This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1956 musical Girls Today
written and directed by Henry Barakat, music by Mohamed
Abdel Wahab and starring Abdel Halim Hafez as Khaled. Plot summary:
Salwa [Magda] and Laila [Amal Farid] are sisters with vastly different
personalities. Salwa is quiet and polite while Laila is extroverted
and cheerful. Khaled gets into a romance with Laila, which brings out
their differences. Khaled soon turns his attention to Laila's sister
Salwa, but his artist friend Fathy [Ahmed Ramzy] is also attracted to
her.
Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Youssef Issa, Abdel Halim Hafez,
Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Magda, Ahmed Ramzy, Amal Farid, Seraj Munir,
Soraya Fakhry, Fathiya Shahin, Kariman, Abdel Azim Kamel, Hussain
Ismail, Mokhtar El Sayed, Ahmed Khorshid
This is a 26" x 38.5" Egyptian poster designed by Samir Abdel Moneim
for the 1987 Mohammed Khan film Wife of an Important Man based
on story, screenplay and dialogue by Raouf Tawfik and starring Ahmed
Zaki as Hesham. Plot summary: The film tells the story of the rise
and fall of Colonel Hesham Abol-Wafa, an Egyptian police officer
during the Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat years (1962 - 1980). It
received the Silver Award at the Damascus Film Festival in 1987 and
was also shown in competition at the Moscow Film Festival in 1987. It
was shown as well at the Montreal, Valencia, Tetouan, Digne, Istanbul
and Nantes Film Festivals in 1987 and 1988.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Khan, Ahmed Zaki, Mervat Amin, Hassan Hosny,
Zizi Mustafa, Nahed Samir, Mohsen Ahmed, Ali Al Ghandour, Khairy
Beshara, Hafez Amin, Hassan Hosny, Abdel Halim Hafez, Nazim Shaarawy,
Mohsen Ahmed, Othman Abdelmonem, Abdel Ghany Naser, Mahmoud
al-Dardiri, Ahmed Moukhtar, Raouf Tawfik
This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by
Walid Wahib for the 1955 Henry Barakat musical Days and Nights
based on a story by Henry Barakat and Youssef Gohar, screenplay by
Henry Barakat, cinematography by Wahid Farid, music by Mohamed Abdel
Wahab and starring 26-year-old Abdel Halim Hafez (1929-1977) as
Yehia. Plot summary: A wealthy man married a woman who had divorced an
irresponsible alcoholic painter [Mahmoud El-Meliguy]. The wealthy man
educated her two sons, one of whom was from another husband, and the
boys grew up together like twins. Yehia, the son of the painter,
loved Samia [Imane] but his brother made trouble for him and Samia
turned away from him. They quarreled at a party when he was quite
drunk and then he got in his car and killed a pedestrian. At his
trial he confessed the truth. This caused tension in the family but
when he returned to his father the painter, the father took
responsibility for the first time; he had a reconciliation with his
wife and his son when he saw the love between mother and son and the
son's confession of the truth. The film includes the hit
song Toba [Never
Again]: Lyrics and translation
Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Imane, Ahmed Ramzy, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Henry Barakat, Kamal Hussein, Seraj Munir, Aqila Ratib, Wahid Farid, Youssef Gohar, Ahmed Zaki, Adly Kasseb, Soheir El-Barouni, Samia Rushdy, Souraya Fakhry, Zeinat Alawy
This is an Egyptian 27" x 39" undated rerelease one-sheet poster for
the 1955 Helmy Rafla film My Nights of Love starring Abdel
Halim Hafez as Ahmed Momtaz. Plot summary: Ahmed Momtaz was a
low-level employee who invented a type of fireproof cloth. He offered
his invention to his direct supervisor, who in turn offered it to the
one above him and so on until it reached the executive director. Each
person in the chain took credit for the invention himself. He went
with his colleague to see the executive director at his home where
they were having a costume party. He met the director's daughter
thinking she was the maid, and they liked each other. She thought he
was a millionaire because he had the same name as the millionaire
Ahmed Momtaz. The real millionaire appeared, who was courting the
girl. The director discovered the truth. Ahmed tried to prove to the
director that he was the owner of the invention. There was a
confrontation between the employee and the millionaire, which ended in
Ahmed's favor. He married his love after the director learned the
truth about the invention.
Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Helmy Rafla, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Amal Farid, Mahmoud Nasr, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Ismail Al-Hebrouk, Seraj Munir, Salah Nazmi, Mohammed Abdel Koddous, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Aziza Helmy, Hind Alam, Shafik Noureddin, Wedad Hamdy, Said Khalil, Mohamed al-Dib
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian rerelease poster designed by Ahmed
Fouad to promote the 1955 Ibrahim Emara 133-minute black-and-white
film Song of Truth [lahn al-wafa] starring Abdel Halim Hafez
with story, screenplay and dialogue by Mohammed Mustafa Sami and
cinematography by Mohsen Nasr. Plot summary: A musician named Alam
[Hussein Riad] is wounded in love by an unfaithful wife, then develops
hatred for women; later he falls in love with his foster son Galal's
[Abdel Halim Hafez] intended bride Saham [Shadia], a Cairo chorus
girl. When this does not succeed either he abandons his feelings for
the girl, she marries the foster son and life returns to normal.
Cast and crew: Mahmoud Nasr, Ibrahim Emara, Shadia, Abdel Halim Hafez, Hussein Riad, Zouzou Nabil, Abdel Waress Assar, Mustafa Samy, Wedad Hamdy, Hassan el Baroudi, Mohamed Shawky, Ragaa Youssef, Mary Ezzedine, Zaki Ibrahim, Alia Fawzi, Hassan Hamed, Abdel Moneim Bassioni
Pictured is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by
Stamatis Vassiliou and Dimitri Gabriel to promote the 1962 Hassan Al Imam 146-minute
black-and-white film Sins [al-khataya] starring Abdel Halim
Hafez based on a story by Mohamed Osman with screenplay and dialogue
by Mohamed Moustapha Sami and Mohamed Osman and with cinematography by
Wahid Farid. Plot summary: This film depicts a family conflict over
which of its two sons Hussein [Abdel Halim Hafez] or Ahmed [Hassan
Youssef] should marry Soheir [Nadia Lutfi], even though Soheir and
Hussein have decided they want to marry. The father [Mahmoud
El-Meliguy] does not want to give his blessing because he does not
believe Hussein is actually his son; he tries to drive Hussein out of
the family after he and Ahmed have been raised as brothers, which
proves to be an impossibility. The film showcases the singing of
Abdel Halim Hafez.
Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Nadia Lutfi, Hassan Youssef, Fakher Fakher, Imad Hamdi, Hassan Al Imam, Wahid Farid, Madiha Yousri, Mohamed Osman, Galal Issa, Zein El-Ashmawy, Mohamed Moustapha Sami, Kamal Hussein, Abdel Ghani Al-Nagdi, Fifi Youssef
This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian one-sheet poster made to promote
the 1969 142-minute Hussein Kamal color film My Father is up the
Tree [abi fawq al-shagarah] based on a story by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus
with screenplay by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, Sa'deddine Wahba and Youssef
Francis, dialogue by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus and Sa'eddine Wahba and
cinematography by Wahid Farid. Plot summary: A group of university
students went to Alexandria for summer vacation.Two of the students, a
couple named Adel [Abdel Halim Hafez] and Amal [Mervat Amin], had a
disagreement; then Adel fell in love with a much older worldly-wise
nightclub dancer in town named Ferdoos [Nadia Lutfi]. Ferdoos invites
Adel to live with her, gives him money and says she loves him, but he
soon learns she has other men. Amal notices Adel's disappearance but
does not know what has happened until one of Adel's friends finds him
and tells her. Adel and Ferdoos fly to Lebanon together for a few
dancing and singing scenes in various touristic settings. After Adel
and Ferdoos return from Lebanon, Ferdoos is obliged to go back to
hustling men to meet her expenses, for which Adel is not prepared.
When he tries to go back to the gang at the beach, they all reject him
and he is unable to restart his relationship with Amal. Adel's father
[Imad Hamdi], having no word from his son, goes to Alexandria looking
for him. There he meets one of the bar women and becomes involved
with her, as Adel had done. One of Adel's friends from the beach gang
finds him and tells him what his father is doing, and that his friends
at the beach are willing to make amends. When he finds his father he
tells him of his experiences and that he has learned from them. With
sympathetic intervention from Ferdoos, father and son are reconciled
and Adel reestablishes his relationship with Amal.
Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Nadia Lutfi, Mervat Amin, Imad Hamdi, Amer al-Askari, Yusef Shahuri, Hussein Kamal, Wahid Farid, Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, Samir Sabri, Salah Nazmi, Nabila El-Sayed, Fathy Abdul Sattar, Nahed Samir, Hamed Morsi, Youssef Francis
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohammad Abdel
Aziz and Wahib Fahmy to support the 1967 164-minute Helmy Rafla color film Loved by
the Masses [ma'budet al-gamahir] starring Abdel Halim Hafez based
on a story by Mustafa Amin with dialogue by Mohammed Abu Youssef,
screenplay by Helmy Halim and Youssef Gohar and cinematography by
Wahid Farid. Plot summary: Ibrahim [Abdel Halim Hafez] was an actor
and a musician at the beginning of his career living in a poor
neighborhood. He loved a famous musician named Soheir [Shadia], who
was the star of his band, and he discovered she had the same feelings
for him. They surprised everyone by deciding to marry, but this did
not please the band director, who tried to separate them. Soheir was
surprised to discover on the night of the marrriage contract that there
was a woman who claimed to be Ibrahim's wife and that she had borne his
child. Soheir decided to cancel the marriage and because of her sadness her
popularity faded, while Ibrahim's popularity increased and he became a
famous musician. He did not forget his love for Soheir. One day
Soheir saw a picture of the woman who was claiming to be Ibrahim's
wife and realized she was an actress who had been trying to steal her
beloved. She did not care about the woman's false claims so she went
to Ibrahim's neighborhood, who welcomed her and publicly declared his
return to her.
Cast and crew: Helmy Rafla, Fouad El-Mohandes, Mohamed Reda, Youssef Chaban, Hassan Fayek, Zeinat Sedki, Shafik Noureddin, Shadia, Abdel Halim Hafez, Wahid Farid, Zein El-Ashmawy, George Sidhum, Ahmed El Haddad, Abu Bakr Ezzat, Mustafa Amin, Helmy Halim, Youssef Gohar, Mohamed Abu Youssef, Nadia Ezzat, Hussein Ismail, Ahmed Farahat
This is a 27" x 39" undated Egyptian rerelease poster made by an
unknown designer to promote the 1959 Ezzel Dine Zulficar 143-minute
black-and-white film Love Street [sharia al-hob] starring Abdel
Halim Hafez and Sabah based on a screenplay by Ezzel Dine Zulficar
with story and dialogue by Youssef El Sebai and cinematography by
Wahid Farid. The film was produced by Helmy Rafla films and
distributed by the Sharq Distribution Company. Plot summary: This
film served as a vehicle for singing sensation Abdel Halim Hafez to
appear on film before his legions of fans in the role of Abdel Moneim
Sabry. It served the same purpose for his Lebanese costar Sabah,
appearing in the film as Karima. Plot summary: Abdel Moneim Sabry was an obscure
musician on Mohammad Ali Street. He was discovered by a prominent
public figure and agreed to teach him the principles of music; this
led to him joining a music club as a teacher, but he had to put on a
false beard and moustache to meet a membership requirement. At the
club he met two girls named Karima and Mervat who wagered with each
other they could make him cut off his beard. Karima asked him to do
this, and when he refused she threatened to kill herself. She jumped
into the water. He jumped in to try to save her, even though he was
not a good swimmer, then she saved him and got him out. The water had
removed his beard and moustache and he was obliged to admit to her
that they had been fakes. He was then ejected from the club for
having a false moustache and beard and had to go back to Mohammad Ali
Street. Karima stayed with him and arranged for him to sing at a
party at the Opera House; Abdel Moneim eventually realized Karima
loved him and married her.
Cast and crew: Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Abdel Halim Hafez, Sabah, Hassan Fayek, Nagwa Fouad, Zeinat Sedki, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Wahid Farid, Youssef El Sebai, Hussein Riad, Monira Sambal, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Nour El-Demerdash, Leila Hamdy, Riad al-Kasabgi, Al-Khawaga Bijou, Mohamed Youssef, Ahmed Farahat, Ahmed al-Haddad
This is a poster designed by Ahmed Ghanem to promote the 1961
155-minute black-and-white Atef Salem film A Day of My Life
[yom min omri] with cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr, printed by
Al-Nasr printers of Cairo, starring the late Egyptian singer Abdel
Halim Hafez as Salah. It is based on the 1953 William Wyler
film Roman Holiday. Plot summary: An editor gave the
journalist Salah Shawqi and his colleague the photographer Younes
[Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy] the assignment of covering the arrival of
from Switzerland of Nadia, [Zubaida Tharwat] the daughter of the
millionaire Abu Agila, [Zaki Toleimat] after a long absence. At the
airport Nadia learned her father's wife wanted to marry her to her
brother and she decided to run away. She got on a bus with the
journalists without any of them knowing anything about each other.
Salah and Nadia with Younes and his fiance had a wonderful night at a
nightclub and then she went with him to spend the night at his home.
Younes photographed the two of them together; then the neighbors
realized who Nadia was and pursued her. When the editor learned the
journalist and his colleague had failed at their assignment he
threatened to fire them. Salah discovered the truth about Nadia and
went to the editor with the photographer and the story about what had
happened. Nadia decided to go back to her father, who had decided not
to marry her to a man she did not love. Salah stole the photos and
the papers for the story and prevented the publication of anything
about his beloved. He sent the pictures to Nadia and her father at
the airport. The father understood Salah was a noble man and decided
to marry his daughter to the one she loved.
Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Zubaida Tharwat, Atef Salem, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Soheir El-Bably, Zaki Toleimat, Abdelhalim Nasr, Seif Eddine Shawkat, Youssef Gowhar, Zuzu Madi, Abdel Aziz Ahmed, Salah Nazmi, Soraya Fakhri, Ahmed Louxor
This is a film poster for the 1961 Atef Salem 155-minute
black-and-white film A Day of My Life [yom men omri] starring Abdel
Halim hafez, based on the 1953 William Wyler film Roman Holiday. The
screenplay was by Youssef Gohar and Seif El Din Shawkat, dialogue was
by Youssef Gohar and the cinematography was by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot
Summary: Chief press editor Salah Shawqi (Abdel Halim Hafez) and his
colleague Younes al-Mansour (Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy) had the job of
concealing the return after a long absence from Switzerland by Nadia
(Zubaida Tharwat), the daughter of the millionaire Abu Agila. At the
airport Nadia learned that her father's wife wanted to marry her to
her brother so she decided to run away. She got into an automobile
with some journalists without any of them knowing the truth about
her. Salah and Nadia spent a pleasant evening in nightclubs with
Younes and his fiancee Leila, and she went home with him to spend the
night. Younes photogrphed them, and when the neighbors found out they
rejected Nadia. When the chief editor learned that the journalist and
his colleague had failed with the mission, he threatened to fire them.
When Salah discovered the truth about Nadia he took the pictures to
the chief editor. Nadia decided to return to her father who had
decided she would not marry the one she did not love. Salah stole the
pages of the article and the pictures and prevented the publication of
anything about his beloved. He sent the pictures to nadia and her
father when they were at the airport. The father realized how noble
Salah had been and decided his daughter should marry the one she
loved.
Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Zubaida Tharwat, Atef Salem, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Soheir El-Bably, Zaki Toleimat, Seif El Din Shawkat, Youssef Gohar, Zouzou Mady, Abdul Aziz Ahmed, Souraya Fakhry, Salah Nazmi, Ahmed Louxor
This film was directed by Helmy Rafla, based on Oscar Wilde's story
"The Importance of Being Earnest," screenplay Youssef Gohar, dialogue
Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, cinematography Wahid Farid; poster art is by
Magdi Mahmoud. Plot summary: Adel (Abdel Halim Hafez) was a boy whose
father left him a big building. He dissipated its rentals in the bar
and on Kiki's health. Adel's partner was Nufal from Syracuse. His
job was attorney for the wealthy Redwan Beg's office. Nufal took over
the finances and spent the money on bottles of champagne under Kiki's
feet. Adel visited his rich Aunt and saw for the first time his
daughter Saham. The meeting between Adel and his aunt ended with
Adel's anger and it affected Saham. Saham met Nufal at her cousin's
home. She heard Adel sing and and thought he was Nufal and the sound
of the beautiful voice made her love Nufal. Adel heard a lot about
Amal, "Mona Badr," the daughter of the owner of the village in which
Nufal worked. He visited her and immediately found her to be a
pleasant girl. Adel loved her and she reciprocated. In the end Nufal
married Saham and Amal married Adel.
Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Amal Farid, Hassan Fayek, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Helmy Rafla, Oscar Wilde, Youssef Gohar, Oscar Wilde, Wahid
Farid, Abou Seoud El-Ibiary, Mona Badr, Saham, Mimi Shakeeb, Wedad Hamdy, Zaki Ibrahim, Samia Rushdy, Abbas al-Dali, Ahmed Abdel Fattah, Ibrahim Heshmat, Farida Fahmy, Mahmoud Reda
Farewell Song [ogniet al-weda'] (1977) = (Abdel Halim Hafez) Egyptian film poster
This is a rare poster for the film of Abdel Halim Hafez's (1929-1977) last concert
in Paris, produced by Youssef Chahine, directed by Ahmed Rachedi, poster
art by Hassan Mazhar Gasour. The Arabic legend on the poster translates
as "Halim sang for the last time in Paris and the entire world sang with him."
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster by an unknown artist for the 1956
Henry Barakat film Appointment with Love based on a story by
Youssef Issa, screenplay by Henry Barakat and starring Fatan Hamama as
Nawal. Plot summary: Nawal worked as a magazine editor and lived with
a friend who ran a flower shop. Returning from Alexandria on a press
trip she ran into a young man on the train who had nothing to do but
chase girls and follow horse races. Samir [Abdel Halim Hafez] tried
to flirt with her but she withdrew from him and kept him in his place.
He followed her to the magazine office and everywhere she went but she
kept him away and refused to hear his love and confidences. There was
another young man who owned a factory and wealth and loved her in
noble silence. He tried to win her heart and favor with fashion,
flattery and respect. Samir thought she loved this wealthy boy Kamal
[Imad Hamdi] and avoided her. Nawal then felt kindness towards him.
She even went to Alexandria on holiday to stay at the hotel where he
was saying. When she met him she did not drive him away as she had
been doing and agreed to go out with him. She urged him to use his
beautiful voice to perform songs and become a person of value in life.
On the same night Samir confessed his love to her and she was happy
about it, Kamal asked her to become his wife and she confessed to him
that she loved Samir. Samir returned to Cairo to begin his life as an
artist, to try to suceed and become worthy of Nawal. However Nawal
was afflicted with paralysis in her thighs and went to the hospital
under care of Kamal, who had been assigned to her. She refused to
tell Samir what had happened to her because she did not want to impose
herself on him in that condition and she did not want his love to
become mere sympathy. She persuaded her friend to tell him she had
married Kamal. This hurt Samir and he decided to go abroad on an
artistic trip. Then he learned the truth and went back to her.
Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Faten Hamama, Abdel Halim Hafez, Imad Hamdi, Zahrat El-Ola, Rushdy Abaza, Kamal Karim, Yussef Issa, Wahid Farid, Abdel Moneim Bassioni, Abdel Rahim El Zarkany
My Father Is up the Tree [abi fawq al-shagarah] (1969) - (Abdel Halim Hafez) original Egyptian film poster
This is a rare original poster for a classic 1969 Egyptian film directed by Hussein Kamal, based on a story by Ihsan Abdel Quddous and starring the popular singer Abdel Halim Hafez. It is a youth, beach and music movie, but it is not quite as light-hearted as its American counterparts of that period. Plot summary: A group of university students went to Alexandria for the summer vacation. One of the students was Adel (Abdel Halim Hafez) who argued with his girlfriend Amal (Mervat Amin) during the summer gatherings in Alexandria. Adel had a love experience with the dancer Ferdoos (Nadia Lutfi) and went to live with her in her house. Her lover would come and go there and they would show their affection for one another in front of Adel. Having no news of the son in Cairo, the father came looking for him to bring him back. The father also fell in love with the same dancer and her brother told Adel to rescue him from his predicament. However the father stopped him and beat him. Fardoos told the father the truth about her relationship with his son; Adel went back to the gang and things continued as they were before.
This was a three-part film, each part a different cast, different story, different director, each a story by the writer Ihsan Abdul-Qudus. There was a separate poster for each story. Each poster had the same title Girls and the Summer [al-banat wal-seif] with the secondary designations first story, second story, third story. The most notable of the three was the third story, which featured Abdel Halim Hafez, Zizi El-Badrawy and Soad Hosny. All three segments were photographed by cinematographer Wahid Farid.
Girls and the Summer First Story (Mariam Fakhr Eddine) directed by Ezzel Dine Zulficar
Girls and the Summer Second Story (Samira Ahmed) directed by Salah Abuseif
Girls and the Summer Third Story (Soad Hosny) directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab
