Show Me the Way People [دلوني يا ناس] (Doria Ahmed) - (1955) oversize Egyptian poster

Show Me the Way People [dillouni ya nass] (1955) - (Doria Ahmed) original Egyptian 33x44 film poster

This is a 33" x 44.5" stone litho Egyptian film poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1955 El Sayed Ziada film Show Me the Way People [dillouni ya nass] based on a story by El-Sayed Ziada with cinematography by Bruno Salvi and starring Doria Ahmed as Nahed. Plot summary: Nahed was the daughter of a rich woman renowned for her cruelty. When she fell in love with Hassan [Shukry Sarhan] her mother forbade them to marry and then found the two of them together in a public place. When Nahed fled the scene to avoid her mother she fell into a coma and woke up with amnesia. Lost and confused, she fell prey to an evil magician [Mahmoud El-Meliguy] who bewitched her and employed her as a singer. He contrived to keep her with him and deceive all the people who were looking for her.

Cast and crew: El-Sayed Ziada, Doria Ahmed, Shukry Sarhan, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Bruno Salvi, Kitty, Zeinat Sedki, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Mahmoud Choukoukou, Hind Rostom, Tewfik El Dekn, Alawia Gamil, Omar al Gizawy, Hussein Issa, Shoushou Ezzeddine

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Show Me the Way People [دلوني يا ناس] (Doria Ahmed) - (1954) Egyptian Oversize Film Poster

Show Me the Way People [dillouni ya nass] (1953) - (Doria Ahmed) original Egyptian 35x45 film poster

Pictured is an Egyptian 35" x 45" poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1954 El-Sayed Ziada 107-minute black-and-white film Show Me the Way People [dillouni ya nas] starring Doria Ahmed based on story, screenplay and dialogue by El-Sayed Ziada with cinematography by Bruno Salvi. Plot summary: Hosni the poor boy [Shukry Sarhan] and Nahed the rich girl [Doria Ahmed] fell in love despite their social differences but Nahed's father took a vigilant stand against the relationship. One day the mother [Alawiya Gamil] saw her daughter hiding among some stalks with her boyfriend and chased her. During the chase Nahed was hurt in a fall and lost her memory, which caused her to wander in the street without knowing who she was. Then she met the hypnotist Dr. Ezzat [Mahmoud El-Meliguy] who made a nightclub performer of her and profited from her work behind her back. He knew her mother was looking for her and kept her out of sight. When the mother published Nahed's picture in the newspaper the crook hid her even more carefully. Nahed was hurt in another acident, her memory came back and she decided to go back to her mother, who welcomed her back, expressed regret and agreed to her marriage to Hosni.

Cast and crew: El-Sayed Ziada, Doria Ahmed, Shukry Sarhan, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Alawiya Gamil, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Kitty, Hind Rostom, Zeinat Sedki, Choukoukou, Omar al Gizawy, Hussein Esa, Galal Sadeq, Tewfik El Dekn, Ali Kamel, Shoushou Ezzedin

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I Accuse (1960)

I Accuse (1960) - (Zubaida Tharwat) Egyptian one-sheet

This poster was designed by an unknown artist to promote the 1960 115 minute Hassan Al Imam black-and-white film I Accuse [inni ataham], which according to Egyptian film encyclopedist Mahmoud Qasem is based on an unknown French novel called Jacques the Small (jak al-saghir] (apparently nothing to do with Emile Zola's famous 1898 letter titled j'accuse published in the French newspaper L'Aurore exposing the Dreyfus affair). The screenplay is by Mohamed Moustapha Sami, Mohamed Osman and Hassan Imam and cinematography is by Alevise Orfanelli. Plot summary: Plot summary: Naima's (Zubaida Tharwat) cousin Salah (Salah Zulfikar) loved her. He worked at the newspaper Akhbar al-Yom. A motorcycle ran over Naima when she was crossing the street. She recovered quickly but lost her eyesight. Her father Saber (Mohsen Sarhan) suffered a long time and provided the best education for her after he lost his job. He went to the hospital to see about his daughter but he forgot her briefcase with important items in it. There was a spat over this incident between him and the contractor Hamed (Imad Hamdi). Hamed persuaded all his colleagues not to hire Saber; he accumulated wealth while Saber lived in poverty. Hamed swindled the wealthy including Soad, whom he tried to marry by putting pressure on her brother Abbas, who was shot during their encounter. Saber came to Hamed's house at that moment and found the corpse. Saber was then arrested and accused of killing Abbas. At the trial there was a coroner's report on the shooting. Salah tried to shed light on the case in the newspaper while Naima tried to work a cure and recover her sight. Salah discovered Hamed's role and asked the court to interrogate him. In the end the truth was discovered.

Cast and crew: Doria Ahmed, Zizi El-Badrawy, Nagwa Fouad, Tewfik El Dekn, Salah Nazmi, Mohsen Sarhan, Hassan Al Imam, Zubaida Tharwat, Imad Hamdi, Salah Zulfikar, Alevise Orfanelli, Mohamed Moustapha Sami, Mohamed Osman, Amin Wahba, Amin Wahba, Mohamed Sabih, Hussein Ismail, Abdel Moneim Ismail

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A Dancer from Sonbat [غازية من سنباط] (Sharifa Fadel) (1967)

A Dancer from Sonbat [غازية من سنباط] (1967) - (Sharifa Fadel) US one-sheet

The poster shown is an Egyptian promotional poster designed by Abdel Alim and Wahib Fahmy for the 1967 95-minute El-Sayed Ziada black-and-white film A Dancer from Sonbat [ghazia men sonbat] starring Sharifa Fadel as Salwa based on a story by Hassan Nashaat with screenplay and dialogue by Kamal Salaheddin and cinematography by Gamal Ebada. Plot summary: A dancer named Salwa rebelled against her family in the Ghawazi neighborhood in the city of Sonbat after they tried to make her marry an old man whose wealth they coveted. Salwa fled her hometown and her pushy parents for the city of Cairo. There she met Ahmad, Ruhia, Nabil and Barghuta, who worked at weddings as a band. She joined the team as a musician, but her success bothered Taghrid, the team's traditional singer and also the dancer Helawa, who decided to leave the band. There was a sense of crisis in the band but Salwa tried to make a place for herself and was successful with her songs. The band prepared a big show for presentation in the city's major theaters. Taghrid and Helawa decided to rejoin the band to be in the show, which was an immediate success.

Cast and crew: Doria Ahmed, El-Sayed Ziada, Hassan Nashaat, Sharifa Fadel, Mohamed Awad, Amin El-Heinedy, Shafik Galal, Abdel Latif El-Telbany, Hassan Nashaat, Kamal Salaheddin, Sayed Al-Malah, Saad Makawy, Gamal Ebada

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Forbidden Happiness [السعادة المحرمة] Amina Rizk (1948) Egyptian one-sheet

Forbidden Happiness (1948) - (Amina Rizk) Egyptian one-sheet

This is an original Egyptian stone lithograph film poster by an unknown designer for the 1948 El-Sayed Ziada 140-minute black-and-white film Forbidden Happiness [al-sa'ada al-mahrama] starring Amina Rizk (1910-2003) based on a story by Aly Al-Zarkany with screenplay and dialogue by El-Sayed Ziada and cinematography by Abdel Aziz Fahmy. Plot summary: Amina and Fouad loved each other and enjoyed their lives. They were watched enviously by the wealthy old Tawfiq Bey, who wanted the girl for his own wife, hated the boy Amina loved and was made miserable by their happiness together. The man ordered one of his assistants to dispense with with the boy, brought the girl to his home by force and married her. She submitted because her beloved had disappeared and she did not know anything about what had happened to him. The months went by and Amina gave birth to a son by Fouad named Raouf, whom Tawfiq treated cruelly. Tawfiq died and left a will providing that his wife would be not be allowed to inherit his vast fortune if she married anyone after he was gone. The miserable wife discovered that her beloved Fouad had been in hiding and had escaped the attempt to kill him. She went back to him, they became committed to their marriage and she turned her back on the oppressive man's wealth.

Cast and crew: Amina Rizk, Mohsen Sarhan, Mansi Fahmi, Doria Ahmed, Hassan Fayek, Ismail Yasseen, Aly Al-Zarkany, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Doria Ahmed, Naima Gamal, Fatheya Chahine, Afaf Shaker, Mohamed Kamel, Anwar Hasuna, Mousen Hassanein, Ma'ali Mostafa, Mimi Aziz, Mahmoud Al-Araby, Abdel Moneim Seoudi

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