This is a 5" x 6" 8-page Egyptian film program for the 1947 Niazi
Mostafa film War Profiteer written by Abu Seoud El-Ibiary and
starring Bechara Wakim as Hassanein. After the end of World War II,
to compensate for lost war revenues some wealthy traders took to
bribing government employees so they could get cheap goods for resale
at high prices. The daughter of one of the war profiteers fell in
love with a poor man. The war profiteer tried to buy off his
daughter's love, but the boy refused and the trader had to agree to
the marriage.
Cast and crew: Bechara Wakim, Niazi Mostafa, Kamal Al-Shennawi,
Elham Hussein, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Hassan Fayek, Aziz Osman, Marie
Monib, Leila Fawzi, Fathia Shahin, Farag al-Nahas, Hager Hamdi, Farid
Shawqi, Mohammad Kamal al-Masri
This is an original year printing of a 9.25" x 6.75" 12-page Egyptian
program for the 1946 Fouad El Jazairly 100-minute black-and-white
film Scheherezade [shahrzad] starring Hussein Sedki based on a
screenplay by Fouad El Jazairly with cinematography by Mohamed Abdel
Aziz. The film was produced by Modern Egypt Films and distributed by
Montakhebat Behna. Plot Summary: The young sultan Shahriar announced
his desire to marry, then chose a bride who betrayed him. This
transformed his attitude towards women. He declared women were only
good for enjoyment and did not deserve wealth. He then declared he
would marry a virgin every night, then kill her at dawn after he had
enjoyed her. After his swordsman had killed many of them he chose a
minister's daughter named Scheherezade who had decided to save other
girls from this oppressive sultan. She told him a story that did not
end by dawn so he did not kill her, hoping the story would end the
next night. However when she finished the story the next night he let
her start another. This continued for 1001 nights. She was able to
win Shahriar's heart and save herself as well as all the other women
in the kingdom. This made her an immortal legend.
Cast and crew: s,
Soad Ahmed, Istar Shatta, Nelly Mazlum, Yahya Negati, Saleheh Qasin,
Amina Sedki, Safia Helmy
This is an original year printing of a 12" x 15" Egyptian production
still of Hussein Sedki as Sultan Shahriar and Elham Hussein as
Scheherezade from the 1946 Fouad El Jazairly 100-minute
black-and-white film Scheherezade [shahrzad] starring Hussein
Sedki based on a screenplay by Fouad El Jazairly with cinematography
by Mohamed Abdel Aziz. The film was produced by Modern Egypt Films
and distributed by Montakhebat Behna. Plot Summary: The young sultan
Shahriar announced his desire to marry, then chose a bride who
betrayed him. This transformed his attitude towards women. He
declared women were only good for enjoyment and did not deserve
wealth. He then declared he would marry a virgin every night, then
kill her at dawn after he had enjoyed her. After his swordsman had
killed many of them he chose a minister's daughter named Scheherezade
who had decided to save other girls from this oppressive sultan. She
told him a story that did not end by dawn so he did not kill her,
hoping the story would end the next night. However when she finished
the story the next night he let her start another. This continued for
1001 nights. She was able to win Shahriar's heart and save herself as
well as all the other women in the kingdom. This made her an immortal
legend.
Cast and crew: Fouad El Jazairly, Hussein Sedki, Elham Hussein,
Samia Gamal, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Monsi Fahmy, Abdel Aziz Khalil,
Mohammed Youssef, Mohammad al-Dib, Lutfy al-Hakim, Reyad El Kasabgy,
Soad Ahmed, Istar Shatta, Nelly Mazlum, Yahya Negati, Saleheh Qasin,
Amina Sedki, Safia Helmy
Scheherezade [shahrzad] (1946) - (Hussein Sedki) Egyptian film poster
This is a first printing of a 21.5" x 32" Egyptian poster designed by Dimitri and Abdel Rahman to promote the 1946 Fouad El Jazairly film Scheherezade.
Scheherezade [shahrzad] (1946) - (Hussein Sedki) Egyptian film poster
These are first printing Egyptian posters by an
unknown designer printed by Raghaeb printers to promote the 1946 Fouad
El Jazairly 100-minute black-and-white film Scheherezade
[shahrzad] starring Hussein Sedki based on a screenplay by Fouad El
Jazairly with cinematography by Mohamed Abdel Aziz. The film was
produced by Modern Egypt Films and distributed by Montakhebat Behna.
Plot Summary: The young sultan Shahriar announced his desire to marry,
then chose a bride who betrayed him. This transformed his attitude
towards women. He declared women were only good for enjoyment and did
not deserve wealth. He then declared he would marry a virgin every
night, then kill her at dawn after he had enjoyed her. After his
swordsman had killed many of them he chose a minister's daughter named
Scheherezade who had decided to save other girls from this oppressive
sultan. She told him a story that did not end by dawn so he did not
kill her, hoping the story would end the next night. However when she
finished the story the next night he let her start another. This
continued for 1001 nights. She was able to conquer Shahriar's heart
and save herself as well as all the other women in the kingdom. This
made her an immortal legend.
Cast and crew: Fouad El Jazairly, Hussein Sedki, Elham Hussein, Samia Gamal, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Monsi Fahmy, Abdel Aziz Khalil, Mohammed Youssef, Mohammad al-Dib, Lutfy al-Hakim, Reyad El Kasabgy, Soad Ahmed, Istar Shatta, Nelly Mazlum, Yahya Negati, Saleheh Qasin, Amina Sedki, Safia Helmy
