Showing posts with label Faten Hamama. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Appointment with Life موعد مع الحياة Faten Hamama 1954 Egyptian film program

Appointment with Life (1954) - (Faten Hamama) Egyptian film program

This is an 8" x 10.5" 12-page film program for the 1954 Ezzel Dine Zulficar film Appointmennt with Life based on the 1939 Edmund Goulding film Dark Victory starring Bette Davis, written by Ezzel Dine Zulficar and Youssef Issa and starring Faten Hamama as Amal. Plot summary: Engineer Ahmad loved Amal and lived with her in the same house with her friend Fatima, daughter of the farm overseer. Fatima loved the doctor Mamdouh, but he was unaware of it. Amal's father, who was a great doctor, discovered that she had a serious heart disease. He kept this information from her. However Amal happened to hear a conversation between her father and Dr. Mamdouh about her own critical condition, and she learned the truth. Amal began taking steps to make it possible for Ahmad to leave her and not have a relationship with her, despite the love between them. Amal's father was hoping to operate on her to save her life, and when he did so it improved her condition. Ahmad understood the situation and Amal's secret she had been trying to keep from him. Amal was ready to marry Ahmad and Fatima agreed to marry Dr. Mamdouh.

Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Shukry Sarhan, Shadia, Hussein Riad, Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Wahid Farid, Youssef Issa, Omar El-Hariri, Abdel Waress Assar, Zeinat Sedki, Nour Al-Demerdash, Said Abu Bakr, Abdel Ghani Al-Nagdi, Edmund Goulding



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Monday, March 5, 2018

My Father Deceived Me خدعني ابي Sabah 1951 Egyptian production still

My Father Deceived Me (1951) - (Sabah) Egyptian production still

This is an original 11.5" x 15.5" still photo on heavy stock paper of Zahrat El-Ola appearing in the 1951 musical My Father Deceived Me written and directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar and starring Sabah as Kawsar Amin. Plot summary: Mahdouh [Mahmoud Zulfikar] is a painter of symbolic art people are unable to understand. His fiancee Kawsar stands by him and encourages him despite her father's objection to her fiancee because he wants her to marry a wealthy man. Mamdouh has to leave her and go to work with a nightclub owner [Stephan Rosti]. One night he discovers the nightclub owner is about to marry Kawsar.

Cast and crew: Sabah, Mahmoud Zulfikar, Aziza Amir, Mohammed Al-Bakkar, Tayeya Cariocca, Mahmoud Choukoukou, Zahrat El-Ola, Faten Hamama, Mousen Hassanein, Negma Ibrahim, Stephan Rosti, Mohsen Sarhan





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Tuesday, December 6, 2016

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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Friday, August 12, 2016

I Want a Solution اريد حلأ Faten Hamama 1974 Lebanese one-sheet

I Want a Solution (1974) - (Faten Hamama) Lebanese one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Lebanese one-sheet movie poster designed by an unknown artist for the 1974 Said Marzouk film I want a Solution written by Faten Hamama (1931-2015) and Said Marzouk (1940-2014) and starring Faten Hamama as Doria. Plot summary: The film explores a woman's right to a divorce when married life is no longer possible. It was the first film in Egypt to confront the problems with Egyptian marriage and divorce laws; its influence led to changes in Egyptian Family Law and it continues to be remembered as a milestone. Faten Hamama won the best actress award at the Cairo Festival, and received a diploma of recognition from Tehran festival. The film is on Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films and is treated as a landmark film in Arabic and Middle East Studies programs at American Universities.

Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Rushdy Abaza, Raqaa Hussein, Amina Rizk, Laila Taher, Said Marzouk, Yulius Zagoni, Soheir Samy, Fatheya Chahine, Abdel Alim Khattab, Aly El Cherif, Nadia Arsalan, Ibrahim Saafan, Sayed Zayan, Wahid Seif, Osama Abas, Mustafa Imam





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Thursday, June 30, 2016

Land of Dreams ارض الاحلام Faten Hamama 1993 Egyptian one-sheet

Land of Dreams (1993) - (Faten Hamama) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1993 Daoud Abdel Sayed film Land of Dreams based on dialogue and screenplay by Hani Fawzi and starring Faten Hamama as Nargis. Plot summary: Nargis was planning to go to America but she lost her passport and ticket. She meets the magician Raouf [Yehia El-Fakharany], spends a lot of time observing as he practices his craft, then changes her mind about going to the Land of Dreams.

Cast and crew: Daoud Abdel Sayed, Hani Fawzi, Faten Hamama, Yehia El-Fakharany, Hesham Selim, Ola Rami, Amina Rizk, Mohammed Tawfik, Yousef Dawoud, Hanan Seliman, Lotfi Labib, Tahani Rashed, Samir Bahzan



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Saturday, June 25, 2016

Love and Position الخيط الرفيع Faten Hamama 1971 Egyptian one-sheet

Love and Position (1971) - (Faten Hamama) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster for the 1971 Henry Barakat 92-minute color film Love and Position [al-khayt al-rafi'] based on story and dialogue by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, screenplay by Youssef Francis and starring Faten Hamama as Mona. Plot summary: Mona was a poor girl who had a job as a low-level bank employee and supported her family. Under pressure from her father's illness and urging from her mother to increase her income, she formed a relationship with an elderly wealthy lover. An engineer friend named Adel [Mahmoud Yassine] who also worked at the company owned by her lover Abdo [Salah Nazmi] told her he loved her. By this time Mona was no longer a poor girl. She responded emotionally as a prosperous woman who was in a position to be her new lover's patron and guide. Mona persuaded Adel to quit his job with Abdo and start an independent company with support from his mentor Hosny [Imad Hamdi]. Although Love and Position is the film's official English title, the Arabic title literally means The Slender Thread; the tag line at the top of the poster, quoting the original story by Ihsan Abdel Qudus, translates as "There is a slender thread between love and the instinct to acquire."

Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Mohammad Abdel Aziz, Wahib Fahmy, Wahid Farid, Youssef Francis, Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, Faten Hamama, Mahmoud Yassine, Imad hamdi, Salah Nazmi, Bussy





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Friday, June 24, 2016

My Love حبيبتي Faten Hamama (1975) Egyptian one-sheet


My Love (1975) - (Faten Hamama) Lebanese one-sheet

This is a 27" x 41" Lebanese one-sheet poster designed by Egyptian artist Hassan Mazhar Gasour for the 1975 Henry Barakat film My Love [hababiti] based on screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Hai Adib and starring Faten Hamama as Samia. Plot summary: Magdi [Mahmoud Yassine] was a fine arts painter who went to Lebanon suffering acutely because his paintings were not selling. He fell in love with fellow Egyptian Samia after seeing her sitting on a public park bench and then following her. After a tenuous, artificial and emotional relationship with Magdi, Samia died of injuries suffered when she was struck by an automobile while crossing the street.

Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Salah Nazmi, Mahmoud Yassine, Henry Barakat, Abdelhalim Nasr, Hani Al-Rumani, Lina Batei, Abdel Hai Adib, Amal Afish, Samir Abu Said



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Saturday, May 21, 2016

God Is on Our Side الله معنا (Faten Hamama) - (1955) Egyptian one-sheet poster

God Is on Our Side (1955) - (Faten Hamama) Egyptian one-sheet poster

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster for the 1955 Ahmed Badrakhan film God Is on Our Side based on a story by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus and starring Faten Hamama as Nadia. Plot summary: Officer Ahmed [Imad Hamdi] went to fight in the Palestine war after promising to write to his fiancee Nadia, [Faten Hamama] his cousin and the daughter of his rich uncle [Mahmoud El-Meliguy]. Ahmed was wounded and lost his arm. He returned with the other maimed and injured soldiers as the men in the Army were complaining about the corrupt people who were importing weapons, including his fiancee's father. While the free officers had resolved to liberate the country and avenge it, at Ahmed's behest Nadia searched her father's papers for incriminating evidence. The father was surrounded by soldiers who had come to arrest him; he was killed accidentally by his own hand grenade when he was about to throw it at them. The film ends with the overthrow of the monarchy and the country's liberation.

Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Imad Hamdi, Magda, Ahmed Badrakhan, Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, Abdelhalim Nasr, Olwiyya Gamil, Amira Amir, Shukry Sarhan, Said Abu Bakr, Stephan Rosti, Wedad Hamdy, Mahmoud Ismail, Samiha Ayyoub, Mona Fouad, Adly Kasseb, Zaki Ibrahim, Amina Cherif, Hussein Riad, Aly Reda





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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Cairo (1963) - (George Sanders) US one-sheet

Cairo (1963) - (George Sanders) US one-sheet

Pictured is a US 27" x 41" one-sheet poster for the 1963 Wolf Rilla film Cairo based on a novel by W.R. Burnett, screenplay by Joan Scott and starring George Sanders as The Major. This film is a remake of the 1950 John Huston film The Asphalt Jungle based on the novel by W.R. Burnett. The woman pictured on the poster is the film's principal dancer, Nahed Sabri. Plot summary: On a visit to Cairo fresh out of a German prison, the Major tries to resurrect an old plan to steal the jewels from the Tutankhamen exhibit at the Cairo Museum but there are unexpected problems when he tries to abscond after the robbery.

Cast and crew: Wolf Rilla, W. R. Burnett, George Sanders, Richard Johnson, Faten Hamama, John Meillon, Ahmed Mazhar, Eric Pohlmann, Walter Rilla, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Salah Nazmi, Shouweikar, Mona, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Said Abu Bakr, Salah Mansour, Mohamed El Sayed, Youssef Chaban, Ezzat El Alaili, Mohamed Abdel Rahman, Nahed Sabri, Aziza Hassan



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Monday, March 17, 2014

Hope against Hope [لا تطفئ الشمس] (Faten Hamama) - (1961)

Hope against Hope [la tutfi al-shams] (Faten Hamama) (1961) Egyptian film poster

Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mahmoud Atef to promote the 1961 137-minute Salah Abouseif black-and-white film Hope against Hope [la tutfi al-shams] starring Faten Hamama based on story and dialogue by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, screenplay by Lucien Lambert and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: This film is set in the time of the Tripartite Aggression; it tells the story of an aristocratic family that has lost its breadwinner. The oldest son Ahmed [Shukry Sarhan] enlists in the Egyptian army and is shown in desert military action, but in his civilian life he slowly develops a relationship with the a woman named Shahira [Nadia Lutfi], which ends in marriage after a few relatively minor complications. The daughter Layla [Faten Hamama] falls in love with her piano teacher [Imad Hamdi], who is married. This relationship is fraught with difficult moral and social problems that are never resolved. The younger son Mamdouh [Ahmed Ramzy] is more concerned with the practical matter of earning a livelihood; he serves a vehicle for showing how class and social issues in Egypt can disrupt productive economic activity.

Cast and crew: Salah Abouseif, Faten Hamama, Imad Hamdi, Nadia Lutfi, Ahmed Ramzy, Shukry Sarhan, Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, Lucien Lambert, Helmy Halim, Abdelhalim Nasr, Aqila Ratib, Laila Taher, Samiha Ayyoub, Shirin, Mohammed Alwan, Omar Zolficar, Mohamed Hamdi, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Ya'qub Michail, Amru Targoman, Adel Al-Mahilmi, Abdel Aziz Mikawi, Nesim Shehab, Alaa Badredin, Salah Musa, Laila Sadeq



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Friday, February 7, 2014

Sleepless [لا أنام] - (Faten Hamama) - (1958)

Sleepless [la anam] (dir: Salah Abouseif) (1962) Egyptian film poster

This is an undated Egyptian rerelease poster made to promote the 1958 Salah Abouseif 121-minute color film Sleepless [la anam] starring Faten Hamama and Omar Sharif based on a story by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus with screenplay by El Sayed Bedeir and Salah Ezzedine, dialogue by Saleh Gawdat and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: Nadia's [Faten Hamama] father [Yehia Chahine] divorced her mother and she grew up in her father's care. He did not remarry and dedicated his life to educating and caring for his daughter. When Nadia was 16 her father married Safia [Mariam Fakhr Eddine] who was a lady of nobility, but Nadia was alienated from the woman who came to take her mother's place in her father's castle. Nadia met Mostafa [Imad Hamdi] at a party and began dating him and frequenting his apartment without the knowledge of her family. Then Mostafa met her father's wife at a party and showed an interest in her. Nadia became more jealous of her, which led to her banishment from the house. Nadia deceived her father into believing there was a sinful relationship between his wife and his brother Aziz [Omar Sharif] who was living in the house with him. The father divorced his wife and she departed from the home, leaving Nadia lady of the house once more. Nadia felt remorse of conscience and arranged for her father to marry Kawsar [Hind Rostom], an old associate of hers they encountered while on a beach in Alexandria. However she quickly discovered that her father's new wife Kawsar had a lover named Samir [Rushdy Abaza] to whom she intended to give the wealth of Nadia's father. Nadia recorded a telephone conversation between them demonstrating this. She refrained from telling the truth to her father to keep from ruining his marriage a second time. Her suffering increased when she realized Mostafa did not love her after all and that he had gone to Safia after the divorce and courted her for himself. Her father came upon Mostafa's new wife with her lover and Nadia had to convince her father that he was her own lover who had come to court her. However Nadia could not continue the deception and finally told her father the truth on the wedding night. Fate intervened another time when a candle set fire to Nadia's wedding gown right after she had refused to marry Samir during a forced ceremony and was taken to a hospital, where they saved her life leaving her body disfigured with burns. This film is included on critic Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of Egypt's 100 most important films.

Cast and crew: Imad Hamdi, Hind Rostom, Salah Abouseif, Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, Faten Hamama, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Omar Sharif, Rushdy Abaza, Yehia Chahine, Abdelhalim Nasr, Mahmoud Nasr, Rafia al-Shal, Salah Ezzedine, El Sayed Bedeir, Saleh Gawdat



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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

The Sin [الحرام] - (Faten Hamama) - (1965)

The Sin [al-haram] (Faten Hamama) (1969) Egyptian stone litho film poster

Pictured is an Egyptian promotional poster designed by Studio Marcel to promote the 1965 96-minute Henry Barakat black-and-white film The Sin [al-haram] starring Faten Hamama with screenplay and dialogue by Sa'd al-Din Wahba and cinematography by Dia El-Mahdy.

This film is beautifully made by one of Egypt's great directors. It is on film critic Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films; it is based on a novel by Youssef Idris. In a 1984 survey by Al-Fonoon magazine it was voted one of the ten best films in the history of Egyptian cinema. Plot summary from Wikipedia: Azizah [Faten Hamama], a poor peasant, portrays worker oppression in this somber social drama. She gets savagely raped by a guard when she goes into the fields to gather potatoes. She does not reveal what has happened to her husband [Abdallah Gheith] who is suffering from an illness. She conceals the pregnancy and throttles the baby after it is born. She also dies soon thereafter. The migrant workers rally around her memory as she becomes a martyr to the cause of the struggling peasants.

Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Henry Barakat, Zaki Rostom, Abdallah Gheith, Youssef Idris, Sa'd al-Din Wahba, Ahmed Dia Al-Mahdi, Hassan el Baroudi, Abdel Alim Khattab, Hassan Mustafa, Abdel Salam Mohamed, Dia El-Mahdy, Kawsar al-Asal, Mohammad Shawqi, Kheiri al-Qalyoubi, Lutfi Abdel Hamid, Kawsar Shafiq, Sami Sarhan



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Wednesday, January 1, 2014

No Time for Love لا وقت للحب (Faten Hamama) - (1963) Egyptian one-sheet

No Time for Love (1963) - (Faten Hamama) Egyptian one-sheet

Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Ahmad Hamed to promote the 1963 111-minute Salah Abuseif black-and-white film No Time for Love [la waqt lil-hob] starring Faten Hamama and Rushdy Abaza based on a story by Youssef Idris with dialogue by Youssef Idris, screenplay by Lucien Lamber and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: This is a story set in the time of the 1952 Cairo fire and revolt against the English, beautifully filmed on carefully constructed, historically accurate sets. Faten Hamama as Fawzia and Rushdy Abaza as Hamza are in a romantic relationship as they collaborate to bomb the English while evading retaliation.

Cast and crew: Rushdy Abaza, Faten Hamama, Abdallah Gheith, Salah Abouseif, Youssef Idris, Lucien Lamber, Abelhalim Nasr, Salah Jahine, Ahmed Tewfik, Abdel Aziz Makyawi, Ibrahim Fawz, Kheiry Al-Qalyoubi, Esmat Mahmoud, Badr Nofal, Hassan Hosny

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Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Mouths and Rabbits [افواه و ارانب] (Faten Hamama) - (1977)

Mouths and Rabbits [افواه و ارانب] (1977) - (Faten Hamama) Egyptian one-sheet poster

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Moaty to promote the 1977 105-minute Henry Barakat color film Mouths and Rabbits [afwah wa araneb] based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Samir Abdelazim with cinematography by Wahid Farid. Plot summary: Ne'ma [Faten Hamama] fled her town after her sister [Ragaa Hussein] had arranged a marriage for her to an illiterate man named al-Bastawi [Aly El Cherif]. She found work on the land of the weathy Mahmoud Bey [Mahmoud Yassine]. She became assiduously careful about Mahmoud's wealth and clashed with the estate's overseer over how to sell the crops for the best price. Mahmoud liked this so much he put her in charge of his personal affairs at his home. He was preparing to marry Nahi [Inas Al Degheidy] who became jealous of Ne'ma. Abdel Magid [Farid Shawqi] prepared a contract for Ne'ma to marry al-Bastawi while Nahi told Mahmoud he had to choose between her and Ne'ma. Mahmoud refused to fire Ne'ma, prompting Nahi to cancel their engagement. Mahmoud's liking for Ne'mat became love and he asked her to marry him, which she eventually did after cancelling the arrangements Abdel Magid had made with al-Bastawi. In contrasting Ne'ma's poverty-stricken heavily populated rural family life with Mahmoud's more solitary wealthy urban life, the film and its title seem to be suggesting large families are partly responsible for Egypt's poverty.

Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Inas Al Degheidy, Samir Abdelazim, Mohsen Mohieddin, Mahmoud Yassine, Faten Hamama, Ragaa Hussein, Farid Shawqi, Wahid Farid, Abu Bakr Ezzat, Hassan Mustafa, Salah Nazmi, Wedad Hamdy, Hussein Assar, Magda El-Khatib, Aly El Cherif, Hussein El-Sherbini, Nahi Barakat, Mazhar Abolnega, Mohammad al-Saqa, Seifeddin Mokhtar



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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Lady of the Palace سيدة القصر - (Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif) - (1959)

Lady of the Palace [sayedet al-qasr] (1959) - (Faten Hamama/Omar Sharif) Egyptian film poster

This is an original 27" x 39" Egyptian stone lithograph poster designed by an unknown artist to promote the 1959 126-minute Kamal El Sheikh black-and-white film Lady of the Palace [sayedet al-qasr] starring Faten Hamama and Omar Sharif based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Hussein Helmy Al-Mohandes with cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. The film was produced by the Cinema Union Films Company.

Plot summary: Faten Hamama is Sawsan, a middle-class orphan who is approached and later married by the wealthy Adel (Omar Sharif). Adel orders Sawsan to stay home because His playboy friends are uncomfortable with her. There she works Adel's land with one of his old friends, Shafeek (Stephan Rosti). Adel's other friends try to destroy the marriage by telling him Sawsan is having an affair with a friend. They also try to take advantage of him financially and get him to sell his land. Shafeek convinces Adel not to sell his land. After seeing his mistake. Adel leaves his friends and returns to his wife.

Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif, Zouzou Mady, Moar El-Hariri, Kamal El Sheikh, Stephan Rosti, Abdelhalim Nasr, Hussein Helmy Al-Mohandes, Shafik Noureddin, Iskandar Mansy, Tewfiq Sadiq, Abdel Moneim Seoudy

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The Lady of the House [ست البيت] - (Faten Hamama) (1949) - Egyptian one-sheet

Lady of the House (1949) - (Faten Hamama) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 24" x 35" original Egyptian stone lithograph film poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1949 97-minute Ahmad Kamel Morsi black-and-white film The Lady of the House [sett al-beyt] starring Faten Hamama based on story and dialogue by Abu Seoud El-Ibiary and screenplay by Ahmed Kamel Morsi and Henry Barakat, with cinematography by Giulio De Luca. The film was produced and distributed by Lotus Films (Asia).

Plot summary: Elham [Faten Hamama] marries Nabil [Imad Hamdi] and moves with him to his mother's house. Problems arise there between Elham and her mother-in-law [Zeinab Sedky]. Nabil's mother is threatened by Elham who seems to be more the "lady of the house" than she is. Because of this antagonism--and after discovering that Elham might be sterile--the mother-in-law tries to convince her son to marry another woman, Madiha [Mona].

Elham decides to leave the house, but on her way out she stumbles on a railroad track and is taken to the hospital. The doctor tells Nabil that Elham was pregnant when she fell and had a miscarriage. Nabil is devastated and blames his mother. The mother apologizes to Elham and asks for forgiveness.

Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Ahmed Kamel Morsi, Hosna Solomon, Imad Hamdi, Zeinab Sedky, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Mona, Souraya Fakhry, Naima Akef, Giulio De Luca, Mohammed Kamel, Hosana, Abdel Aziz Mahmoud, Saad Makawy, Mahmoud Choukoukou

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Friday, October 25, 2013

Appointment with Life (1954) - (Faten Hamama)

Appointment with Life [mowad maa al-hayat] (1954) - (Faten Hamama) original Egyptian 35x47 film poster

This is a first printing of a 35" x 47" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour and printed by his Gasour and Company Printers to promote the 1954 Ezzel Dine Zulficar 115-minute black-and-white film Appointment with Life [mowad maa al-hayat] based on the 1939 Edmund Goulding film Dark Victory with Bette Davis, starring Faten Hamama based on a screenplay by Ezzel Dine Zulficar and Youssef Esa with dialogue by Youssef Esa and cinematography by Wahid Farid. The film was produced by Faten Hamama Films and distributed by Dollar Film. Plot summary: Engineer Ahmad loved Amal and lived with her in the same house with her friend Fatima, daughter of the farm overseer. Fatima loved the doctor Mamdouh, but he was unaware of it. Amal's father, who was a great doctor, discovered that she had a serious heart disease. He kept this information from her. However Amal happened to hear a conversation between her father and Dr. Mamdouh about her own critical condition, and she learned the truth. Amal began taking steps to make it possible for Ahmad to leave her and not have a relationship with her, despite the love between them. Amal's father was hoping to operate on her to save her life, and when he did so it improved her condition. Ahmad understood the situation and Amal's secret she had been trying to keep from him. Amal was ready to marry Ahmad and Fatima agreed to marry Dr. Mamdouh.

Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Shukry Sarhan, Shadia, Hussein Riad, Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Wahid Farid, Youssef Esa, Omar El-Hariri, Abdel Waress Assar, Zeinat Sedki, Nour Al-Demerdash, Said Abu Bakr, Abdel Ghani Al-Nagdi, Edmund Goulding



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