This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Studio Adly for the
1964 Hassan Reda film The River of Life based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Mahmoud Sobhi and starring Salah Kabil as
Ahmed. Plot summary: Poverty caused an ailing father [Abu Bakr Ezzat]
to force his daughter Amina [Mona Morad] to marry her stingy old rich
uncle Abbas, [Abdel Ghani Kamar] which made her life hell. Then
she had a new encounter with her first love Ahmed and demanded a
divorce.
Cast and crew: Salah Kabil, Abu Bakr Ezzat, Mona Morad, Hassan
Reda, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Mostafa Hassan, Amal Ramzy, Leila Fahmi,
Samir Sabri, Alim Abdel Monem, Soheir Zaky
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour and Mohamed Abdel Aziz to promote the 1975 Hassan Ramzi
94-minute color film The White Gown [al-reda al-abiad] starring
Naglaa Fathy based on screenplay, dialogue and story by Hassan Ramzi
with cinematography by Mahmoud Nasr. Plot summary: Omar [Youssef
Wahby] is a man with a good heart who lives in the mentality of the
past. He becomes angry when he learns his only son Kamal [Magdy
Wahba] has married a poor girl named Hoda [Naglaa Fathy] without
telling him about it. Before the marriage, Hoda had been caught
stealing a wallet from a man who was dating her named Ahmed [Ahmed
Mazhar] but then she marries Kamal and they live happily until he dies
in a traffic accident while under stress due to a demand from his
father that he divorce Hoda. Then Hoda is denied custody of her
daughter Sofa [Manal Afifi]. When Sofa gets older she becomes a
beautiful young woman and is later reunited with her mother on her
wedding day. On that same day Hoda is also forgiven in a renewed
contact with Ahmed, the man she had once robbed.
Cast and crew: Naglaa Fathy, Ahmed Mazhar, Hassan Ramzi, Magdy Wahba, Youssef Wahby, Zahrat El-Ola, Hayat Kandeel, Ibrahim Saafan, Salah Nazmi, Sa'eed Saleh, Leila Fahmi, Huseein Kandil, Hoda Ramzi, Mahmoud Nasr, Fatheya Chahine, Hassan Afifi, Manal Afifi
This film was directed by Hany Lasheen, screenplay and dialogue by
Mohsen Sayed and cinematography by Abdel Moneim Bahnassy; it is based
on a story by Naguib Mahfouz. The poster was designed by Sami.
Plot Summary: Abdelhamid Al-Sokkari was a successful businessman. He
returned from abroad after signing contracts for a huge project, but
because of his many responsibilities and his increased anxiety he was
stricken with paralysis. He returned in a wheelchair after his
treatement failed. His son took over the company operations and his
wife used his ideas with friends and at gatherings. His daughter
Nabila was a medical student in love with Engineer Hamed. Her father
had agreed to her engagement to him despite their social differences.
Abdelhamid met Dr. Galal, a friend from his youth when they had been
heroes of the national movement. This filled his life, made it
meaningful and got him out of his state of depression. He welcomed
life with a new personality. He decided to write his memoirs
including the truth and the names of those who participated with him
in suspicous operations until he acquired what wealth he had. The
memoirs would open the sun and moon for him and deliver the news to
his partners. He asked his friends to help him publish the book. His
partners tried without success to prevent him publishing the book;
then they shot him while he was on his way to the publisher.
