This is a 67" x 104" 14-piece Egyptian billboard designed by Hussein
Fawzi of Studio Adly to promote the 1952 Henry Barakat musical
Don't Tell Anybody based an a story by Abu Seoud El-Ibiary,
screenplay by Henry Barakat and starring Farid Al Atrache as Wahid.
Plot summary: Wahid the musician loves a dancer named Wela [Samia
Gamal] and proposes marriage to her after her return from a business
trip. However while Wela is away Wahid marries a singer named Nousa
[Nour Al Hoda] as part of a ruse arranged by Nousa's uncle Ghazal,
[Stephan Rosti] who wants to marry Wela.
Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Hussein Fawzi, Farid Al Atrache,
Samia Gamal, Nour Al Hoda, Stephan Rosti, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Omar
El-Hariri, Aida Kamel, Aziz Osman, Lola Sedki, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary
Pictured is a first printing of an 8" x 11" 8-page Egyptian film
program to promote the 1954 92-minute Essa Karama black-and-white
film Shame on You [haram aleyk] starring Ismail Yasseen based
on screen play, story and dialogue by Gamal Hamdi with cinematography
by Richard Salama. Parts of the story are also taken from the 1948
Charles Barton film Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein.
Plot summary: Ismail and Abdou [Ismail Yasseen and Abdel Fatah Al
Kasri] are working in a shop that sells antiquities. One day they
receive a crate containing a mummy that looks like Frankenstein. A a
sorcerer [Stephan Rosti] says he will be able to bring the mummy back
to life by replacing its brain with Ismail's brain. The plan goes
awry when Ismail and the mummy are laid out side by side for the brain
transfer, because the mummy throws off its restraining straps and goes
into a zombie-like Frankenstein walk, making various clumsy assaults
on the people and fixtures that disrupt the proceedings. Apparently
what really brings the mummy to life is the fear of receiving the
brain of Ismail Yasseen! Alternate English titles are Ismail Yassin
Meets Frankenstein and Ismail and Abdel Meet Frankenstein.
Cast and crew: Ismail Yasseen, Essa Karama, Gamal Hamdi, Mary
Shelley, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Stephan Rosti, Sanaa Gamil, Nabil Al
Alfi, Lola Sedki, Richard Salama, Mohamed Sabih, Abdel Hamid Zaki
This is a rare original Egyptian program for the 1949
musical She's Cute! [baladi wa khifa] written and directed by
Hussein Fawzi and starring Naima Akef as Hanouma. Plot summary:
Hanouma was engaged to Mahrous, [Saad Abdel Wahab] a musician. She
met Khaled Bey, [Abbas Fares] a film director, who introduced her to
the world of fame. She turned her back on the people in her old
neighborhood, but after that she was torn between the devil and a
good angel tugging at her from opposite directions; she finally went
back to Mahrous.
Cast and crew: Hussein Fawzi, Saad Abdel Wahab, Naima Akef, Abbas
Fares, Mahmoud Choukoukou, Lola Sedki, Stephan Rosti, Zeinat Sedki
Watch on YouTube
Visit the Movie Poster Page!
-uu-:---F1 linkhead2.doc Top L1 (HTML)-----------------------------------------------------
Loading regexp-opt...done
This is a 19.5" x 27.5" Egyptian fotobusta poster for the 1953 Essa
Karama film You Really Deserve It written by Gamal Hamdi and
starring Ismail Yasseen as Ismail. Plot summary: A rich man dies
leaving a large estate. His will states he has hidden the estate
somewhere in his mansion to be claimed in its entirety by whoever
finds it. His family lives only for finding the hidden treasure.
Cast and crew: Ismail Yasseen, Essa Karama, Souraya Helmy, Lola
Sedki, Stephan Rosti, Elias Moadab, Hoda Shamseddin, Omar al Gizawy,
Abdelhamid Badawy, Aziza Badr, Saliha Qasin
This is an original year 8" x 11" 12-page Egyptian film program for
the 1956 Niazi Mostafa film First Love based on a story by
Gerda Corbett and Botros Zarbenelli and starring Samia Gamal [1924 -
1994] as Zeinab. The program includes song lyrics, plot and key
photographic images. Plot Summary: There was a quarrel between Senia
the first dancer in a dance troupe and its director, and he fired her.
This gave Zeinab an opportunity to be the troupe's lead dancer.
However the group's main singer refused to sing in front of her.
Zeinab suggested to the director that he give the opportunity to her
lover, a novice singer named Salah, who succeeded with his first
trial; this made Senia resent him. She told Salah Zeinab was in a
relationship with the director, whereupon Salah's relationship with
Zeinab soured. The director rehired Senia. There was a quarrel
between Senia's assistants and Zeinab's assistants just before a
performance began. When Zeinab performed she made a place for herself
in the public eye. Then she went back to Salah, who had seen the
truth.
Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Samia Gamal, Mohamed Mar'i, Abdel
Salam Al Nabulsy, Lola Sedki, Hassan Fayek, El Sayed Bedeir, Wadid
Serri, Hesham Wadid Serri, Gerda Corbett, Botros Zarbenelli
This is a 35" x 46" two-piece Egyptian poster designed by Mohammed
Abdel Aziz for the 1962 Mario Costa film Kerim Son of the
Sheik based on story and screenplay by Mario Stresa and starring
Gordon Scott as Kerim. Plot summary: In the middle of the 19th
Century in Egypt the evil Omar [Alberto Farnese] seeks to kill all his
adversaries, marry the Khedive's neice Fawzia [Cristina Gaioni] and
then overthrow and replace the Khedive. When his violence results in
the death of Laila [Maria Grazia Spina] her brother Kerim becomes his
mortal enemy and starts leading various desert tribes in revolt
against Omar.
Cast and crew: Gordon Scott, Mario Costa, Cristina Gaioni, Moira
Orfei, Alberto Farnese, Farid Shawqi, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Ahmed
Louxor, Lola Sedki, Nazim Shaarawy, Mohamed Soltan
Pictured is a first printing of an original year 23.5" x 35.25"
Egyptian stone litho poster designed by Farag to promote the 1954
92-minute Essa Karama black-and-white film Shame on You [haram
aleyk] starring Ismail Yasseen based on screenplay, story and dialogue
by Gamal Hamdi with cinematography by Richard Salama. Plot summary:
Ismail and Abdou [Ismail Yasseen and Abdel Fatah Al Kasri] are working
in a shop that sells antiquities. One day they acquire a crate
containing a mummy (that looks like Frankenstein). A sorcerer [Stephan
Rosti] thinks he will be able to bring the mummy back to life by
replacing its brain with Ismail's brain. The plan goes awry when
Ismail and the mummy are laid out side by side for the brain transfer,
because the mummy throws off its chains and goes into a zombie-like
Frankenstein walk, making various clumsy assaults on the people and
fixtures that disrupt the proceedings. Apparently what really brings
the mummy to life is the fear of receiving the brain of Ismail Yasseen!
Alternate English titles are Ismail Yassin Meets Frankenstein
and Ismail and Abdel Meet Frankenstein.
Cast and crew: Ismail Yasseen, Essa Karama, Gamal Hamdi, Mary Shelley, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Stephan Rosti, Sanaa Gamil, Nabil Al Alfi, Lola Sedki, Richard Salama, Mohamed Sabih, Abdel Hamid Zaki
Pictured art two first-printing Egyptian posters designed
by Studio Adly and Ahmed Fouad to promote the 1949 113-minute Ahmed Badrakhan
black-and-white film I Love You Only [ahebak enta] starring
Farid Al Atrache and Samia Gamal based on story and dialogue by
Youssef Gohar with screenplay by Ahmed Badrakhan and cinematography by
Ahmed Khorshed. Plot summary: Monir [Farid Al Atrache] was an
insignificant employee at the Telegraph Company, and an artist: a
musician who had never found a place for himself. He met a dancer
named Nadia [Samia Gamal] and they fell in love, but Monir soon became
jealous of Nadia's dancing teacher Ghazal [Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy] and
ended his relationship with her. He met a girl named Souraya [Zeinat
Sedki] who was about to commit suicide because her father [Hassan
Fayek] was forcing her to marry someone she did not love. Monir saved
her from doing that, but her fiance immediately disliked him. It
later became apparent Monir had no interest in marrying Souraya and he
went back to Nadia after his faith in her love was restored. His
father financed his production of a big musical, which was an
outstanding success.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Badrakhan, Farid Al Atrache, Samia Gamal, Ismail Yasseen, Hassan Fayek, Zeinat Sedki, Lola Sedki, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Ahmed Khorshed, Youssef Gohar, Stephan Rosti, Mahmoud Choukoukou, Souraya Helmy, Sanaa Samih, Mohamed al-Dib, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Ali Qadri
Pictured is a first printing of a two-piece Egyptian stone litho
poster designed by Farag to promote the 1954 92-minute Essa Karama
black-and-white film Shame on You [haram aleyk] starring Ismail
Yasseen based on screenplay, story and dialogue by Gamal Hamdi with
cinematography by Richard Salama. Plot summary: Ismail and Abdou
[Ismail Yasseen and Abdel Fatah Al Kasri] are working in a shop that
sells antiquities. One day they acquire a crate containing a mummy
(that looks like Frankenstein). A sorcerer [Stephan Rosti] thinks he
will be able to bring the mummy back to life by replacing its brain
with Ismail's brain. The plan goes awry when Ismail and the mummy are
laid out side by side for the brain transfer, because the mummy throws
off its chains and goes into a zombie-like Frankenstein walk, making
various clumsy assaults on the people and fixtures that disrupt the
proceedings. Alternate English titles are Ismail Yassin Meets Frankenstein and Ismail and Abdel Meet Frankenstein.
Cast and crew: Ismail Yasseen, Essa Karama, Gamal Hamdi, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Stephan Rosti, Sanaa Gamil, Nabil Al Alfi, Lola Sedki, Richard Salama, Mohamed Sabih, Abdel Hamid Zaki
Pictured is a first printing of a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster
designed by Dimitri Gabriel to promote the 1949 Helmy Rafla 108-minute
black-and-white film Festival Night [leilet al-eid] starring
Shadia based on a screenplay by Anwar Wagdi with story and dialogue by
Abu Seoud El-Ibiary and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. The film
was produced and distributed by Anwar Wagdi's United Film Company of
Cairo. Plot summary: Yasamina and her two brothers Shushu and Sousou
were artists trying to get work at a nightclub after being subjected
to homelessness and deprivation. They went to see a theater director
but accidentally went into the wrong apartment and were surprised to
find a gang of criminals along with a playful girl who was their
sister, plotting together against a rich boy named Adel Bey. Yasamina
found a way to save him and then married him.
Cast and crew: Helmy Rafla, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Anwar Wagdi, Abdelhalim Nasr, Dimitri Gabriel, Hassan Fayek, Lola Sedki, Farid Shawqi, Stephan Rosti, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Elias Moadab, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Mohammad Kamel
This is a promotional poster designed by Abdel Rahman for the 1949
Helmy Rafla 110-minute black-and-white film Fatma, Marika and Rachel
فاطمة و ماريكا و راشيل starring Mohammad Fawzi based on the 1778 play
The Marriage of Figaro by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, with
story, screenplay and dialogue by Abu Seoud El-Ibiary and
cinematograpy by Bruno Salvi. Plot summary: A wealthy young playboy
who loved virgins to obtain pleasure with them met a Jewish girl named
Rachel. He told her his name was Youssef and that he was a practicing
member of her religion. Her father sent her with him to her tailor
named Marika to pay her for the dresses account. Youssef met Marika.
He liked her and learned she was of Greek extraction. He told her he
was also of Greek extraction and established a relationship with her;
then Rachel learned about it and quarreled with Marika. Youssef fled
this situation while his rural father sent him a request that he marry
Fatma, the daughter of his friend, who was living with her uncle in
Cairo and doing nothing but depriving him of his inheritance. The boy
and his friend planned to go together to Fatma and claim that the
friend was the groom so she would be disgusted with both of them.
Fatma made the same plan so she could get rid of this miserable
groom. She impersonated her maid and said she was refusing the groom,
while the boy refused the bride. After a few laughable exchanges the
boy told his father he would marry the girl he loved and the girl told
her father she would marry the one she loved. The father objected,
but when the truth became clear, everyone realized the girl he loved
was Fatma and the boy Fatma loved was the one who was the candidate
for marriage with her. They married with the consent of the family
and the wealth gave him a reason to live with his wife Fatma.
Cast and crew: Helmy Rafla, Madiha Yousri, Muhammad Fawzi, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Bruno Salvi, Lola Sedki, Ismail Yasseen, Abdel Waress Assar, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Nelly Mazloum, Hassan Kamel, Hurria Hassan, Gamalat Zayed, Shafik Noureddin
This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by
Ahmed Fouad for the 1949 Hussein Fawzi film Bread and Salt
written and directed by Hussein Fawzi with dialogue by Badei Khayri
and starring Naima Akef as Botheina. Plot summary: A boy lived in the
Bread and Salt neighborhood and worked for one of the rich people. He
loved the girl next door, who reciprocated, but she suddenly changed,
turned away from his love and behaved in a disagreeable way that was
unlike the warm nature of the Bread and Salt neighborhood. The boy
criticized her behavior but it became clear that she was turning away
because of her special family circumstances; here the people in the
neighborhood were working together to overcome the problems she was
facing. However they were unable to help her and she ran away from the
neighborhood to work in a nightclub. The boy was having problems at
his job with the rich man, who had blind faith in him. People were
trying to create a division between the two of them. The people in
another neighborhood were trying to prove that the boy was upright and
honest, and the girl came back to stand by her neighbor. Conditions
improved and the boy went back to his job with reputation restored.
Conditions also improved with the girl's family so they ended up
getting married.
Cast and crew: Hussein Fawzi, Saad Abdel Wahab, Naima Akef, Mahmoud Nasr, Abbas Fares, Lola Sedki, Hassan Fayek, Said Khalil, Mokhtar Hussein, Hassan Kamel, Wedad Hamdy, Soad Ahmed, Badel Khayri, Abdel Moniem Ismail
