Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster made to promote the 1959
104-minute El Sayed Bedeir black-and-white film She Lived for
Love ['ashat lil-hob] starring Zubaida Tharwat based on the
novel The Ivy Vine [shagaret al-lablab] by Mohamed Abdel Halim
Abdullah with dialogue by Salah Gowdet and cinematography by
Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: Hosny [Kamal Al-Shennawi] was troubled
while he was growing up by his observations of marital infidelity among
his relatives. When he grew up and went to medical school he lived in
an apartment above the one inhabited by a woman named Zainab [Zubaida
Tharwat], fell in love with her and asked her to marry him. Then when
she showed an interest in other men he decided not to marry her after
all, thinking she was like the other women he had known in his youth.
Following advice from Zainab's sister Rashida [Laila Taher] and his
friend Khairat [Abdel Moneim Ibrahim] he eventually changed his mind
and decided to marry her after all.
Cast and crew: El Sayed Bedeir, Zubaida Tharwat, Kamal Al-Shennawi,
Laila Taher, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Abdelhalim Nasr, Hermine, Mohamed
Abdel Halim Abdullah, Saleh Gowdet, Mary Ezzedine, Salwa Mahmoud,
Aziza Helmy, Abdallah Gheith, Wedad Hamdy, Kamal Hussein, Mohamed
Shawqi, Hussein Assar, Abdel Aziz Hamdy
Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster made to promote the 1959
104-minute El Sayed Bedeir black-and-white film She Lived for
Love ['ashat lil-hob] starring Zubaida Tharwat based on the
novel The Ivy Vine [shagaret al-lablab] by Mohamed Abdel Halim
Abdullah with dialogue by Salah Gowdet and cinematography by
Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: Hosny [Kamal Al-Shennawi] was troubled
while he was growing by his observations of marital infidelity among
his relatives. When he grew up and went to medical school he lived in
an apartment above the apartment inhabited by a woman named Zainab
[Zubaida Tharwat], fell in love with her and asked her to marry him.
Then when she showed an interest in other men he decided not to marry
her after all, thinking she was like the other women he had known in
his youth. Under the influence of advice from Zainab's sister Rashida
[Laila Taher] and his friend Khairat [Abdel Moneim Ibrahim] he
eventually changed his mind and decided to marry her after all.
Cast and crew: El Sayed Bedeir, Zubaida Tharwat, Kamal Al-Shennawi,
Laila Taher, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Abdelhalim Nasr, Hermine, Mohamed
Abdel Halim Abdullah, Saleh Gowdet, Mary Ezzedine, Salwa Mahmoud,
Aziza Helmy, Abdallah Gheith, Wedad Hamdy, Kamal Hussein, Mohamed
Shawqi, Hussein Assar, Abdel Aziz Hamdy
This is a 27" x 39" Lebanese one-sheet movie poster designed by an
unknown artist for the 1974 Said Marzouk film I want a Solution
written by Faten Hamama (1931-2015) and Said Marzouk (1940-2014) and
starring Faten Hamama as Doria. Plot summary: The film explores a
woman's right to a divorce when married life is no longer possible.
It was the first film in Egypt to confront the problems with Egyptian
marriage and divorce laws; its influence led to changes in Egyptian
Family Law and it continues to be remembered as a milestone. Faten
Hamama won the best actress award at the Cairo Festival, and received
a diploma of recognition from Tehran festival. The film is on Ahmad
Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films and is
treated as a landmark film in Arabic and Middle East Studies programs
at American Universities.
Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Rushdy Abaza, Raqaa Hussein, Amina
Rizk, Laila Taher, Said Marzouk, Yulius Zagoni, Soheir Samy, Fatheya
Chahine, Abdel Alim Khattab, Aly El Cherif, Nadia Arsalan, Ibrahim
Saafan, Sayed Zayan, Wahid Seif, Osama Abas, Mustafa Imam
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" 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
Pictured is a 27" x 29" Egyptian poster designed by Mohamed Abdel Aziz
and Wahib Fahmy to promote the 1979 Atef Salem 120-minute color
film Torrent of Tears [assefa min al-demou'] starring Farid
Shawqi based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Mustafa Samy, with
cinematography by Mahmoud Nasr. Plot summary: When the secretary
Aziza [Nahed Gabr] went to Essam [Farid Shawqi] to marry him after
promising herself to him and becoming pregnant by him, Essam refused
the marriage and married his client Enayat [Laila Taher] instead.
Aziza died giving birth to her daughter Hedia [Hala Fouad]. An
elderly neighbor named Abdullah [Abdel Waress Assar] took over the
care of her daughter. Aziza had told him the girl's father was a big
attorney, but refused to mention his name. The years went by and at a
party Salwa [Shirin] the daughter of the attorney Essam became engaged
to Tareq [Emad Rashad] who did not feel any love towards her, only the
common interests between the two parents. Tareq actually loved Hedia,
who had gotten involved in a relationship with him after he had
pledged to marry her, but his father refused to allow the marriage.
Hedia discovered she was pregnant. Kindly old Abdullah learned this
and sued Tareq; he engaged the biggest attorney in the country, Essam,
to defend Hedia. While Essam was preparing the case Abdullah told him
about Hedia's life, her mother and how she had left her with
Abdullah. Essam advised Tareq to marry Hedia so she would not suffer
any longer and to relieve his conscience, which had been bothering him
these many years while he had been looking for his daughter.
Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Laila Taher, Omar El-Hariri, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Atef Salem, Emad Rashad, Shereen, Abdel Waress Assar, Mahmoud Nasr, Mustafa Samy, Nahed Gabr, Shirin, Hala Fouad
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mahmoud Atef to
promote the 1961 137-minute Salah Abouseif black-and-white
film Hope against Hope [la tutfi al-shams] starring Faten
Hamama based on story and dialogue by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, screenplay
by Lucien Lambert and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary:
This film is set in the time of the Tripartite Aggression; it tells
the story of an aristocratic family that has lost its breadwinner.
The oldest son Ahmed [Shukry Sarhan] enlists in the Egyptian army and
is shown in desert military action, but in his civilian life he slowly
develops a relationship with the a woman named Shahira [Nadia Lutfi],
which ends in marriage after a few relatively minor complications.
The daughter Layla [Faten Hamama] falls in love with her piano teacher
[Imad Hamdi], who is married. This relationship is fraught with
difficult moral and social problems that are never resolved. The
younger son Mamdouh [Ahmed Ramzy] is more concerned with the practical
matter of earning a livelihood; he serves a vehicle for showing how
class and social issues in Egypt can disrupt productive economic activity.
Cast and crew: Salah Abouseif, Faten Hamama, Imad Hamdi, Nadia Lutfi, Ahmed Ramzy, Shukry Sarhan, Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, Lucien Lambert, Helmy Halim, Abdelhalim Nasr, Aqila Ratib, Laila Taher, Samiha Ayyoub, Shirin, Mohammed Alwan, Omar Zolficar, Mohamed Hamdi, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Ya'qub Michail, Amru Targoman, Adel Al-Mahilmi, Abdel Aziz Mikawi, Nesim Shehab, Alaa Badredin, Salah Musa, Laila Sadeq
Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster made to promote the 1959
104-minute El Sayed Bedeir black-and-white film She Lived for
Love ['ashat lil-hob] starring Zubaida Tharwat based on the
novel The Ivy Vine [shagaret al-lablab] by Mohamed Abdel Halim
Abdullah with dialogue by Salah Gowdet and cinematography by
Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: Hosny [Kamal Al-Shennawi] was troubled
while he was growing by his observations of marital infidelity by his
relatives. When he grew up and went to medical school he lived in an
apartment above the apartment inhabited by a woman Zainab [Zubaida
Tharwat], fell in love with her and asked her to marry him. Then when
she showed an interest in other men he decided not to marry her after
all, thinking she was like the other women he had known in his youth.
Under that influence of advice from Zainab's sister Rashida [Laila
Taher] and his friend Khairat [Abdel Moneim Ibrahim] he eventually
changed his mind and decided to marry her after all.
Cast and crew: El Sayed Bedeir, Zubaida Tharwat, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Laila Taher, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Abdelhalim Nasr, Hermine, Mohamed Abdel Halim Abdullah, Saleh Gowdet, Mary Ezzedine, Salwa Mahmoud, Aziza Helmy, Abdallah Gheith, Wedad Hamdy, Kamal Hussein, Mohamed Shawqi, Hussein Assar, Abdel Aziz Hamdy
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
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Ahmed Fouad for the
1981 film Al-Qadesiya written and directed by Salah Abouseif
and starring Soad Hosny as Shirin. Plot summary: This film is a costume drama produced in Iraq. It depicts the 636 battle of Yarmouk, along what is today the border between Syria and Jordan. Yarmouk is considered one of most decisive battles in human history.
Cast and crew: Salah Abouseif, Soad Hosny, Ezzat El Alaili, Mustafa Imam, Hassan El-Gendi, Laila Taher, Kanaan Wasfy
