This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1985 film Office Owner Building Doorman
written and directed by Nadia Salem and starring
Nadia El Guindy as Zizi. Plot summary: To hide from the law
Abol-Moaty [Adel Adham] disguises himself as a doorman and works with
a dancer in the prostitution and drug trades. This changes when he
decides to become an election candidate.
Cast and crew: Nadia Salem, Hassan Mazhar Gasour, Nadia El Guindy,
Adel Adham, Safia El Emari, Hussein El-Sherbini, Naga El-Mogui,
Mahmoud Al Iraqi, Mohamed Abol Hassan, Ola Rami, Etedal Shaheen
This isa 27" x39" Egyptian poster designed byGasour and Abdel Aziz
for the 1976 Nader Galal film No Time for Tears based on a
story by Rizq Helmy, screenplay by Rizq Helmy and Abdel Hay Adib and
starring Naglaa Fathy as Azza. Plot summary: Azza is a dancer who
falls in love with an Egyptian army officer named Amr [Hussein Fahmy]
and promises to marry him. When she hears he has been killed, she
immerses herself dancing in Cairo's nightclubs to pay expenses and
cope with her grief; she is shocked and confused when Amr unexpectedly
turns up alive and well. She does not know where to begin.
Cast and crew: Naglaa Fathy, Rizq Helmy, Abdel Hay Adib, Hussein
Fahmy, Nader Galal, Mahmoud Nasr, Nour El-Sherif, Mahmoud El-Meliguy,
Amina Rizk, Hussein El-Sherbini, Ehsan Sherif, Ahmed Abaza, Mohamed
Shawky, Safia El Emari
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Ghani for the
1990 Ismail Hassan film Tea Seller based on story, screenplay
and dialogue by Atef Rizq and starring Dina as Afaf. Plot summary:
Afaf worked in a coffee shop after retiring from dancing and she
married Morsi [Hussein El-Sherbini]. Mansour wanted her and falsely
accused Morsi of drug dealing. He succeeded in splitting up Morsi and
Afaf. Morsi divorced her and she went back to dancing. She got
involved bringing in drugs from abroad without realizing it and proved
Morsi's innocence. Afaf learned the truth about Mansour and he and his
assistants were arrested. Afaf went back to Morsi.
Cast and crew: Gamal El-Tabei, Hussein El-Sherbini, Sa'eed Saleh,
Saeed Saleh, Dina, Abdel Ghani, Ahmed Halawa, Naim Esa, Atef Rizq,
Mohammad Mandour, Matawe Awis, Ahmed Saleh, Ahmed Al-Azl, Abdel Moneim
Al-Nemr
This is a 27.5" x 39.5" Lebanese poster designed by Gasour and Aziz
for the 1979 Yehia El Alami film Afraid of Something based on a
story by Fathy Abol-Fadl, screenplay and dialogue by Yehia El Alami,
cinematography by Wadid Serri and starring Nagwa Ibrahim as Esmat.
Plot summary: Rashed [Abu Bakr Ezzat] drugged and kidnapped Esmat,
a student, and took her to his home. Before he could
attack her he was surprised by a thief named Raouf [Ezzat El Alaili]
who killed him and then fled with Esmat. To get her sympathy, Raouf
confessed to Esmat that he was being forced to steal so he could pay
for his sick daughter's [Laila Eloui] medical care.
Cast and crew: Rushdy Abaza, Yehia El Alami, Fathy Abol-Fadl, Ezzat
El Alaili, Gamil Ratib, Nagwa Ibrahim, Imad Hamdi, Hussein
El-Sherbini, Abu Bakr Ezzat, Madiha Yousri, Safi El Emari, Soheir
Reda, Essad Younes, Laila Eloui, Hanem Mohammed, Mariam Fakhr Eddine,
Farouq Naguib, Mahmoud Abuzaid, Ibrahim Helmy, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi,
Saleh al-Iskanderani, Samia Mahmoud, Mohamed Shaker, Wadid Sirri
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour to promote the 1987 92-minute Mustafa Al Saiid color
film Thirsty [atshana] starring Elham Shaheen based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Mohammad al-Basusi with cinematograpy by
Mohamed Khalil. Plot summary: Samia [Elham Shaneen] married her
colleague Salah [Hesham Selim] and they lived together in Salah's home
with his parents. Salah worked in an attorney's office. Samia was
harassed by her mother-in-law Hosnia [Khayria Ahmed]. Samia worked at
a company owned by Moharram [Hussein El-Sherbini], a businessman, who
wanted her, adding to the problems Samia was having because of
Hosnia's harressment. Samia turned against Salah and demanded a
divorce, which he gave her. Moharram offered to marry Samia and she
agreed. Then she discovered Moharram's poor ethics, his relations
with numerous women and his use of narcotics. Hosnia regretted the way
she had treated Samia and asked her son Salah to bring her back.
Salah met with Samia without realizing she had married Moharram; he
learned about her difficult life with her husband. Salah started a law
firm, became successful and got his own apartment. Moharram died and
Samia inherited his wealth. Her friend Ezzat advised her to go back
to Salah. She initially rejected this because she was enjoying her
freedom, but she eventually changed her mind and went back to him.
Cast and crew: Mustafa Al Saiid, Elham Shaheen, Hesham Selim, Hussein El-Sherbini, Khayria Ahmed, Abu Lamaa, Nada, Mohamed Ahmed al-Masri, Wasila Hussein, Mona Darwish, Ezzat Sherif, Fatma Eid, Neda Mostafa, Aliah Hamed, Shafiq al-Shayeb, Bassam Ragab, Youssef Eid, Rashwan Mostafa, Matawei Eweis
This is a poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour for the 1986 Yehia
El Alami color film Madame Shalata starring Sherihan based on a story
by Wahid Ghazi with screenplay and dialogue by Ahmed Saleh and
cinematography by Ali Khair Allah. Plot summary: Nagwa came to Cairo
from Tanta to enroll in the College of Information and live with her
married sister. She got into a relationship with someone named Monir,
who refused to marry her after tricking her. Shalata was seduced by
the husband of Monir's mother, who had acquired enormous wealth by
questionable means, and he married her. However he soon divorced
Nagwa to marry Wedad, who had agreed to help Monir get revenge against
Nagwa. Then Nagwa started working for a pimp named Om Salem. The
ethics police raided the apartment and arrested all of them. Then
Nagwa found herself under police interrogation.
Cast and crew: Yehia El Alami, Mahmoud El Guindi, Hussein El-Sherbini, Farid Shawqi, Sherihan, Ali Khair Allah, Ahmed Saleh, Wahid Ghazi, Magda Zaki, Ezzat Gamaleddin, Sameer Waheed, Ezzat Kamal, Sabry Abdel-Moneim, Leila Fahmi, Naima Al soghayar, Hussein El-Sherbini, Hafez Amin, Hanem Mohamed, Mahmoud Abu Zeid, Sausan Rabie, Mohamed Abo Hashish, Motawe Ewais, Amal Mousa
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian promotional poster designed by Hassan
Mazhar Gasour and Morteda Anise for the 120-minute Mohamed Khan color
film Desire [al-raghbah], with screenplay and dialogue by Bachir El
Dik and cinematography by Said Al-Shiemy; it is based on F. Scott
Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Plot summary: Jaber [Nour
El-Sherif] was a rich businessman who lived alone in his villa after
leaving his wife, a long time after he had been injured in the 1967
war. Hala [Madiha Kamel] was now living in a villa with her husband
Hussein [Hussein El-Sherbini]. Jaber learned her address and bought
the villa next door to her so he could be close to her with his dreams
and old memories. He invited her to visit him but she refused because
she wanted him out of her life, which had become stable. A secret
relationship developed between Hussein and the wife of Hosan, [Nabil
al-Dessouki] who was living at the villa. Hosan watched his wife and
confirmed her relationship with Hussein, then he killed her. Hussein
had to run away with his wife Hala. Jaber heard about this and that
Hussein and Hala had left the villa, so he killed himself with Hosan's
rifle.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Khan, Madiha Kamel, Nour El-Sherif, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Imaqne, Hayatem, Hussein El-Sherbini, Essad Younes, Bachir El Dik, Said Al-Shiemy, Mahmoud Al Zohairy, Sabri Abdel Aziz, Nabil al-Dessouki
