The Count of Monte Cristo امير الانتقام Anwar Wagdi 1951 Egyptian billboard

The Count of Monte Cristo (1951) - (Anwar Wagdi) Egyptian billboard

Pictured here is a five-foot by ten-foot six-sheet Egyptian billboard poster designed by Abdel Rahman to promote the 1951 161-minute Henry Barakat black-and-white film The Count of Monte Cristo [amir al-enteqam] based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas with screenplay and adaptation by Henry Barakat, dialogue by Youssef Gohar and Youssef Esa and cinematograpny by Giulio De Luca. Plot summary: Hassan Al-Helali [Anwar Wagdi] was a noble sailor who was captured on his wedding night in a plot by his four enemies [Farid Shawqi, Seraj Munir, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Hussein Riad] and thrown into prison without trial or accusation; he remained in prison for many years. In prison he met an old man named Sheikh Galal who had been there for nine years; Sheikh Galal told Hassan where a treasure was hidden and then died. Hassan escaped from prison and found the treasure. He then began planning his revenge against the people who put him in prison. He fell in love with a dancer named Zomorouda [Samia Gamal] who helped him get his revenge and then married him.

Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Abdel Rahman, Anwar Wagdi, Samia Gamal, Madiha Yousri, Kamal al-Shennawi. Seraj Munir, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Farid Shawqi, Hussein Riad, Ali Al-Kassar, Giulio De Luca, Youssef Gohar, Youssef Esa, Reyad El Kasabgy, Abdel Rahim El Zarkani, Zaki Ibrahim, Abdel Aziz Ahmed

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Bullet in the Heart رصاصة في القلب (Mohamed Abdel Wahab) 1944 Egyptian one-sheet

Bullet in the Heart (1944) - (Mohamed Abdel Wahab) Egyptian one-sheet

This is an Egyptian poster designed by an uknown artist to promote the 1944 Mohammad Karim Film Bullet in the Heart AKA Un plomb au coeur starring Mohamed Abdel Wahab as Mohsen, Raqiya Ibrahim as Fifi based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Tewfik El-Hakim with cinematograpy by Mohamed Abdel Azim. Plot summary: Mohsen was an irresponsible but charming and talented young man working in a ministry office, whose affairs were quite disorganized. It was well known that he was always in debt. He met a girl named Fifi [Raqiya Ibrahim] at the Groppi shop whose charm and beauty attracted him. When he went to Dr. Sami [Seraj Munir] to borrow five pounds he told him about this remarkable woman. Later he met her when visiting his friend Dr. Sami and they sang the famous duet Hakim Oyoun. He discovered Fifi was Dr. Sami's fiancee and avoided her after that. When Mohsen apologized to Sami, he bought him an expensive engagement ring that cost more than what his mother had left him, at a time when he needed money badly to prevent repossession of the furniture in his home, but he resigned himself to the repossession. Fifi learned of the repossession and pawned the ring to prevent it. Sami learned about what happened and confirmed that his betrothed was indeed the Groppi girl. He left her to go her own way out of generosity to Mohsen, who ended up winning her.

Cast and crew: Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Mohammed Karim, Tewfik El-Hakim, Seraj Munir, Raqiya Ibrahim, Faten Hamama, Ali Al-Kassar, Zeinat Sedki, Samia Gamal, Bechara Wakim, Hassan Kamel, Mohamed Abdel Azim, Qadry Mahmoud, Sayed Soleyman, Elham Hussein, Mohamed Abdel Koddous, Abdel Waress Assar, Leila Fawzi

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A Thousand and One Nights [ألف ليلة وليلة] (Ali Al-Kassar) - (1941)

A Thousand and One Nights [alf layla wa layla] (Ali Al-Kassar) - (1941) Egyptian stone litho film poster

Pictured is a 25" x 35" Egyptian stone lithograph poster designed to promote the 1941 Togo Mizrahi 94-minute black-and-white film A Thousand and One Nights [alf layla wa layla] starring Ali Al-Kassar based on story and screenplay by Togo Mizrahi, dialogue by Badie Khayri and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: One of the tales told by the legendary Scheherezade becomes the main plot in this film. While fishing one day a fisherman named Othman Abd al-Baset [Ali Al-Kassar] finds a child in a floating basket, raises him and teaches him how to fish. After 20 years or so when the son (named Morgan) has become a man, Othman is arrested and put in prison for fishing in a forbidden area, but the daughter of the prince [Aqila Ratib] intervenes and gets him released. Othman catches a big fish and gives it to his son to give to the princess as a gift. As Morgan approaches the home of the princess he hears some beautiful singing and responds with some beautiful singing of his own. The adviser to the father of the prince wants to marry the princess to a fake prince so he can take her money. While fishing one day Othman finds a box and opens it. This releases a genie (a man dressed in a devil suit with stuffed horns), who rewards Othman with a magic scepter. Later on, the genie appears before him again another day and tells him his son Morgan is in danger. At that moment Morgan is singing as usual under the window of the princess. They arrest him and turn him over to the adviser, who realizes because of a star tatooed on his arm that Morgan is the missing prince, Bahaeddin, [Hamed Morsi] who is also the cousin of this princess. To prevent Morgan's true identity from becoming known, the adviser orders him imprisoned and held for execution. Just as they are about to cut off his head, Othman appears and proves the adviser's treachery. The princess sees the tattoo, realizes who Morgan is and introduces him to his real father and mother. The two cousins marry and Othman is rewarded.

Cast and crew: Ali Al-Kassar, Aqila Ratib, Togo Mizrahi, Hamed Morsi, Mohammad Shukry, Zaki Ibrahim, Zouzou Nabil, Loutfi El Hakim

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The Count of Monte Cristo [أمير الإنتقام] (Anwar Wagdi) - (1951) Egyptian 6-sheet Billboard

The Count of Monte Cristo (1951) - (Anwar Wagdi) Egyptian 5' x 10.5' billboard

Pictured here is a 5-foot by 10-foot six-sheet Egyptian billboard poster designed by Abdel Rahman to promote the 1951 161-minute Henry Barakat black-and-white film The Count of Monte Cristo [amir al-enteqam] based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas with screenplay and adaptation by Henry Barakat, dialogue by Youssef Gohar and Youssef Esa and cinematograpny by Giulio De Luca. Plot summary: Hassan Al-Helali [Anwar Wagdi] was a noble sailor who was captured on his wedding night in a plot by his four enemies [Farid Shawqi, Seraj Munir, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Hussein Riad] and thrown into prison without trial or accusation; he remained in prison for many years. In prison he met an old man named Sheikh Galal who had been there for nine years; Sheikh Galal told Hassan where a treasure was hidden and then died. Hassan escaped from prison and found the treasure. He then began planning his revenge against the people who put him in prison. He fell in love with a dancer named Zomorouda [Samia Gamal] who helped him get his revenge and then married him.

Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Anwar Wagdi, Samia Gamal, Madiha Yousri, Kamal al-Shennawi. Seraj Munir, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Farid Shawqi, Hussein Riad, Ali Al-Kassar, Giulio De Luca, Youssef Gohar, Youssef Esa, Reyad El Kasabgy, Abdel Rahim El Zarkani, Zaki Ibrahim, Abdel Aziz Ahmed

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