Drop of Dew (1952) قطر الندى - (Anwar Wagdi) Egyptian BW Still

Drop of Dew Egyptian BW Still (1952) - (Ismail Yasseen) Egyptian BW Still

Pictured is an Egyptian black-and-white still showing Ismail Yasseen as Ostaz Charlie from the 1952 Anwar Wagdi film Drop of Dew [qatr al-neda] starring Shadia as Drop of Dew based on a story by Anwar Wagdi, with screenplay by Anwar Wagdi, dialogue and songs by Abou Seoud El-Ibiary and cinematography by Wahid Farid. Plot summary: The unknown artist Wahid (Anwar Wagdi) married his colleague the unknown artist Drop of Dew (Shadia) and they set out to create work for themselves that was worthy of their talents. Time passed and this was not achieved. Wahid decided to play a trick to make himself into a famous person; he claimed he had killed his wife. His trick succeeded and he acquired great fame. A lady's body was found; the police thought it was his wife's body and that he was really the murderer. Wahid said his wife had not been killed and that she was alive somewhere. His wife had been in an automobile accident which caused memory loss. Wahid was sentenced to death. The lawyer tried to restore the wife's memory quickly to save Wahid from the gallows; he succeeded in doing this at the last moment and Wahid was accordingly released. His fame began there; then there was a quick change in his theater contracts and the trick enabled him to achieve the kind of renown he had never imagined.

Cast and crew: Anwar Wagdi, Shadia, Ismail Yasseen, Saraj Munir, Wahid Farid, Ibrahim Emara, Zeinat Sedki, Abdel Moniem Ismail, Abou Seoud El-Ibiary, Elias Moadab, Sayed Soliman, Reyad al-Kasabgi, Salah Mansour, Abdel Qader al-Masiri, Ahmed Darwish

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You Really Deserve It حلال عليك Ismail Yasseen Egyptian fotobusta

You Really Deserve It (1953) - (Ismail Yasseen) Egyptian fotobusta

This is a 19.5" x 27.5" Egyptian fotobusta poster for the 1953 Essa Karama film You Really Deserve It written by Gamal Hamdi and starring Ismail Yasseen as Ismail. Plot summary: A rich man dies leaving a large estate. His will states he has hidden the estate somewhere in his mansion to be claimed in its entirety by whoever finds it. His family lives only for finding the hidden treasure.

Cast and crew: Ismail Yasseen, Essa Karama, Souraya Helmy, Lola Sedki, Stephan Rosti, Elias Moadab, Hoda Shamseddin, Omar al Gizawy, Abdelhamid Badawy, Aziza Badr, Saliha Qasin

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The Girl from Paris [بنت باريز] (Taheya Cariocca) - (1950) Egyptian one-sheet

The Girl from Paris (1950) - (Taheya Cariocca) Egyptian one-sheet

This is an original-year 23.5" x 35" Egyptian poster designed by Studio Gasour and Khatab and printed by al-Halaby printers of Cairo to promote the 1950 Helmy Rafla film The Girl from Paris [bint bariz] starring Taheya Cariocca based on story and dialogue by Abou Seoud El-Ibiary with cinematography by Bruno Salvi. Plot summary: The manager of a theater where Adel [Mohammad Fawzi] worked as a musician hired a French dancer to work with him; when a cable came to the manager apologizing that the dancer would not be coming to Cairo, he hired a local look-alike [Taheya Cariocca] whom he falsely presented as the French dancer. Adel was not aware of the impersonation at first but he fell in love with the substitute and married her even after he realized what had happened.

Cast and crew: Muhammad Fawzi, Taheya Cariocca, Leila Fawzi, Helmy Rafla, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Aziz Osman, Samiha Tawfiq, Stephan Rosti, Elias Moadab, Abou Seoud El-Ibiary, Bruno Salvi, Sanaa Samih, Wedad Hamdy, Edmond Tuema, Abdel Moneim Ismail

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The Spirit and the Body (1948) - (Muhammad Fawzi)

The Spirit and the body [al-ruh wal-gessad] (1948) - (Muhammad Fawzi) Egyptian film poster

Shown here is the first printing of a 24" x 35" Egyptian poster by an unknown designer printed by Ashur and Company to promote the 1948 Helmy Rafla 125-minute black-and-white film The Sprit and the Body [al-ruh wal-gessad] starring Muhammad Fawzi based on screenplay, dialogue and story by Youssef Gohar with cinematography by Bruno Salvi. The film was produced by Muhammad Fawzi Films and distributeb by Montakhebat Behna Film. Plot summary: Two young men were quite close to each other. One was a musician and the other was a scholar and a poet. The scholar married a musician and the musician married a dancer, but he also lost his sight in an accident, which caused him to stop singing. The friends became closer, and the musician's sight was restored in an operation. When this happened he concentrated on his art with renewed determination.

Cast and crew: Helmy Rafla, Camelia, Shadia, Muhammad Fawzi, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Ismail Yasseen, Hind Rostom, Hassan Kamel, Elias Moadab, Abdel Aziz Hamdi, Fouad Fahim, Nagwa Salem

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Festival Night ليلة العيد (Shadia) 1949 Egyptian one-sheet

Festival Night (1949) - (Shadia) Egyptian one-sheet

Pictured is a first printing of a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Dimitri Gabriel to promote the 1949 Helmy Rafla 108-minute black-and-white film Festival Night [leilet al-eid] starring Shadia based on a screenplay by Anwar Wagdi with story and dialogue by Abu Seoud El-Ibiary and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. The film was produced and distributed by Anwar Wagdi's United Film Company of Cairo. Plot summary: Yasamina and her two brothers Shushu and Sousou were artists trying to get work at a nightclub after being subjected to homelessness and deprivation. They went to see a theater director but accidentally went into the wrong apartment and were surprised to find a gang of criminals along with a playful girl who was their sister, plotting together against a rich boy named Adel Bey. Yasamina found a way to save him and then married him.

Cast and crew: Helmy Rafla, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Anwar Wagdi, Abdelhalim Nasr, Dimitri Gabriel, Hassan Fayek, Lola Sedki, Farid Shawqi, Stephan Rosti, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Elias Moadab, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Mohammad Kamel

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Drop of Dew قطر الندى (Shadia) - (1952) Egyptian one-sheet

Drop of Dew (1952) - (Shadia) Egyptian one-sheet

Pictured is a two-piece promotional poster designed by Gasour and Ahmed Fouad for the 1952 Anwar Wagdi film Drop of Dew [qatr al-neda] starring Shadia based on a story by Anwar Wagdi, with screenplay by Anwar Wagdi, dialogue and songs by Abou Seoud El-Ibiary and cinematography by Wahid Farid. Plot summary: The unknown artist Wahid (Anwar Wagdi) married his colleague the unknown artist Drop of Dew (Shadia) and they set out to create work for themselves that was worthy of their talents. Time passed and this was not achieved. Wahid decided to play a trick to make himself into a famous person; he claimed he had killed his wife. His trick succeeded and he acquired great fame. A lady's body was found; the police thought it was his wife's body and that he was really the murderer. Wahid said his wife had not been killed and that she was alive somewhere. His wife had been in an automobile accident which caused memory loss. Wahid was sentenced to death. The lawyer tried to restore the wife's memory quickly to save Wahid from the death penalty; he succeeded in doing this at the last moment and Wahid was accordingly released. His fame began with that; then there was a quick change in his theater contracts and the trick enabled him to achieve the kind of renown he had never imagined.

Cast and crew: Anwar Wagdi, Shadia, Ismail Yasseen, Saraj Munir, Wahid Farid, Ibrahim Emara, Zeinat Sedki, Abdel Moniem Ismail, Abou Seoud El-Ibiary, Elias Moadab, Sayed Soliman, Reyad al-Kasabgi, Salah Mansour, Abdel Qader al-Masiri, Ahmed Darwish

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