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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Aida عايدة Om Kolsum 1942 Moroccan rerelease poster

Aida (1942) - (Om Kolsum) Moroccan one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Moroccan poster by an unknown artist made to promote the 1942 Ahmad Badrakhan film Aida based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Abbas Younes and Fathy Neshati and starring Om Kolsum as Aida. Plot summary: Aida was a village girl and her father Mohammad Effendi [Abdel Waress Assar] was a poor man who worked the fields owned by Amin Basha [Abbas Fares]. Amin had a son named Sami [Ibrahim Hammooda] working on a bachelor's degree, but he did not complete his studies. The Basha had a daughter Aida's age named Soraya. Mohammad Effendi was murdered on the estate when he was on his way to work. Aida got her bachelor's degree the same day. She and the Basha's son fell in love, but this angered the Basha. However she encouraged Sami to complete his studies; when the Basha saw Aida's importance in the life of his son he allowed them to marry.

Cast and crew: Ahmed Badrakhan, Abbas Younes, Fathy Neshati, Om Kolsum, Suleiman Naguib, Abbas Fares, Abdel Waress Assar, Ibrahim Hammooda, Marie Munib, Samia Fahmi, Mahmoud Reda, Hassan Kamel, Reyad El Kasabgy, Mahmoud Ismail, Negma Ibra\ him, Amal Zayed, Nabawiyya Mostafa, Mohamed Abdel Azim

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The Much-Loved One [حبايبى كتير] (Ragaa Abdou) - (1951)

The Much-Loved One [habaebi ketir] (Ragaa Abdou) (1951) Original Egyptian film poster

Pictured is a 23.5" x 35.5" first printing of an Egyptian poster designed by Dimitri, Studio Adly and Meftah to promote the 1951 111-minute Kamal Attia black-and-white film The Much-Loved One [habaebi ketir] starring Ragaa Abdou with story and dialogue by Abdel Aziz Salam and cinematography by Bruno Salvi. Plot summary: The musician Nabila [Ragaa Abdou] paid no attention to the admirers who gathered around her every day. Nabila lived only for her art and did not care for anything but her art and singing. Then a young man named Raouf who managed an advertising company [Kamal Al-Shennawi] appeared in her life and tried to tear down the walls Nabila had built around herself. He succeeded and she fell in love with him, but her wicked brother Farid [Farid Shawqi] did not like this because he had been planning for her to marry a wealthy man named Ghandur Bey [Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi]. The two of them fought over this; Nabila finally prevailed and married the one she loved.

Cast and crew: Ragaa Abdou, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Magda, Farid Shawqi, Ismail Yasseen, Kamal Attia, Bruno Salvi, Abdel Aziz Salam, Abdel Aziz Ahmed, Hassan Kamel, Fathia Chahine, Soad Ahmed, Gamalat Zayed, Abdel Alim Khattab, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Samir Ezzat, Souraya Fakhry, Ibrahim Fawzi, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Gihane

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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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Woman of Fire لهاليبو (Naima Akef) - (1949) Egyptian rerelease one-sheet

Woman of Fire (1949) - (Naima Akef) Egyptian rerelease one-sheet

Naima Akef (7 October 1929 - 23 April 1966) was considered one of Egypt's greatest dancers; some people still think she was better than any other Egypt has produced. This is a poster for the 1949 Hussein Fawzi film Woman of Fire designed by Ahmed Fouad and printed by Anwar printers of Cairo. Cinematography was by Mahmoud Nasr; story and screenplay were by the film's director, Hussein Fawzi; distribution was by Badi' Sobhi Films. The film tells the story of an Egyptian performer named Elham (AKA Lahalibo) who, much like Naima Akef herself, is part of a circus troupe that works the poor neighborhoods of Cairo. The story revolves around some familiar Egyptian social and family conflicts, always intensified in cases such as this one where the subjects are also coping with the additional social stigmas that go with being public entertainers. Cast and Crew: Hussein Fawzi, Naima Akef, Hassan Fayek, Abdel Aziz Mahmoud, Suleiman Naguib, Shukry Sarhan, Mohamed Kamal al-Masri, Mokhtar Hussein, Hassan Kamel, Kamal Hussein, Afaf Shaker, Soad Ahmed, Mohammad Ali Mohammad, Ismail Naguib, Abdel Moneim Ismail

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Aida (1942) - (Om Kolsum) Moroccan rerelease

Aida (1940) - (Om Kolsum) undated Moroccan rerelease poster

Directed by Ahmed Badrakhan. Cast and crew: Ahmed Badrakhan, Om Kolsum, Suleiman Naguib, Abbas Fares, Abdel Waress Assar, Ibrahim Hammooda, Marie Munib, Samia Fahmi, Mahmoud Reda, Hassan Kamel, Reyad El Kasabgy, Mahmoud Ismail, Negma Ibrahim, Amal Zayed, Nabawiyya Mostafa, Mohamed Abdel Azim

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Forbidden Love ممنوع الحب (Mohamed Abdel Wahab) - (1942) Egyptian rerelease one-sheet

Forbidden Love (1942) - (Mohamed Abdel Wahab) undated Egyptian rerelease one-sheet

This undated rerelease poster by an unknown designer advertises a 120-minute black-and-white film by groundbreaking director Mohammed Karim based on the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet adapted by Abbas Alam with screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed Karim, cinematography by Mohamed Abdel Azim and musical score and lyrics by Mohamed Abdel Wahab. Plot Summary: Engineer Aziz [Mohamed Abdel Wahab] had to go to his home town after receiving a telegram about his father's death. On the train he met Fekria [Ragaa Abdou] and they were attracted to each other. It became clear the she was going to the same town but after his arrival he found that the telegram was just a trick his father had played to force him to go back to his home town to help him in the election campaign against his arch rival. Aziz also found that Fakria was the daughter of his father's rival and that he was actually her enemy. Aziz tried to get close to Fakria and talk her into making peace between the two families by marrying him. Fakria convinced her father that she would marry Aziz to get revenge against him and his father, and Aziz did the same thing. Both sets of parents tried to torment each other through their children, but Aziz and Fakria married and were deeply in love. The families visited the couple and pretended in front of them to go along with the previous agreement. The parents soon discovered that the couple had betrayed them and were happily in love. Aziz took the opportunity to convince the parents to make peace and come to terms. He succeeded in this, especially after one family's son married the daughter of another family; there were grandchildren at the end of the film.

Cast and crew: Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Negat Ali, Mohammed Karim, Ragaa Abdou, Mohamed Abdel Azim, Abdel Waress Assar, Samia Gamal, Hassan Kamel, William Shakespeare, Abbas Alam, Mohamed Abdel Azim, Madiha Yousri, Leila Fawzi, Souraya Fakhry, Aziza Badr, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Zeinat Sedki, Amin Wahba

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Bread and Salt العيش والملح (Naima Akef) - (1949) Egyptian rerelease one-sheet

Bread and Salt (1940) - (Naima Akef) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by Ahmed Fouad for the 1949 Hussein Fawzi film Bread and Salt written and directed by Hussein Fawzi with dialogue by Badei Khayri and starring Naima Akef as Botheina. Plot summary: A boy lived in the Bread and Salt neighborhood and worked for one of the rich people. He loved the girl next door, who reciprocated, but she suddenly changed, turned away from his love and behaved in a disagreeable way that was unlike the warm nature of the Bread and Salt neighborhood. The boy criticized her behavior but it became clear that she was turning away because of her special family circumstances; here the people in the neighborhood were working together to overcome the problems she was facing. However they were unable to help her and she ran away from the neighborhood to work in a nightclub. The boy was having problems at his job with the rich man, who had blind faith in him. People were trying to create a division between the two of them. The people in another neighborhood were trying to prove that the boy was upright and honest, and the girl came back to stand by her neighbor. Conditions improved and the boy went back to his job with reputation restored. Conditions also improved with the girl's family so they ended up getting married.

Cast and crew: Hussein Fawzi, Saad Abdel Wahab, Naima Akef, Mahmoud Nasr, Abbas Fares, Lola Sedki, Hassan Fayek, Said Khalil, Mokhtar Hussein, Hassan Kamel, Wedad Hamdy, Soad Ahmed, Badel Khayri, Abdel Moniem Ismail

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Determination [al-azima] 1939

Determination [al-azima] (1939) - (Fatma Rouchdi) very rare Egyptian film poster 27" x 39" printed by Matabi Masr of Cairo

In the 1995 Cairo 100 Years of Egyptian Cinema Festival this film was ranked number one among the top 100 films. Directed by Kamal Selim, cinematography Very Varkash. Starring Fatma Rouchdi, Abd Al-Aziz Khalil, Zaki Rostom, Hussein Sedki, Anwar Wagdi, Abbas Fares, Marie Munib, Mokhtar Osman, Mokhtar Hussein, Hikmat Fahmi, Souraya Fakhry, Hassan Kamel.

In his 1969 book An Introduction to the Egyptian Cinema Egyptian director Mohamed Khan says of this film: "The story of Determination is only a skeleton to serve the film's other deeper aims. It takes place in a poor district in Cairo and concerns, among others, Mohamed, the local barber's son, who resists becoming a government official after finishing his secondary school. Mohamed hopes to better himself through a business deal with a rich man's son. This deal fails and while Mohamed is awaiting his government appointment he is threatened with the loss of his sweetheart to the local butcher. Eventually Mohamed succeeds in becoming a business man and marrying his girl. Determination is regarded as the first film of a school which was new to the Egyptian scene: the realistic school. For the first time an Egyptian film-maker dealt realistically with a social problem drawn from real life and conditions in Egypt. The deepest traditions of the Egyptian people reflect the respect and esteem accorded to officials, to the exclusion of other social classes such as tradesmen, craftsmen and independent workers. The official in his suit and Tarboosh (the Effendi) is compared with the tradesman or craftsman in his galabia, the official and his fixed regular salary and the independent worker and his uncertain earnings. This grave problem produced consequences which had a great influence on Egyptian society, especially during this period. If a young man were fortunate enough to obtain his secondary school certificate or university degree, his only hope of a stable income was to become a government employee. The result was that only foreigners went into trade or industry. The owners of the commercial or industrial companies in Egypt were Italians, Greeks, French, Swiss or British, and it was unusual to find a single Egyptian among them. Egyptian families of the middle class always chose an official to marry their daughters, however small his income might be, rejecting an independent worker even if his income was higher. Selim's film had a really overwhelming success, such as had never previously been known in the Egyptian cinema."

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