Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by an unknown artist
to promote the 1959 90-minute black-and-white Mohammed Karim
film Heart of Gold ['alb min dahab] starring Mariam Fakhr
Eddine based on a screenplay by Mohammed Karim with dialogue by Abdel
Waress Assar and cinematography by Abdel Aziz Fahmy. Plot summary:
This film tells the story of a strange turn of events where a woman
believes she has killed a pedestrian woman while driving, then ends up
marrying the dead woman's husband, who already knew her and happened
to be in love with her.
Cast and crew: Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Abdel Waress Assar, Imad Hamdi,
Ferdoos Mohammed, Muhammed Karim, Sanaa Gamil, Aziza Helmy, Abdel Aziz
Fahmy, Sabry Abdel Aziz, Kamel Anwar, Kamel Al-Zini, Salah al-Masri
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Taki, Mohamed Abdel
Aziz and Studio Marcel to promote the 1963 Mahmoud Zulfikar
film Soft Hands [al-aydi al-na'ema] based on a story by
Tewfik El-Hakim with screenplay and dialogue by Youssef Gohar and
cinematography by Hesham Wadid Serri. Plot summary: This film tells
the story of a man's problematic descent from a life of sumptious
aristocratic privilege to the life of an ordinary member of the
wealthy middle class. He never loses his huge home or suffers any
drastic losses of comfort or convenience; his journey is accompanied
with occasional sweet ballads by Sabah, who finally becomes his
wife. As the narrative goes, Prince Shawkat [Ahmed Mazhar] loses
his wealth and the revolution leaves him with only his mansion. He
lives in hopes of selling his paintings. One night while out
walking he sees someone selling roasted corn and tries to trade one
of his medals for an ear of it, but the seller refuses the trade. A
man named Hamuda [Salah Zulfikar] observes this. Hamuda, also broke
even though he has a doctorate in Arabic grammar, buys the prince an
ear of roasted corn. The two develop a rapport and the prince
appoints Hamuda as his private secretary in exchange for room and
board. When Hamuda sees paintings on a wall belonging to the prince's
daughters Jihan [Mariam Fakhr Eddine] and Mervat [Laila Taher], the
prince tells him Jihan has died, while his daughter Mervat has
married Salem [Ahmed Louxor], a mechanical engineer. This marriage
has angered the prince and Mervat's sister Jihan, who has had to move in with Mervat and
Salem.
Salem's sister Karima [Sabah] is living in a villa with
their father Abdul Salam [Hussein Assar]. Karima is a young widow
who likes the prince and decides to go with his daughter Jihan to
make a secret visit to the palace. Knowing the prince is broke, she
leaves him some money on a table. Jihan sees Hamuda, recognizes him
and assures him she is not really dead. Karima insists the prince
must go with her to the market so he can carry the vegetables and a
goose. He begins cultivating his own garden but he wears gloves
while doing this to keep from hurting his soft hands. The prince
decides to try to get a job playing the role of a prince in a film,
but he fails the audition while Hamuda succeeds and gets the
role. Hamuda is now able to propose to Jihan. The prince begins
composing a symphony at a piano; Mervat and Jihan buy the symphony
after a number of other people refuse to do so. The prince believes
people like his music until Hamuda tells him the truth; this angers
him and he decides to look for a job. He finds one with a tourist
company as an Egyptian riverboat pilot and tour guide. Hamuda,
Karima and Jihan are with him on one of his Nile cruises. Karima is
happy the prince is working and earning with the sweat of his brow.
After he finishes his descriptions of the attractions for the tourists the prince gives
Karima an engagement ring; Hamuda does the same thing with
Jihan--the happy ending complete with marriages! We all knew it
was coming.
Cast and crew: Sabah, Mariam Fakhr El-Din, Ahmed Mazhar, Salah Zulfikar, Laila Taher, Mahmoud Zulfikar, Tewfik El-Hakim, Youssef Gohar, Wedad Hamdy, Kamel Anwar, Hussein Assar, Ahmed Louxor, Ahmed Khamis
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Marcel to promote the
1965 Abbas Kamel 109-minute color and black-and-white film Wisdom and Money [al-aql wal-mal]
starring Ismail Yasseen based on a story by Ezzedin Aref with
screenplay and dialogue by Abbas Kamel and cinematography by Mahmoud
Nasr. Plot summary: Fakhreddine [Ismail Yasseen] believed love was
the foundation for everything and he bet his friend [Tewfik El Dekn] he could live
happily with his beloved Shamsolasil, but his friend told him money
was the basis for everything because with money one could buy other
people and the needs of the people. When Fakhreddine saw his beloved
he told her he was going to marry her and told her about the bet he
had made with his friend about whether wisdom was better than money.
Shams gave him a novel and asked him to read it. The story was about
a man who wasted his money because he was unwise. After reading the
novel Fakhreddine concluded that wisdom is attractive in life but one
must also hang on to one's money.
Cast and crew: Ismail Yasseen, Mahmoud Nasr, Abbas Kamel, Hassan Fayek, Tewfik El Dekn, Madiha Kamel, Abdel Alim Khattab, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Ibrahim Khan, Tarub, Mohammad Shawky, Kamel Anwar, Zaki Ibrahim, Anwar Mohamed, Hussein Ismail, Aly Kamel, Zeinab Alawy, Qatquta, Kitty, Kawsar al-Asal, Abdel Nabi Mohamed, Khaled Agabani, Soheir Magdi
Pictured is a three-piece promotional poster for the 1965 130-minute
black-and-white Helmy Salim film The Entire Life Story, with story and
screenplay by Helmy Salim and cinematography by Wahid Farid. Plot
Summary: The musician Farid (Farid Al Atrache) had many friends who
spent the night at his home. He lived his life fully. Nadia (Faten
Hamama) came to his house one day to tell him she was the daughter of
his professor who had just died. Farid asked her to stay at his
house. There was no doubt that the presence of the girl in his house
would be quite undignified for him and would tarnish his reputation;
this caused him to have a heart attack. Nadia began taking care of him
and nursing him; feelings of love grew in one of them, and that was
the musician. However Nadia loved Mamdouh (Ahmed Ramzy), Farid's
little brother who had returned from abroad. Their affairs fell into
disarray as the love between the two of them grew, while Farid tried
to reveal his feelings to Nadia without knowing about his brother's
feelings for Nadia. A friend tried to convince Farid that she loved
him and Farid's best friend Sami defended her in that. However Laila
(Laila Fawzi) always felt frustrated while Farid was always distracted
from Laila and tried to give the reasons why he loved Nadia, who ran
away with her love and by chance went to the city of Alexandria for a
honeymoon. Farid met them at the train station to bless them and
acknowledge their love.
Cast and crew: Helmy Halim, Farid Al Atrache, Leila Fawzi, Faten Hamama, Ahmed Ramzy, Maha Sabry, Wahid Farid, Ahmed Ramzy, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Kamel Anwar
