This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy for the
1973 Henry Barakat film A Woman with a Bad Repuation based on
story, screenplay and dialogue by Mamdou El Leithy and starring Shams
El-Barudy as Henaa. Plot summary: Henaa and Kamal Shukry [Youssef
Chaban] got married, but then he made her compromise her principles to
help him fulfill his ambitions. He introduced her to his manager
Saafan, [Imad Hamdi] who rewarded Kamal by making him company sales
manager. Henaa soon became a prostitute selling her body to get
promotions. Henaa met her old boyfriend Ahmed Fouad [Mahmoud Yassine]
but she did not tell him about the way she had been behaving with
Saafan. She promised Ahmed she would ask Kamal for a divorce so she
could marry him.
Cast and crew: Shams El-Barudy, Mamdouh El Leithy, Henry Barakat,
Mahmoud Yassine, Imad Hamdi, Hesham Wadid Serri, Mamdouh El Leithy,
George Sidhum, Salah Nazmi, Nagwa Fouad, Youssef Chaban
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by an unknown designer
for the 1977 Mohamed Abdel Aziz film Some Go to the Justice of the
Peace Twice based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Farouk
Sabry and starring Adel Imam as Masoud. Plot summary: This is a
comedy about marriages in crisis. Dr. Mamdouh's [Nour El-Sherif] wife
Mona [Mervat Amin] was consumed with jealousy despite his love for
her, while his brother Masoud's wife Mahasin [Lebleba] was preoccupied
with house and children. They were referred to their uncle Ezzat
[Sameer Ghanem] and his approach to his wife Sonia [Amal Ramzy]. He
was untrue to her but at the same time he smothered her with love and
attention. There were many complications when Mamdouh and Masoud
adopted Ezzat's idea.
Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Mervat Amin, Kamal Korayem, Nour
El-Sherif, Lebleba, Sameer Ghanem, Farouk Sabry, Mohamed Abdel Aziz,
George Sidhum, Aqila Ratib, Mimi Gamal, Amal Ramzy, Hana al-Shourbagy,
Galila Mahmoud, Ibrahim Abdel Razzaq, Amima Salim, Salama Elias, Nelly
Wanoura, Raafat Ragi, Abdel Hamid al-Monir
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour
and Mohammad Abdel Aziz for the 1966 Atef Salem film Khan
al-Khalili based on a novel by Naguib Mahfouz and starring Samira
Ahmed as Nawal. Plot Summary: The Akef family moved to Khan
al-Khalili. They were the parents, the big brother Ahmed Akef [Imad
Hamdi] who was over 40 and the little brother Rushdy [Hassan Youssef]
who was completing his studies. A variety of personality types lived
in Khan al-Khalili such as the teacher Nunu who lived his life with no
tomorrow and ran sentences together when he spoke. In the midst of
the air raids during World War II the people in the neighborhood took
refuge in the air raid shelter. Ahmed loved his good-looking neighbor
Nawal [Samira Ahmed] and tried to get close to her. His mother talked
about his feelings for her. He felt he had hopes. When Nawal fell in
love with Rushdy, met him and went for a walk with him Rushdy went
through a crisis within and came down with tuberculosis. He thought
of Ahmad and the sacrifice of his love for Nawal. Ahmad began to get
involved with the Khan al-Khalil society and had an encounter with the
teacher Nunu's nihilism. Rushdy's illness worsened and he died.
Nawal was stricken by Rushdy's death and the family decided to move
from Khan al-Khalili to another area.
Cast and crew: Naguib Mahfouz, Atef Salem, Samira Ahmed, Imad
Hamdi, Hassan Youssef, Taheya Cariocca, Abdel Waress Assar, Mohamed
Reda, George Sidhum, Tewfik El Dekn, Amal Zayed, Abdel Khalek Saleh,
Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Mustafa Samy
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour and Sabry to promote the 1976 Muhammed Salman film Where Do
We Begin the Story [nebtedi meneen al-hekaya] starring Soheir
Ramzy with story, screenplay and dialogue by Muhammed Salman and
cinematography by Mahmoud Sabu. Plot summary: Hanan [Soheir Ramzy]
was a spoiled pretty girl, the only daughter of a wealthy merchant
[Omar El-Hariri]. She claimed she had been blinded to avoid marriage.
Her father was confused and the doctors were unable to cure her. The
father contacted a phychologist named Dr. Ali [Sa'eed Saleh], who
brought with him a friend named Hassan [Mostafa Fahmy], who was
claiming to be a special physician. They made an agreement that the
psychologist would be paid 5000 pounds for curing Hanan. They began
treating Her, and Hassan discovered she was not really blind. A
relationship began to form between them but Hanan had realized he was
not really a doctor and was afraid to marry Hassan, fearing she might
hate him. He discovered she had a deep complex because an old
incident she had witnessed between her parents when she was a child.
When the complex suddenly disappeared due to an unexpected shock at
the end of the film, the two were free to marry. The film includes a
singing performance along the Nile by Ahmed Awadiyya.
Cast and crew: Muhammed Salman, Omar El-Hariri, Mimi Gamal, Amira, Nagwa Fouad, Ahmed Adawiyya, Soheir Ramzy, Mostafa Fahmy, Sa'eed Saleh, Leila Gamal, Hassan Mostafa, Sameer Ghanem, George Sidhum, Mahmoud Sabu, Morsi Al-Khattab, Medhat Gamal, Mohammad Shawqi, Ahmed Rateb, Zizi Farid, Sayed Mohammad, Fatma Wagdi, Ezzet Sherif, Samira Wagdi, Fatma Mahmoud, Sayed Ibrahim, Nagwa Fouad
This film was an important milestone in the career of Adel Imam, best known in the West for his starring role in the 2006 Marwan Hamed film The Yacoubian Building [emaret ya'qubian]. This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian film poster designed by
Moaty to promote the 1979 128-minute Ahmed Fouad color film Ragab
on a Hot Tin Roof [ragab fou' safeeh sakhen] starring Adel Imam
based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ebrahim Maher with
cinematography by Essam Farid. Plot summary: The people in Ragab's
[Adel Imam] village pooled their money to buy a plow and sent him to
Cairo to buy it. As soon as he got there he met Bolbol, [Sa'eed
Saleh] a professional thief, who stole the money the people of Ragab's
village had given him, then disappeared in the Cairo crowds. Ragab
went looking for him. He ended up in a nightclub, where he met
Bobbol's friend Eglal [Nahed Sherif], the owner of a nighclub. Bolbol
had seen Ragab and fled with the money. When Ragab found him he
claimed to have lost all the money gambling. Ragab tried to find
work. When that failed he asked Bolbol to teach him how to gamble.
After he learned how to do this he won a lot of money, but one of the
ones who lost money to him went after him with the intent of killing
him; Bolbol tried to defend Ragab and suffered a few stab wounds. The
police intervened and arrested all of them. Ragab did not return to
his village. After his release he took a job in Cairo looking for
newcomers from rural areas and upper Egypt so he could swindle them.
In Egypt Today September 2004 Sherif Awad said of this film:
"Comedian Adel Imam made cinema history with Ragab Fouk Safeeh Sakhen
([Ragab on a Hot Tin Roof], 1979). The film broke all previous
box-office records and spent 37 weeks in theaters. Throughout the past
two decades, he has been the uncontested king of the box office,
churning out roles in every conceivable genre. Now in his fifties,
Imam is still going strong."
Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Nahed Sherif, Sa'eed Saleh, Wahid Seif, Zuzu Shakeeb, Ahmed Fouad, Essam Farid, Mimi Gamal, Aly El Cherif, Soad Hussein, Nahed Gabr, George Sidhum, Madhar Abol Naga, Seif Allah Mokhtar, Hafez Amin, Essam Farid, Maher Ibrahim, Farouk Falawkas, Samie Al-Adel, Amima Salim, Ahmed Amer, Sha'ban Taha, Mahmoud al-Eraqi, Mona Abdullah, Fawzi Ibrahim
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohammad Abdel
Aziz and Wahib Fahmy to support the 1967 164-minute Helmy Rafla color film Loved by
the Masses [ma'budet al-gamahir] starring Abdel Halim Hafez based
on a story by Mustafa Amin with dialogue by Mohammed Abu Youssef,
screenplay by Helmy Halim and Youssef Gohar and cinematography by
Wahid Farid. Plot summary: Ibrahim [Abdel Halim Hafez] was an actor
and a musician at the beginning of his career living in a poor
neighborhood. He loved a famous musician named Soheir [Shadia], who
was the star of his band, and he discovered she had the same feelings
for him. They surprised everyone by deciding to marry, but this did
not please the band director, who tried to separate them. Soheir was
surprised to discover on the night of the marrriage contract that there
was a woman who claimed to be Ibrahim's wife and that she had borne his
child. Soheir decided to cancel the marriage and because of her sadness her
popularity faded, while Ibrahim's popularity increased and he became a
famous musician. He did not forget his love for Soheir. One day
Soheir saw a picture of the woman who was claiming to be Ibrahim's
wife and realized she was an actress who had been trying to steal her
beloved. She did not care about the woman's false claims so she went
to Ibrahim's neighborhood, who welcomed her and publicly declared his
return to her.
Cast and crew: Helmy Rafla, Fouad El-Mohandes, Mohamed Reda, Youssef Chaban, Hassan Fayek, Zeinat Sedki, Shafik Noureddin, Shadia, Abdel Halim Hafez, Wahid Farid, Zein El-Ashmawy, George Sidhum, Ahmed El Haddad, Abu Bakr Ezzat, Mustafa Amin, Helmy Halim, Youssef Gohar, Mohamed Abu Youssef, Nadia Ezzat, Hussein Ismail, Ahmed Farahat
This is an undated rerelease Egyptian promotional poster designed by
Wael for the 1968 127-minute black-and-white Abbas Kamel film I Am
the Doctor [ana al-doktor] starring Farid Shawqi with screenplay
and dialogue by Abbas Kamel and cinematography by Adel Abdel Azim.
The film tells a tale of Egyptian medical quackery and chicanery.
Plot summary: Ibrahim was a nurse who impersonated a doctor so he
could work in Dr. Sami's clinic. He bought the clinic to move it to a
village in upper Egypt with his former colleague Karim [Adel Imam] and Nadia, [Nelly] whom he
had met while she was working as a waitress in a cafeteria. Working
as a physician he accumulated enormous wealth by convincing the
healthy people in the village that they were sick. He also had a
commission from the village pharmacy for charging each patient
exhorbitant prices for medicines. Ibrahim and Nadia decided to marry
and he told her the truth about what he had been doing, but she still
loved him. Then the police arrested him in Alexandria just as the
opening of a new hospital was being celebrated.
Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Nelly, Mohamed Reda, Tewfik el-dikn, Adel Imam, Hassan Mustafa, Nadia Seif El-Nasr, Nawal El Sogiera, Abbas Kamel, George Sidhum, Adel Abdel Azim, Mohammad Al-Gizawi
