Showing posts with label Gamal Hamdi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gamal Hamdi. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Shame on You حرام عليك Ismail Yasseen 1954 Egyptian film program

Shame on You (1954) - (Ismail Yasseen) Egyptian film program

Pictured is a first printing of an 8" x 11" 8-page Egyptian film program to promote the 1954 92-minute Essa Karama black-and-white film Shame on You [haram aleyk] starring Ismail Yasseen based on screen play, story and dialogue by Gamal Hamdi with cinematography by Richard Salama. Parts of the story are also taken from the 1948 Charles Barton film Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Plot summary: Ismail and Abdou [Ismail Yasseen and Abdel Fatah Al Kasri] are working in a shop that sells antiquities. One day they receive a crate containing a mummy that looks like Frankenstein. A a sorcerer [Stephan Rosti] says he will be able to bring the mummy back to life by replacing its brain with Ismail's brain. The plan goes awry when Ismail and the mummy are laid out side by side for the brain transfer, because the mummy throws off its restraining straps and goes into a zombie-like Frankenstein walk, making various clumsy assaults on the people and fixtures that disrupt the proceedings. Apparently what really brings the mummy to life is the fear of receiving the brain of Ismail Yasseen! Alternate English titles are Ismail Yassin Meets Frankenstein and Ismail and Abdel Meet Frankenstein.

Cast and crew: Ismail Yasseen, Essa Karama, Gamal Hamdi, Mary Shelley, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Stephan Rosti, Sanaa Gamil, Nabil Al Alfi, Lola Sedki, Richard Salama, Mohamed Sabih, Abdel Hamid Zaki



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Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Ten from the Country عشرة بلدي (dir: Ibrahim Helmi) Egyptian one-sheet

Ten from the Country (1952) - (dir: Ibrahim Helmi) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 24.25" by 35.75" Egyptian poster designed by Studio Adly for the 1952 Ibrahim Helmi film Ten from the Country AKA ashara baladi based on a story by Gamal Hamdi and starring Mohammad Amin as himself. Plot summary: This is a farce where a rich man named Abdel Fatah [Abdel Fatah Al Kasri] falls in love with Hoda, [Hoda Shamseddine] one of the dancers at his cabaret. One day two men [Mohammad Amin and Ismail Yasseen] offer to sell him love insurance, but Mohammad Amin has an ulterior motive.

Cast and crew: Ibrahim Helmi, Zeinat Sedki, Mohammad Amin, Ismail Yasseen, Klelio, Gamal Hamdi, Hoda Shamseddine, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Mohamed El-Tabei, Fatheya Fouad, Mimi Aziz



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Monday, August 22, 2016

I Sold My Life بعت حياتي (Farid Shawqi) - (1975) Egyptian one-sheet

I Sold My Life (1975) - (Farid Shawqi) Lebanese one-sheet

This is a 26.75" x 38.5" Lebanese poster designed by an unknown artist for the 1975 Mohamed Aslan Turkish-Egyptian film I Sold My Life based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Hay Adib and starring Farid Shawqi as Farid Bey. Plot summary: Fardi Bey was a rich bank director living happily with his wife and children. He was distinguished by strong work discipline that earned him a prominent position in the business world. He met an attractive woman named Camilia who pretended to be in love with him so she could use him to get a large amount of money from the bank where he was working. In the process, in careful coordination with a network of conspirators, she disrupted his family life and destroyed his career. After losing everything Farid took his revenge.

Cast and crew: Mohamed Aslan, Farid Shawqi, Camilia, Abdel Hay Adib, Samia Shafiq, Mohamed al-Sawi, Layla Mansour, Sana' Shaheen, Gamal Hamdi, Salah Si'awi, Akram Azmi, Mahmoud Nazmi, Laila Magdi, Adel Shawkat, Aslan Isa




فيلم بعت حياتي- الجزء الأول by -fmg

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

Shame on You (حرام عليك) (Ismail Yasseen) - (1954) Egyptian poster

Shame on You [haram aleyk] (1954) - (Ismail Yasseen) original Egyptian 23x35 film poster

Pictured is a first printing of an original year 23.5" x 35.25" Egyptian stone litho poster designed by Farag to promote the 1954 92-minute Essa Karama black-and-white film Shame on You [haram aleyk] starring Ismail Yasseen based on screenplay, story and dialogue by Gamal Hamdi with cinematography by Richard Salama. Plot summary: Ismail and Abdou [Ismail Yasseen and Abdel Fatah Al Kasri] are working in a shop that sells antiquities. One day they acquire a crate containing a mummy (that looks like Frankenstein). A sorcerer [Stephan Rosti] thinks he will be able to bring the mummy back to life by replacing its brain with Ismail's brain. The plan goes awry when Ismail and the mummy are laid out side by side for the brain transfer, because the mummy throws off its chains and goes into a zombie-like Frankenstein walk, making various clumsy assaults on the people and fixtures that disrupt the proceedings. Apparently what really brings the mummy to life is the fear of receiving the brain of Ismail Yasseen! Alternate English titles are Ismail Yassin Meets Frankenstein and Ismail and Abdel Meet Frankenstein.

Cast and crew: Ismail Yasseen, Essa Karama, Gamal Hamdi, Mary Shelley, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Stephan Rosti, Sanaa Gamil, Nabil Al Alfi, Lola Sedki, Richard Salama, Mohamed Sabih, Abdel Hamid Zaki



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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Shame on You [حرام عليك] (Ismail Yasseen) - (1954)

Shame on You [haram aleyk] (Ismail Yasseen) (1957) original two-piece Egyptian stone litho film poster

Pictured is a first printing of a two-piece Egyptian stone litho poster designed by Farag to promote the 1954 92-minute Essa Karama black-and-white film Shame on You [haram aleyk] starring Ismail Yasseen based on screenplay, story and dialogue by Gamal Hamdi with cinematography by Richard Salama. Plot summary: Ismail and Abdou [Ismail Yasseen and Abdel Fatah Al Kasri] are working in a shop that sells antiquities. One day they acquire a crate containing a mummy (that looks like Frankenstein). A sorcerer [Stephan Rosti] thinks he will be able to bring the mummy back to life by replacing its brain with Ismail's brain. The plan goes awry when Ismail and the mummy are laid out side by side for the brain transfer, because the mummy throws off its chains and goes into a zombie-like Frankenstein walk, making various clumsy assaults on the people and fixtures that disrupt the proceedings. Alternate English titles are Ismail Yassin Meets Frankenstein and Ismail and Abdel Meet Frankenstein.

Cast and crew: Ismail Yasseen, Essa Karama, Gamal Hamdi, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Stephan Rosti, Sanaa Gamil, Nabil Al Alfi, Lola Sedki, Richard Salama, Mohamed Sabih, Abdel Hamid Zaki



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Sunday, March 9, 2014

Ismail Yassine at the Wax Museum [إسماعيل يس في متحف الشمع] (Ismail Yasseen)

Ismail Yassine at the Wax Museum [ismail yasseen fi mathaf al-sham'] (Ismail Yasseen) (1957) Original Egyptian film poster

Pictured is an Egyptian poster designed by Fawzi to promote the 114-minute 1957 Essa Karama black-and-white film Ismail Yassine at the Wax Museum [ismail yasseen fi mathaf al-shami] starring Ismail Yasseen based on story and screenplay by Gamal Hamdi and Essa Karama, dialogue by Gamal Hamdi and cinematography by Bruno Salvi. Plot summary: A police officer discovered a plan hatched by some gang members to smuggle jewelry inside some wax figures. Two gravediggers Ibrahim and Abdou [Ismail Yasseen and Abdel Fatah Al Kasri] became involved in a plan bury the statues. A dancer named Kitty came to the museum looking for her lover and pretended she was a statue for the benefit of the gravediggers. After a long series of comedic sketches and heinous murders among the figures in the wax museum, the officer finally discovered to his surprise that the gang leader was a woman, who fell off a roof to her death almost immediately after her mask was removed.

Cast and crew: Essa Karama, Ismail Yasseen, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Berlanty Abdel Hamid, Bruno Salvi, Gamal Hamdi, Kitty, Sanaa Gamil, Fouad Gafaar, Mohamed Tawfik, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Abdel Aziz Khalil, Ali Abdel Al, Ali Rushdy, Soad Ahmed, Fifi Youssef, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Mohsen Hassanein, Lola Sedki, Mohamed al-Dib, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi

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