Lady of the Palace سيدة القصر - (Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif) - (1959)

Lady of the Palace [sayedet al-qasr] (1959) - (Faten Hamama/Omar Sharif) Egyptian film poster

This is an original 27" x 39" Egyptian stone lithograph poster designed by an unknown artist to promote the 1959 126-minute Kamal El Sheikh black-and-white film Lady of the Palace [sayedet al-qasr] starring Faten Hamama and Omar Sharif based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Hussein Helmy Al-Mohandes with cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. The film was produced by the Cinema Union Films Company.

Plot summary: Faten Hamama is Sawsan, a middle-class orphan who is approached and later married by the wealthy Adel (Omar Sharif). Adel orders Sawsan to stay home because His playboy friends are uncomfortable with her. There she works Adel's land with one of his old friends, Shafeek (Stephan Rosti). Adel's other friends try to destroy the marriage by telling him Sawsan is having an affair with a friend. They also try to take advantage of him financially and get him to sell his land. Shafeek convinces Adel not to sell his land. After seeing his mistake. Adel leaves his friends and returns to his wife.

Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Omar Sharif, Zouzou Mady, Moar El-Hariri, Kamal El Sheikh, Stephan Rosti, Abdelhalim Nasr, Hussein Helmy Al-Mohandes, Shafik Noureddin, Iskandar Mansy, Tewfiq Sadiq, Abdel Moneim Seoudy

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Honor Incident حادثة شرف (Zubaida Tharwat) - (1970) Egyptian one-sheet

Honor Incident (1970) - (Zubaida Tharwat) Egyptian one-sheet

Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Gasour to promote the 1970 Shafiq Shamia 80-minute black-and-white film Honor incident [hadsa sharaf] starring Zubaida Tharwat based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Youssef Idriss with cinematography by Ibrahim Saleh. Plot summary: Banat, the prettiest girl in her village, lived with her brother Farag and his wife. She worked with him to meet living costs. All the young men in the village wanted her because of her charm and beauty but none approached her other than Shaban, who did so despite his mother's objections. He made a contract to marry her and her brother Farag felt relieved because his sister had finally settled on somone and was to be married. A frivolous boy named Gharib appeared and tried to get Banat by offering to have the local seamstress Zakia make some clothing for her, but he failed. Shaban noticed Gharib's attention and Banat's rejection of him; they quarrelled and he had to cancel the marriage contract. Farag suggested she marry Gharib, but she vehemently refused. Gharib came across her once in a field and when she saw him she was horrified and ran away from him screaming. The people in the village thought he had raped her and they took her to Om George for an examination to see if she was still a virgin. Her innocence was proven, but she could no longer live among them so she went to Zakia the taylor so she could do what the people in the village wanted her to do so she could submit herself to Gharib.

Cast and crew: Youssef Idriss, Ibrahim Saleh, Zubaida Tharwat, Shukry Sarhan, Youssef Chaban, Shafiq Shamia, Hamdi Ahmed, Zuzu Madi, Mohsena Tewfik, Nadia al-Saba'a, Afaf Shoieb, Samira Mohsen, Iskandar Mansy, Enaam El-Greetly, Farouq Naguib, Hussein Ismail, Sayed Zayan, Fifi Said, Safa Magdi, Mohamed Adel

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