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
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This is an original 11.5" x 15.5" still photo on heavy stock paper of
Zahrat El-Ola appearing in the 1951 musical My Father Deceived Me
written and directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar and starring Sabah as Kawsar
Amin. Plot summary: Mahdouh [Mahmoud Zulfikar] is a painter of
symbolic art people are unable to understand. His fiancee Kawsar
stands by him and encourages him despite her father's objection to her
fiancee because he wants her to marry a wealthy man. Mamdouh has to
leave her and go to work with a nightclub owner [Stephan Rosti]. One
night he discovers the nightclub owner is about to marry Kawsar.
Cast and crew: Sabah, Mahmoud Zulfikar, Aziza Amir, Mohammed
Al-Bakkar, Tayeya Cariocca, Mahmoud Choukoukou, Zahrat El-Ola, Faten
Hamama, Mousen Hassanein, Negma Ibrahim, Stephan Rosti, Mohsen
Sarhan
This is a 33" x 45" Egyptian oversize stone litho poster for the 1954
film Money and Children [المال والبنون al-mal wal-banun] directed by Ibrahim Emara,
starring Aqila Ratib and Mohsen Sarhan. The film tells the story of
two married friends and their children, where the desire for children
and the ability to have them are restrained by financial
considerations. One of the men takes a second wife to make the
addition of children easier. The poster art is a joint project by
Studio Adly and Ahmed Fouad; printing by Dar al-Taba'a of Cairo.
Cast and crew: Ibrahim Emara, Aqila Ratib, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Mohsen Sarhan, Zahrat El-Ola, Mahmoud Choukoukou, Wedad Hamdy, Souraya Fakhry, Abdel Moneim Bassioni, Masud Isa
This is a 33" x 44.5" stone litho Egyptian film poster designed by
Hassan Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1955 El Sayed Ziada film Show
Me the Way People [dillouni ya nass] based on a story by El-Sayed Ziada
with cinematography by Bruno Salvi and starring Doria Ahmed as Nahed.
Plot summary: Nahed was the daughter of a rich woman renowned for her
cruelty. When she fell in love with Hassan [Shukry Sarhan] her mother
forbade them to marry and then found the two of them together in a
public place. When Nahed fled the scene to avoid her mother she fell into a coma and woke up with amnesia. Lost and confused, she
fell prey to an evil magician [Mahmoud El-Meliguy] who
bewitched her and employed her as a singer. He contrived to keep her
with him and deceive all the people who were looking for her.
Cast and crew: El-Sayed Ziada, Doria Ahmed, Shukry Sarhan, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Bruno Salvi, Kitty, Zeinat Sedki, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Mahmoud Choukoukou, Hind Rostom, Tewfik El Dekn, Alawia Gamil, Omar al Gizawy, Hussein Issa, Shoushou Ezzeddine
Pictured is a 23" x 35" original Egyptian poster designed by Hassan
Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1951 Niazi Mostafa 111-minute
black-and-white film Wahiba Queen of the Gypsies [wahiba
maliket al-ghajar] starring Kouka based on a story by Mohammad Kamel
Hassan with screenplay by Niazi Mostafa, dialogue by Bayram El Tounsi
and cinematography by Wuhan. Plot summary: Adham Bey expelled a group
of gypsy farmers from their land and the gypsies, led by Qandil,
responded by kidnapping his little girl. Adham's son Sherif [Gamal
Fares] and his friends began looking for the girl. Wahiba [Kouka],
the leader of the gypsies, disguised herself as a pretty girl and had
a meeting with Sherif. The two of them fell in love and decided to
marry, even though gypsy traditions were a barrier to such a marriage.
The situation became more difficult when Sherif realized that the
pretty girl he loved was just a gypsy and was unacceptable to his
family, and he decided to call off the marriage. Wahiba went to Cairo
to break into show business as a singer and a dancer with the help of
a friend named Mahrous [Abdel Aziz Mahmoud]. She met Sherif there again
after she had begun to make a name for herself and no longer dressed
or acted like a gypsy. He did not know her at first; then he
recognized her and realized she was none other than Wahabia herself,
the queen of the gypsies; they reconciled and married, but the
experience had taught Sherif a hard lesson.
Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Muhammad Kamel Hassan, Saad Abdel Wahab, Mahmoud Choukoukou, Sophie Dimitry, Gamal Fares, Wedad Hamdy, Zaki Ibrahim, Aida Kamel, Kouka, Abdel Aziz Mahmoud, Bayram El Tounsi, Fouad Al-Rashidi, Rafia al-Shal, Zaki Ibrahim, Sharif Hamouda, Abdel Hamid Badoaha
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
This is a picture of an undated Egyptian rerelease poster printed by
the Arab Cinema Printers to promote the 1950 103-minute Hassan Al Imam
black-and-white film Law of the Jungle [hokm al-'awi] starring
Farid Shawqi based on a screenplay by Hassan Al Imam with dialogue by
El Sayed Bedeir. Cinematography was by Francois Farkas; the film was
produced by the Nehas Film Company. Plot summary: Medhat Abel Nabi
was an engineer who owned a factory with his partner Qasem. The two
of them were opposites ethically. Qasem did not know the meaning of
friendship and he preferred the company to Medhat, who had become its
sole owner. Qasem lived for pleasure and lost all his money gambling.
After that he met a rich man and deluded him about a project that
would supposedly make an enormous amount of money after
implementation, but the wealthy man learned the truth about Qasem and
that he was really just a swindler. He refused the project Qasem was
offering. They quarreled and the rich man was killed. Qasem was
accused of the crime but in a deception he pinned the accusation on
Medhat, who was then arrested and condemned to death. However in the
end the truth was discovered, Medhat was found innocent and the real
perpetrator received his punishment.
Cast and crew: Hassan Al Imam, Mohsen Sarhan, Zuzu Shakeeb, Farid Shawqi, Hoda Soltan, Zouzou Mady, Abbas Fares, Seraj Munir, Abdel Waress Assar, El Sayed Bedeir, Francois Farkas, Mahmoud Choukoukou, Souraya Helmy, Soheir Fakhry, Zaki Ibrahim, Zakia Ibrahim, Abdel Rahim al-Zorqani, Zouzou Nabil, Abdel Alim Khattab, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Sanaa Gamil
