Girls Today بنات اليوم Abdel Halim Hafez 1956 Undated rerelease Egyptian one-sheet

Girls Today (1956) - (Abdel Halim Hafez) Undated rerelease Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1956 musical Girls Today written and directed by Henry Barakat, music by Mohamed Abdel Wahab and starring Abdel Halim Hafez as Khaled. Plot summary: Salwa [Magda] and Laila [Amal Farid] are sisters with vastly different personalities. Salwa is quiet and polite while Laila is extroverted and cheerful. Khaled gets into a romance with Laila, which brings out their differences. Khaled soon turns his attention to Laila's sister Salwa, but his artist friend Fathy [Ahmed Ramzy] is also attracted to her.

Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Youssef Issa, Abdel Halim Hafez, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Magda, Ahmed Ramzy, Amal Farid, Seraj Munir, Soraya Fakhry, Fathiya Shahin, Kariman, Abdel Azim Kamel, Hussain Ismail, Mokhtar El Sayed, Ahmed Khorshid

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The Count of Monte Cristo امير الانتقام Anwar Wagdi 1951 Egyptian billboard

The Count of Monte Cristo (1951) - (Anwar Wagdi) Egyptian billboard

Pictured here is a five-foot by ten-foot six-sheet Egyptian billboard poster designed by Abdel Rahman to promote the 1951 161-minute Henry Barakat black-and-white film The Count of Monte Cristo [amir al-enteqam] based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas with screenplay and adaptation by Henry Barakat, dialogue by Youssef Gohar and Youssef Esa and cinematograpny by Giulio De Luca. Plot summary: Hassan Al-Helali [Anwar Wagdi] was a noble sailor who was captured on his wedding night in a plot by his four enemies [Farid Shawqi, Seraj Munir, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Hussein Riad] and thrown into prison without trial or accusation; he remained in prison for many years. In prison he met an old man named Sheikh Galal who had been there for nine years; Sheikh Galal told Hassan where a treasure was hidden and then died. Hassan escaped from prison and found the treasure. He then began planning his revenge against the people who put him in prison. He fell in love with a dancer named Zomorouda [Samia Gamal] who helped him get his revenge and then married him.

Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Abdel Rahman, Anwar Wagdi, Samia Gamal, Madiha Yousri, Kamal al-Shennawi. Seraj Munir, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Farid Shawqi, Hussein Riad, Ali Al-Kassar, Giulio De Luca, Youssef Gohar, Youssef Esa, Reyad El Kasabgy, Abdel Rahim El Zarkani, Zaki Ibrahim, Abdel Aziz Ahmed

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Don't Tell Anybody ما تقولش لحد Farid Al Atrache 1952 Egyptian billboard

Don't Tell Anybody (1952) - (Farid Al Atrache) Egyptian billboard

This is a 67" x 104" 14-piece Egyptian billboard designed by Hussein Fawzi of Studio Adly to promote the 1952 Henry Barakat musical Don't Tell Anybody based an a story by Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, screenplay by Henry Barakat and starring Farid Al Atrache as Wahid. Plot summary: Wahid the musician loves a dancer named Wela [Samia Gamal] and proposes marriage to her after her return from a business trip. However while Wela is away Wahid marries a singer named Nousa [Nour Al Hoda] as part of a ruse arranged by Nousa's uncle Ghazal, [Stephan Rosti] who wants to marry Wela.

Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Hussein Fawzi, Farid Al Atrache, Samia Gamal, Nour Al Hoda, Stephan Rosti, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Omar El-Hariri, Aida Kamel, Aziz Osman, Lola Sedki, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary

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A Woman with a Bad Reputation امراة سيئة السمعة (Shams El-Barudy) - (1973) Egyptian one-sheet

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A Woman with a Bad Reputation (1973) - (Shams El-Barudy) Egyptian one-sheet

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

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There Is a Man in Our House في بيتنا رجل (Omar Sharif) - (1961) Egyptian one-sheet

There Is a Man in OUr House (1961) - (Omar Sharif) Egyptian one-sheet

Pictured is an original 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet movie poster designed to promote the 1961 153-minute Henry Barakat black-and-white film There is a Man in Our House [fi baitina ragol] starring Omar Sharif based on a story by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus with screenplay by Youssef Issa and Henry Barakat, dialogue by Youssef Issa and cinematography by Hesham Wadid Serri. Plot summary: Ibrahim [Omar Sharif] assassinates the prime minister who has been collaborating with the imperialists, then asks his friend Mohey [Hassan Youssef] to hide him. Mohey's father does not welcome the fugitive, but his sisters are happy to help Ibrahim contact his political friends. Ibrahim eventually rejoins the rebellion in Egypt and is killed in an attack on a British base. This film is on film critic Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films.

Cast and crew: Zubaida Tharwat, Henry Barakat, Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, Rushdy Abaza, Omar Sharif, Zahrat El-Ola, Hassan Youssef, Tewfik El Dekn, Hesham Wadid Serri, Hussein Riad, Nahed Samir, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Youssef Chaban, Abdel Moneim Bassioni

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Most Beautiful Days of My Life اجمل ايام حياتي Naglaa Fathy 1974 Egyptian one-sheet

(1974) - (Naglaa Fathy) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour and Dar Hani for the 1974 Henry Barakat film The Most Beautiful Days of My Life AKA Agmal Ayam Hayati based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Hay Adib and starring Naglaa Fathy as Hoda. Plot summary: Hoda hid one night on a ship bound for Beirut, where she met Samir [Hussein Fahmy]. She did not tell him she was running away from her father Gamal [Imad Hamdi] so she could marry her Lebanese lover Rafiq who was waiting for her in Beirut, that her father was offering a reward to whoever could find her or that the people looking for her were waiting at the port. Samir helped her hide in a chest above the hold and then helped her get away. They then explored Lebanon and Samir learned the truth about her. He got her to confess and they fell in love. He decided to take her to her father so they could marry. When they got there the father realized his daughter loved Samir and encouraged her to marry whomever she loved, especially since Samir was refusing the reward he had been offering. On the night of the marriage to Rafiq the father helped and encouraged his daughter to go away and marry Samir. Then the two boarded a ship to Canada so they could marry there and begin a new life.

Cast and crew: Naglaa Fathy, Hossein Fahmy, Imad Hamdi, Henry Barakat, Wadid Serri, Abdel Hay Adib, Mohammad Shawqi, Hayat Kandeel, Saeed Saleh, Aia Abdel Moneim, Samir Shamas, Maged Afyouni, Ibrahim Mar'ashli, Shafiq Hassan, Zein Shahin

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The Clock Strikes 10 الساعة تدق العشرة Mahmoud Yassine 1974 Egyptian one-sheet

The Clock Strikes 10 (1974) - (Mahmoud Yassine) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster designed by Mohammed Abdel Aziz and Aziz for the 1974 Henry Barakat film The Clock Strikes 10 based on a story by Amin Yousseff Ghurab, screenplay and dialogue by Mohammad Mostafa Sami and starring Mahmoud Yassine as Mohammad al-Sherbini. Plot summary: Mohammad al-Sherbini was a university student working as a driver for the wealthy Abdel Maguid [Imad Hamdi]. Mohammad discovered that Abdel Maguid's wife Noura [Nahed Sherif] was cheating on him with Morad, [Mohamed Khairi] who asked him to keep it secret. Noura's brother Salah [Mohamed Nagm] wanted to marry Abdel al-Maguid's daughter Nevine [Mervat Amin] but she refused becaused she loved Mohammad. After Mohammad had a difficult and unwanted dalliance with Noura, he and Nevine decided to marry, the father blessed the relationship and the two lovers began life together.

Cast and crew: Mohammad Mostafa Sami, Wadid Serri, Mervat Amin, Nahed Sherif, Mahmoud Yassine, Henry Barakat, Imad Hamdi, Amin Yousseff Ghurab, Wadid Serri, Soheir El-Barouni, Mohamed Khairi, Hassan Abdin, Mohamed Nagm, Farouk Youssef, Nadia Zaghlul

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The Visitor الزائرة (Nadia Lutfi) - (1972) Egyptian one-sheet poster

The Visitor (1972) - (Nadia Lutfi) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster designed by Mohammad Abdel Aziz and Wahib Fahmy for the 1972 Henry Barakat film The Visitor based on a story by Henry Barakat, screenplay and dialogue by Mohammad Mostafa Sami and starring Nadia Lutfi as Leila/Nadia. Plot summary: When Leila's rich uncle is about to die, Leila is no longer around to collect the inheritance. Leila's lookalike Nadia impersonates her so she can get the money, but is not prepared for a surprise encounter with one of Leila's former lovers.

Cast and crew: Mohammad Abdel Aziz, Wahib Fahmy, Henry Barakat, Adel Adham, En'aam Al Garbatly, Mohammed Al Mokh, Wahid Ezat, Imad hamdi, Adel Imam, Mohjee Ismail, Nadia Lutfi, Mahmoud Yassine, Mohammad Mostafa Sami

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Valley of Memories وادي الذكريات (Shadia) - (1981) Egyptian one-sheet

Valley of Memories (1981) - (Shadia) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Moaty for the 1981 Henry Barakat film Valley of Memories AKA wadi al-zekriat based on a story by Michel Sawaya, screenplay by Rafiq al-Saban and starring Shadia as Soad. Plot summary: Rafat [Mahmoud Kabil] married Soad despite strong family opposition and the two of them went to Syria where Soad's aunt was living. Rafat died after a critical illness and Soad worked to finance the education of her daughter Sahar [Hayat Kandeel]. This reinforced the bond of love between them. Sahar fell in love with their neighbor Walid [Mahmoud Abdel Aziz] and they made plans to marry. Soad became ill but hid it from her daughter. Sahar went to Cairo to live with her rich aunt Dowlat [Leila Fawzi]. A physician decided Soad needed surgery. When Dowlat heard about this she asked Sahar to marry a wealthy boy named Adham to get the money to pay for Soad's operation. After objecting strenuously, Sahar finally agreed for her mother's sake and told Walid about her situation. Soad became upset when she heard what was happening and flew to Egypt, where she had a confrontation with Dowlat; then Dowlat regretted interfering and gave the money to Soad. Sahar went back to Walid in Syria. Happy ending!

Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Shadia, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Leila Fawzi, Imad Hamdi, Mahmoud Kabil, Hayat Kandeel, Fekry Abaza, Qadria Qadri, Hani Al-Rumani, Zafira Qatan, Mahmoud Kamel, Anwar Madkour, Michel Sawaya, Rafiq al-Saban, Abdel Moneim Bahnassy

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Shaaban the Thiefشعبان تحت الصفر Adel Imam (1980) Egyptian one-sheet

Shaaban the Thief (1980) - (Adel Imam) Egyptian one-sheet

Shown here is a 26.75" x 38.5" Egyptian poster made to promote the 1980 102-minute Hanry Barakat color film Shaaban the Thief AKA sha'ban taht al-sefr starring Adel Imam as Shaaban based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Samir Abdelazim with cinematography by Said Al-Shiemy. Plot summary: Shaaban is a poor worker who loves his colleague Zeinab [Essad Youniss], but is unable to provide her with an apartment. He tries to get a loan of 1000 pounds for this purpose from the wealthy al-Ghatrifi Bey [Imad Hamdi] but is refused. When al-Ghatrifi dies shortly thereafter his relatives try to take his wealth but are unable to do so legally, so they talk Shaaban into impersonating al-Ghatrifi's son with forged papers so he can get the the money from the government. He agrees to this but insists on being paid half the total inheritance of 6.5 million pounds.

Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Henry Barakat, Salah Nazmi, Gamil Ratib, Ahmed Adawiyya, Zizi Mustafa, Imane, Essad Youniss, Said Al-Shiemy, Said Shimi, Samir Abdelazim, Aly El Cherif, Ahmed Maher, Mokhtar Al Sayed, Zizi Mustafa, Imad Hamdi, Angel Aaram, Ahmed Rateb, Shaaban Hussein, Hanem Mohamed, Hafez Amin, Alia Abdel Moneim, Rashad Farag, Mohamed al-Ramali, Sayed al-Sawi, Hassan Hussein, Soraya Shawqi, Ibrahim Qadri

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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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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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The Exile سفر برلك Fairuz 1966 Italian Billboard

(1961) - (Fairuz) Italian billboard

This is a 79" x 169" Italian billboard designed by Studio Paradiso for the 1966 Henry Barakat musical The Exile [safar barlek] written by Assi and Mansour Rahbani and starring Fairuz as Adla. Plot summary: The film is set in 1914 when Lebanon was under Ottoman rule and Adla was living with her grandmother. She was awaiting the day of her engagement with her beloved Abdo [Ihsan Sadek]. When Abdo was out shopping for a wedding ring he was seized by Ottoman soldiers and impressed into forced labor chopping trees in the local forest to be taken for military use. Ottoman soldiers were occupying Adla's village of Ain El Joz, confiscating its wheat and exploiting its labor.

Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Studio Paradiso, Assi Rahbani, Mansour Rahbani, Fairuz, Elie Choueiri, Berj Fazlian, Salwa Haddad, Abdallah Homsy, Huda, Leila Karam, Mahmoud Mabsout, Joseph Nassif, Ihsan Sadek, Nasri Shamseddine, Salah Tizani

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The Guard's Daughter بنت الحارس Fairuz 1967 Italian Billboard

The Guard's Daughter (1967) - (Fairuz) Italian billboard

This is a 79" by 169" Italian billboard poster by an unknown artist for the 1967 Henry Barakat film The Guard's Daughter [bint al-hares] written by Assi and Mansour Rahbani and starring Fairuz as Nejma. Plot Summary: When Nejma's father Tawfic Abboud [Nasri Shamseddine] is fired from his job as a guard because the town has run out of criminals, Nejma pretends to be a thief to justify the restoration of his job.

Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Assi Rahbani, Mansouer Rahbani, Fairuz, Elie Choueiri, Berj Fazlian, Abdallah Homsi, Leila Karam, Mahmoud Mabsout, Elias Ruzk, Samir Shamas, Nasri Shamseddine, Elie Snaifer, Salah Tizani

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The Exile سفر برلك (Fairuz) - (1966) Lebanese one-sheet poster

The Exile (1966) - (Fairuz) Lebanese one-sheet

This is a 26.75" x 38" Lebanese poster designed by Ragheb for the 1966 Henry Barakat musical The Exile [safar barlek] written by Assi and Mansour Rahbani and starring Fairuz as Adla. Plot summary: The film is set in 1914 when Lebanon was under Ottoman rule and Adla was living with her grandmother. She was awaiting the day of her engagement with her beloved Abdo [Ihsan Sadek]. When Abdo was out shopping for a wedding ring he was seized by Ottoman soldiers and impressed into forced labor chopping trees in the local forest to be taken for military use. Ottoman soldiers were occupying Adla's village of Ain El Joz, confiscating its wheat and exploiting its labor.

Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Assi Rahbani, Mansour Rahbani, Fairuz, Elie Choueiri, Berj Fazlian, Salwa Haddad, Abdallah Homsy, Huda, Leila Karam, Mahmoud Mabsout, Joseph Nassif, Ihsan Sadek, Nasri Shamseddine, Salah Tizani

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Days and Nights [ايام و ليالي] - (Abdel Halim Hafez) - (1955) Egyptian one-sheet

Days and Nights [ايام و ليالي] (1955) - (Abdel Halim Hafez) Egyptian one-sheet poster

This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by Walid Wahib for the 1955 Henry Barakat musical Days and Nights based on a story by Henry Barakat and Youssef Gohar, screenplay by Henry Barakat, cinematography by Wahid Farid, music by Mohamed Abdel Wahab and starring 26-year-old Abdel Halim Hafez (1929-1977) as Yehia. Plot summary: A wealthy man married a woman who had divorced an irresponsible alcoholic painter [Mahmoud El-Meliguy]. The wealthy man educated her two sons, one of whom was from another husband, and the boys grew up together like twins. Yehia, the son of the painter, loved Samia [Imane] but his brother made trouble for him and Samia turned away from him. They quarreled at a party when he was quite drunk and then he got in his car and killed a pedestrian. At his trial he confessed the truth. This caused tension in the family but when he returned to his father the painter, the father took responsibility for the first time; he had a reconciliation with his wife and his son when he saw the love between mother and son and the son's confession of the truth. The film includes the hit song Toba [Never Again]: Lyrics and translation

Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Imane, Ahmed Ramzy, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Henry Barakat, Kamal Hussein, Seraj Munir, Aqila Ratib, Wahid Farid, Youssef Gohar, Ahmed Zaki, Adly Kasseb, Soheir El-Barouni, Samia Rushdy, Souraya Fakhry, Zeinat Alawy

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The Rule of Time [حكم الزمان] (Nour Al Hoda) Egyptian one-sheet 1953

The Rule of Time (1953) - (Nour Al Hoda) Egyptian one-sheet film poster

This is a 35" x 25.5" Egyptian stone litho one-sheet designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour for the 1953 Henry Barakat film The Rule of Time [hukm al-zaman] based on a screenplay and dialogue by Youssef Esa and starring Imad Hamdi as Adel. Plot summary: Engineer Adel returns to Cairo from Europe looking for Wedad [Nour Al Hoda], the woman he wants to marry.

Cast and crew: Hassan Mazhar Gasour, Giulio De Luca, Imad Hamdi, Henry Barakat, Magda, Nour Al Hoda, Zuzu Shakeeb, Seraj Munir, Mohammed Al-Bakkar, Souraya Fakhry, Abdel Rahim al-Zerkani, Omar al-Hariri, Samiha Tawfik

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