This is a 67" x 104" 14-piece Egyptian billboard designed by Hussein
Fawzi of Studio Adly to promote the 1952 Henry Barakat musical
Don't Tell Anybody based an a story by Abu Seoud El-Ibiary,
screenplay by Henry Barakat and starring Farid Al Atrache as Wahid.
Plot summary: Wahid the musician loves a dancer named Wela [Samia
Gamal] and proposes marriage to her after her return from a business
trip. However while Wela is away Wahid marries a singer named Nousa
[Nour Al Hoda] as part of a ruse arranged by Nousa's uncle Ghazal,
[Stephan Rosti] who wants to marry Wela.
Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Hussein Fawzi, Farid Al Atrache,
Samia Gamal, Nour Al Hoda, Stephan Rosti, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Omar
El-Hariri, Aida Kamel, Aziz Osman, Lola Sedki, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary
Pictured is a 23" x 35" original Egyptian poster designed by Hassan
Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1951 Niazi Mostafa 111-minute
black-and-white film Wahiba Queen of the Gypsies [wahiba
maliket al-ghajar] starring Kouka based on a story by Mohammad Kamel
Hassan with screenplay by Niazi Mostafa, dialogue by Bayram El Tounsi
and cinematography by Wuhan. Plot summary: Adham Bey expelled a group
of gypsy farmers from their land and the gypsies, led by Qandil,
responded by kidnapping his little girl. Adham's son Sherif [Gamal
Fares] and his friends began looking for the girl. Wahiba [Kouka],
the leader of the gypsies, disguised herself as a pretty girl and had
a meeting with Sherif. The two of them fell in love and decided to
marry, even though gypsy traditions were a barrier to such a marriage.
The situation became more difficult when Sherif realized that the
pretty girl he loved was just a gypsy and was unacceptable to his
family, and he decided to call off the marriage. Wahiba went to Cairo
to break into show business as a singer and a dancer with the help of
a friend named Mahrous [Abdel Aziz Mahmoud]. She met Sherif there again
after she had begun to make a name for herself and no longer dressed
or acted like a gypsy. He did not know her at first; then he
recognized her and realized she was none other than Wahabia herself,
the queen of the gypsies; they reconciled and married, but the
experience had taught Sherif a hard lesson.
Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Muhammad Kamel Hassan, Saad Abdel Wahab, Mahmoud Choukoukou, Sophie Dimitry, Gamal Fares, Wedad Hamdy, Zaki Ibrahim, Aida Kamel, Kouka, Abdel Aziz Mahmoud, Bayram El Tounsi, Fouad Al-Rashidi, Rafia al-Shal, Zaki Ibrahim, Sharif Hamouda, Abdel Hamid Badoaha
Shown here is a first printing of a 23.5" x 35.25" Egyptian poster
designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour and printed by Al-Nasr Printers to
promote the 1954 Henry Barakat film It Happened One Night
[hadasa zata laila] starring Hoda Soltan based on a screenplay by
Henry Barakat with story and dialogue by Fathy Abol-Fadl and
cinematography by Klelio. The film was produced by Kamel Abdullah
Hamuda's Arabic Films Company and distributed by Montekhabat Behna.
Plot summary: A poor girl married a rich boy despite opposition from
the boy's father. She lived happily with her husband until she fell
into the clutches of a young hustler who told her her husband had
injured him in an accident. Her husband found out about him holding
her and divorced her without understanding that his wife was innocent,
then went abroad. The wife took revenge against the hustler who had
ruined her life by killing him. Then when she tried to commit suicide
her young attorney saved her and defended her in court, where he
successfully reduced her sentence. He promised to marry her after her
release from prison.
Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Hoda Soltan, Mohsen Sarhan, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Shafik Noureddin, Abdel Rahim El Zarkani, Klelio, Aida Kamel, Hind Rostom, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Nimat Mukhtar, Shafik Noureddin, Soraya Salem, Rafia al-Shal, Zaki Ibrahim, Mary Ezzedine
As You Like [ala kayfak] (1952) - (Taheya Cariocca) oversize Egyptian film poster (36" x 47")
This film was directed by Helmy Raflah with story and dialogue by Abu
Seoud El-Ibiary. Cinematography was by Bruno Salvi. Plot summary: A
young man celebrated his wedding day but it was discovered that night
that a child was attributed to him. The child's grandfather learned
about this and appeared to demand that the bridegroom marry his
daughter after going back to her. The young man was innocent of this
accusation, but the only solution
was to find the boy who had gotten the girl pregnant and have him
marry her. Otherwise he would have to refuse to complete the marriage
after being accused about the child. The only way out for the boy
they were looking for was to claim insanity and commit himself. The
bridegroom learned he had done and went to visit him. The boy
emphasized his innocence and then the bride agreed to the completion
of the marriage.
Cast and crew: Taheya Cariocca, Leila Fawzi, Ismail Yasseen, Mohsen Sarhan, Aziz Osman, Wedad Hamdy, Aida Kamel, Nour El-Demerdash, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Helmy Rafla, Bruno Salvi, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Gamalat Zayed, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Kamal Hussein, Negah Salam, Zaki Ibrahim
