abbassid period, who tried to help his disabled son by buying him
a wife.
Cast and crew: Hussein Fawzi, Badei Khayri, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi,
Ismail Yasseen, Karem Mahmoud, Souraya Helmy, Sultana, El Seyed
Bedeir, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Riad al-Kasabgi, Hassan el Baroudi,
Mounir Al-Fangari, Omar Afifi, Abbas El Daly
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 an Egyptian program folder with eight unbound collage sheets
from the 1953 Niazi Mostafa film Hamido based on a story by
Farid Shawqi with screenplay by El Sayed Bedeir and Niazi Mostafa,
dialogue by El Sayed Bedeir, cinematography by Wahid Farid and
starring Farid Shawqi as Hamido. This was quite a popular film in
Egypt but original posters and other memorabilia for it are quite
rare. Plot summary: Hamido was a fisherman near Alexandria who was
trying to get ahead by dealing in narcotics, which was the shortest
route to wealth. He joined a narcotics gang and courted a girl named
Sa'dia [Hoda Soltan] who was working for his mother. She trusted him
and fell in love with him, but then he seduced her and started avoiding
her. He regretted his promise to marry her because he had taken up
with Fawzia [Taheya Cariocca] the girlfriend of the leader of his gang
[Mahmoud El-Meliguy] and taken over leadership of the gang. When his
mother realized Sa'dia was pregnant she threw her out of the house,
but then Sa'dia told the mother the truth about her son's narcotics
dealing. Hamido overheard this angry denunciation; he took
Sa'dia out on a boat ride in the sea so he could drown her with her
shame and be done with her. However she was later rescued by a fishing
boat that happened to pass. A police agent disguised himself,
infiltrated Hamido's narcotics gang and arrested them, but Hamido
himself fled and was killed before he could be arrested.
Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Wahid Farid, Farid Shawqi, Hoda Soltan, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Marie Munib, El Sayed Bedeir, Taheya Cariocca, Ferdoos Mohammed, Said Abu Bakr, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Mohsen Hassanein, Anwar Zaki, Hassan Hamed, Ne'mat Mokhtar, Suleiman al-Nagdi, Abdel Magid Shukry, Abdel Hamid Badawi
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour and Anis to promote the 1978 88-minute Ashraf Fahmy color
film My Honor [karamati] starring Imad Abdel Halim and Nagwa
Ibrahim based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ahmed Abdel Wahab
with cinematography by Ibrahim Saleh. Plot summary: Amal's husband
Salah betrayed her so she decided to kill herself. Tareq tried to
save her and calm her down, but she saw he was becoming attached to
her and decided to go to Cairo, far away from him. He decided to
follow her home to see where she lived. Salah went to her and
expressed regret about what happened but she refused to go back to him
at first. Later she was hurt in a traffic accident and agreed to
resume their relationship when he visited her at a hospital. This film
is largely a showcase for the singing of Imad Abdel Halim, in a
romantic spirit reminiscent of Abdel Halim Hafez (1929-1977).
Cast and crew: Ashraf Fahmy, Sa'eed Saleh, Mohamed Khairi, Nagwa Ibrahim, Imad Abdel Halim, Ibrahim Saleh, Ahmed Abdel Wahab, An'am Salusa, Layla Fahmy, Nabil Badr, Aly El Cherif, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Aly Ezzedin, Mazhar Abolnega, Hafez Amin
Pictured is a first printing of a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster
designed by Dimitri Gabriel to promote the 1949 Helmy Rafla 108-minute
black-and-white film Festival Night [leilet al-eid] starring
Shadia based on a screenplay by Anwar Wagdi with story and dialogue by
Abu Seoud El-Ibiary and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. The film
was produced and distributed by Anwar Wagdi's United Film Company of
Cairo. Plot summary: Yasamina and her two brothers Shushu and Sousou
were artists trying to get work at a nightclub after being subjected
to homelessness and deprivation. They went to see a theater director
but accidentally went into the wrong apartment and were surprised to
find a gang of criminals along with a playful girl who was their
sister, plotting together against a rich boy named Adel Bey. Yasamina
found a way to save him and then married him.
Cast and crew: Helmy Rafla, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Anwar Wagdi, Abdelhalim Nasr, Dimitri Gabriel, Hassan Fayek, Lola Sedki, Farid Shawqi, Stephan Rosti, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Elias Moadab, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Mohammad Kamel
This is a first printing of a 35" x 47" Egyptian poster designed by
Hassan Mazhar Gasour and printed by his Gasour and Company Printers to
promote the 1954 Ezzel Dine Zulficar 115-minute black-and-white
film Appointment with Life [mowad maa al-hayat] based on the
1939 Edmund Goulding film Dark Victory with Bette Davis,
starring Faten Hamama based on a screenplay by Ezzel Dine Zulficar and
Youssef Esa with dialogue by Youssef Esa and cinematography by Wahid
Farid. The film was produced by Faten Hamama Films and distributed by
Dollar Film. Plot summary: Engineer Ahmad loved Amal and lived with
her in the same house with her friend Fatima, daughter of the farm
overseer. Fatima loved the doctor Mamdouh, but he was unaware of it.
Amal's father, who was a great doctor, discovered that she had a
serious heart disease. He kept this information from her. However
Amal happened to hear a conversation between her father and
Dr. Mamdouh about her own critical condition, and she learned the
truth. Amal began taking steps to make it possible for Ahmad to leave
her and not have a relationship with her, despite the love between
them. Amal's father was hoping to operate on her to save her life,
and when he did so it improved her condition. Ahmad understood the
situation and Amal's secret she had been trying to keep from him.
Amal was ready to marry Ahmad and Fatima agreed to marry Dr. Mamdouh.
Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Shukry Sarhan, Shadia, Hussein Riad, Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Wahid Farid, Youssef Esa, Omar El-Hariri, Abdel Waress Assar, Zeinat Sedki, Nour Al-Demerdash, Said Abu Bakr, Abdel Ghani Al-Nagdi, Edmund Goulding
