This is a 27" x39" undated rerelease Egyptian one-sheet designed by
Moaty for the 1955 Gregory Ratoff film Abdulla the Great AKA Abdullah's Harem based
on the Ismet Regeila novel My Kingdom for a Woman and starring
Gregory Ratoff as Abdulla. Plot summary: As absolute ruler of a
Middle Eastern country, Abdulla lives in luxury surrounded by
beautiful women. The arrival of a beautiful English model named
Ronnie [Kay Kendall] is a distraction that causes Abdulla to overlook
the widespread discontent among his subjects.
Cast and crew: Gregory Ratoff, Marina Berti, Sydney Chaplin, Mary
Costes, Alexander D'Arcy, Kay Kendall, Marti Stevens, Boris Ingster,
Ismet Regeila, George St. George, Dickie Moore
This is a 30" x 40" UK quad stone litho poster made by an unkown
designer to promote the 1962 Curtis Bernhardt 90-minute MGM color
film Damon and Pythias, aka The Tyrant of the Syracuse,
starring Guy Williams and Don Burnett based on a story by Samuel Marx
with English screenplay by Samuel Marx, Franco Riganti, Bridget Boland
and Barry Orlinger and cinematography by Aldo Tonti. Plot summary:
This film is an accurate portrayal of a famous Greek legend from the
Fifth Century B.C. symbolizing friendship. Damon [Guy Williams] and
Pythias [Don Burnett] were Athenian followers of the philosopher
Pythagoras, who went to Syracuse where Pythagorean ideas of universal
brotherhood were forbidden. In Syracuse the tyrant Dionysius [Arnoldo
Foa] accused Pythias of plotting against him and sentenced him to
death. Pythias accepted the sentence but asked for time to visit his
ailing wife Nerissa [Ilaria Occhini] and settle his affairs before he
was killed; Dionysius reluctantly allowed this when Damon offered to
remain in Syracuse as a hostage until Pythias returned, expecting he
would end up killing Damon instead of Pythias. When Pythias returned
to be executed as he had promised to do, Dionysius was so delighted
and amazed about their friendship that he pardoned them both.
Wikipedia has an entry about the legend of Damon and
Pythias here.
Cast and crew: Guy Williams, Don Burnett, Aldo Tonti, Curtis Bernhardt, Samuel Marx, Franco Riganti, Paola Ojetti, Bridget Boland, Barry Oringer, Ilaria Occhini, Liana Orfei, Marina Berti, Arnoldo Foa, Carlo Giustini, Aldo Silvani, Andrea Bosic, Maurizio Baldoni, Franco Fantasia, Osvaldo Ruggieri, Lawrence Montainge Enrico Glori, Gianni Bonagura, Vittorio Bonos, Carlo Rizzo, Giovanna Maculani, Enzo Fiermonte, Tibrio Mitri, Franco Murgia, Luigi Bonos, Maurizio Bedoni, Giovanni Bagliori, Carolyn De Fonseca, Carla Bonavera, Enrico Salvatore
