This is a 24.25" by 35.75" Egyptian poster designed by Studio Adly for
the 1952 Ibrahim Helmi film Ten from the Country AKA ashara
baladi based on a story by Gamal Hamdi and starring Mohammad Amin
as himself. Plot summary: This is a farce where a rich man named
Abdel Fatah [Abdel Fatah Al Kasri] falls in love with Hoda, [Hoda
Shamseddine] one of the dancers at his cabaret. One day two men
[Mohammad Amin and Ismail Yasseen] offer to sell him love insurance,
but Mohammad Amin has an ulterior motive.
Cast and crew: Ibrahim Helmi, Zeinat Sedki, Mohammad Amin, Ismail
Yasseen, Klelio, Gamal Hamdi, Hoda Shamseddine, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri,
Mohamed El-Tabei, Fatheya Fouad, Mimi Aziz
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet designed by an unknown artist
for the 1960 Hussein Fawzi film My Beloved [ya
habibi] يا حبيبي based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Hussein Fawzi and starring Rushdy Abaza as
Galal. Plot summary: Galal was studying engineering and working
construction jobs to help his mother and complete his studies. He
loved his neighbor the orphan Elham [Laila Taher] who lived with her
uncle Ershi [Mahmoud El-Meliguy]. Her uncle wanted to marry her but
she refused because she loved Galal.
Cast and crew: Rushdy Abaza, Hussein Fawzi, Laila Taher, Nagwa
Fouad, Klelio, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Hassan Fayek, Mohammad Ziauddin,
Neda, Mahmoud Azmy, Kamal Hussein, Abdel Ghani Al-Nagwa, Anwar
Mohammad, Samia Rushdy
This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian one-sheet poster
designed by Magdi William for the 1961 Niazi Mostafa film Blood on
the Nile [dema ala al-nil] based on a story by Ahmed Shoukry,
screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Hay Adib and starring Farid Shawqi as
Baghram Awad. Plot summary: Ghalia [Hend Rostom] fell in love with
Baghram Awad after she learned he had taken revenge against the
brother of her husband, who had tried to kill her and her son. She
moved far from her village and began a new life with Awad.
Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Abdel Hay Adib, Ahmed Shoukry, Farid
Shawqi, Hend Rostom, Amina Rizk, Fakher Fakher, Mahmoud Faraq, Hassan
Youssef, Klelio, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Khaled Al-Agabani, Salwa
Mahmoud, Hassan el Baroudi, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Hassan Atala
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour
to promote the 1966 Atef Salem 103-minute color film The Wife from
Paris [zawga min baris] starring Nabila Ebeid based on story and
dialogue by Amina El Sawy, screenplay by Abdel Hay Adib with
cinematography by Klelio. Plot summary: Engineer Nagy [Rushdy Abaza]
came from the Paris Oasis to the south of the Western Sahara to work
and live for a period of time. There he met Dr. Wagih [Salah
Zulfikar] who had asked to be transferred to this remote place to live
far from the city after being hurt by his unfaithful wife. He hated
everything female, even hens. Wagih met a social overseer named Samia
[Nabila Ebeid] who had also come from the Paris Oasis
to work at the elementary school. However he was afraid of her and
avoided talking to her. At the school where Samia worked the director
Daoud [Fouad El-Mohandes] was taking steps to retire; he married one
of the girls at the oasis, never to return. Wagih began to feel that
this Samia differed greatly from his unfaithful wife, thanks to the
influence of his friend. Engineer Nagy married Samia.
Cast and crew: Nabila Ebeid, Rushdy Abaza, Salah Zulfikar, Atef Salem, Amin El-Heneidy, Fouad El-Mohandes, Ahmed El Haddad, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Klelio, Amina Al Sawy, Abdel Hay Adib, Karima Al-Sherif, Abdel Ghani Al-Nagdi, Adly Kasseb, Hussein Ismail, Hassan Atela
Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Magdi William to
promote the 1956 97-minute Fatin Abdel Wahab black-and-white
film The Secret Police [al-bolis al-serri] starring Ismail
Yasseen based on a story by Hashem Gom'ah with screenplay and dialogue
by Ali El Zorkani and cinematography by Klelio. Plot summary: Esmail
Effendi [Ismail Yasseen] was a police private who had the job of
escorting a crazy person to a hospital for the mentally ill, but the
crazy person got away from him. Ismail went to his uncle Abed [Abdel
Salam Al Nabulsy] to get his help resolving the difficulty. The uncle
decided he would take the crazy person's place at the hospital for the
mentally ill, and then try to escape from the hospital. Ismail was
then transferred to the anti-crime office where he had to work with
Sergeant Major Bakir in his search for an unknown thief. Ismail and
Bakir disguised themselves as Spaniards and infiltrated the gang.
After a series of adventures they arrested the gang and Ismail was
promoted to sergeant and received a reward, which he gave to his
fiance Waza. When the crazy person was arrested Uncle Abed succeeded
in proving that he was not crazy and got out of the hospital.
Cast and crew: Fatin Abdel Wahab, Hassan Fayek, Ismail Yasseen, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Zeinat Sedki, Tahany Rashed, Klelio, Ali El Zorkani, Hashem Gom'ah, Ahmed Louxor, Edmond Tuema, Mohamed Al-dib, Mousen Hassanein, Nazim Shaarawy, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Eskandar Monsi, Said Khalil
Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Khalil to
promote the 1959 100-minute Mohamed Abdel Gawad black-and-white
film A Kiss in the Night [qabbelni fil-zalam] starring Hind
Rostom based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Mohammed Abdel Gawad
with cinematography by Klelio. Plot summary: Aziz married an
aristocratic girl named Lola, but they soon soon had a disagreement
that ended in divorce. Lola's father Abdel Hamid lost his wallet
containing money and important papers. Hussein found it and returned
it to him intact despite his proverty, then he refused the money Abdel
Hamid offered him as a reward. Lola began courting him so she could
forget her life with Aziz and she asked him to work for her to keep
her from going back to her husband. Then she backed off, but Hussein
remained interested. Abdel Hamid saw Hussein's honesty and dedication
to his work. Lola decided to behave as if Hussein was her husband but
she had an episode of jealousy when he got close to her cousin. Over
time Lola became sure of her feelings and her love for Hussein, and
her father Abdel Hamid agreed to let her marry him.
Hero until the End [بطل للنهاية batal lil-nehaya] (1963) - (Farid Shawqi) Egyptian film poster
Shown here is a 27" x 39" undated Egyptian rerelease poster designed by
Magdi William to promote the 111-minute 1963 Houssam El-Din Mustafa
black-and-white film Hero until the End [بطل للنهاية batal lil-nehaya]
starring Farid Shawqi based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ali
El Zorkani with cinematography by Klelio. Plot summary: Hafiz Amin
was a big contractor and president of a charity organization for the
support of children whose members had to share the expenses the
organization incurred while achieving its objectives. However Hafiz
Amin was actually the leader of a gang that kidnapped children from
wealthy families and held them for ransom. Most of them paid with the
exception of Shukry, who refused. When they threatened to kidnap his
son, Shukry decided to leave Alexandria and live in Cairo, far from
the gang. However Rashad, one of the gang members, followed him on a
desert road and overturned the automobile in which he and his family
had been riding. All the occupants were killed except the child who
had been the object of the kidnapping. Hafiz Amin adopted the child
for self-promotion. Then he threatened to kidnap Elham, the daughter
of an engineer named Mohammad Abduh. His wife Ehsan advised him to
pay the ransom, but he refused and notified the police, who got
Ibrahim to join the gang to learn the truth about its leader. Ibrahim
had been living a quiet life with his wife Fatima and his son Hussein
since his release from prison. Hussein was blind and in need of an
urgent operation. Officer Nazim promised Ibrahim enough money for his son's
operation if he succeeded in helping, and he did succeed. The police
finally arrested the gang and its leader.
Cast and crew: Ali El Zorkani, Houssam El-Din Mustafa, Klelio, Farid Shawqi, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Laila Taher, Tewfik El Dekn, Zein El-Ashmawy, Nazim Shaarawy, Mohamed El Dafrawy, Abdel Abdi al-Araby, Wagdy El-Araby, Ekram Azu, Nahed Samir, Lutfi Abdel Hamid
Shown here is a first printing of a 23.5" x 35.25" Egyptian poster
designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour and printed by Al-Nasr Printers to
promote the 1954 Henry Barakat film It Happened One Night
[hadasa zata laila] starring Hoda Soltan based on a screenplay by
Henry Barakat with story and dialogue by Fathy Abol-Fadl and
cinematography by Klelio. The film was produced by Kamel Abdullah
Hamuda's Arabic Films Company and distributed by Montekhabat Behna.
Plot summary: A poor girl married a rich boy despite opposition from
the boy's father. She lived happily with her husband until she fell
into the clutches of a young hustler who told her her husband had
injured him in an accident. Her husband found out about him holding
her and divorced her without understanding that his wife was innocent,
then went abroad. The wife took revenge against the hustler who had
ruined her life by killing him. Then when she tried to commit suicide
her young attorney saved her and defended her in court, where he
successfully reduced her sentence. He promised to marry her after her
release from prison.
Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Hoda Soltan, Mohsen Sarhan, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Shafik Noureddin, Abdel Rahim El Zarkani, Klelio, Aida Kamel, Hind Rostom, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Nimat Mukhtar, Shafik Noureddin, Soraya Salem, Rafia al-Shal, Zaki Ibrahim, Mary Ezzedine
This is a promotional poster designed by Abdel Aziz for the 1962
Houssam El-Din Mustafa 100-minute black-and-white film Days without
Love [ayyam bila hob] starring Nadia Lutfi with story, screenplay
and dialogue by Fayek Ismail and cinematography by Klelio. Plot
summary: Two friends from Port Said met at a university. The girl was
Nadia [Nadia Lutfi] who had a bachelor's degree in literature and was
the daughter of the wealthy Mr. Shaker [Abdel Khalek Saleh]. The boy
Hosny Abdel Dayem [Kamal Al-Shennawi] had a bachelor's degree in
engineering and was the son of a poor fisherman. The two of them
returned to Port Said, where struggles awaited them. The father
controlled the livelihoods of the fishermen and wanted to marry Nadia
to his nephew Rafat [Youssef Chaban]. Hosny's father [Abdel Aziz
Khorshed] suffered under the oppression imposed upon him with the help
of commandos by the father of Nadia Abdel Dayem. Hosny refused to work
at his job in Cairo and decided to remain in Port Said to confront
Abdul Dayem. Nadia offered him a job on her father's boat but Hosny
refused. Meanwhile both the love and the confrontation continued as
the workers united against Abdel Dayem. Nadia decided to run away
with her beloved but the commandos caught her and she agreed to marry
Rafat in exchange for them leaving Hosny alone. A factory was built
to preserve fish where Hosny worked. Nadia broke her engagement with
Rafat and joined Hosny, who was on his way back to Cairo after the
workers had succeeded in stopping capitalist oppression.
Cast and crew: Kamal Al-Shennawi, Nadia Lutfi, Houssam El-Din Mustafa, Klelio, Fayek Ismail, Mahmoud El-Sabbaa, Youssef Chaban, Nahed Sabri, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Lotfi Abdel Hamid, Mary Ezzedin, Saham Fathy, Mohamed Taha, Ali Kamel, Abdel Salam Mohamed, Qadriah Kamel
This film was directed by Hussein Fawzi based an idea by Rushdy Abaza,
screenplay and dialogue by Ahmed Kamel Hefnawy, cinematography by
Klelio. Ashour was a person with a delicate constitution. He tried
to overcome this by exercising at a gym, hoping to win the heart of a
girl there. He heard about the invention of a strange injection that
could make him strong. He tried it and became strong. He became a
champion at many games and he was famous everywhere. He was also able
to get the attention of his love Amal, who liked him because he was
the strongest man. However while exercising he lost his strength and
Amal left him. Then he found a pure girl who loved him and stood by
him.
Cast and crew: Nagwa Fouad, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Hussein Fawzi, Rushdy Abaza, Abdel Salam Al-Nabulsy, Zahrat El-Ola, Taheya Cariocca, Klelio, Ahmed Kamel Hefnawy, Mohamed Abdel Aziz
Plot Summary: Salwa (Samia Gamal) was a beginning dancer in a big
exhibition dance troupe; she was trying to become the star of the
team. Sure of her talents, she cut through the ranks until she became
the first dancer in the troupe. The rumor spread that there was a
love connection between her and a young millionaire (Kamal
Al-Shennawi). Theater director Rashid took advantage of this rumor and
asked Salwa to rob him. The millionaire asked about the truth of the
rumor; she believed he was a journalist and he learned from her that
the report was not correct. She asked him to publish her denial of
this rumor. The wealthy young man was pleased with Salwa's directness
and told her the truth about himself. Feelings of love developed
between them and they married. This film was directed by Atef Salem.
Cast and crew: Samia Gamal, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Atef Salem, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Said Abu Bakr, Klelio, Adly Kasseb, Souraya Fakhry, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Shafik Noureddin, Ahmed Louxor
