This is a 27" x39" Egyptian rereleae one-sheet poster for the 1938
Mohamed Abdel Gawad film The Life of Christ based on a
screenplay by Taha Hussein. Plot summary: The film follows the life
of Christ as told in the New Testament.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Abdel Gawad, Taha Hussein, Aziza Helmy,
Ahmed Alam, Samiha Ayyoub, Abdel Alim Khattab, Salah Sarhan, Tewfik El
Dekn, Saad Ardash, Stephan Rosti, Abdel Salam Mohamed, Fawzia Ibrahim,
Afaf Shaker
This is an original 12" x 14.5" Egyptian lobby card for the 1946
film Love among the Elders written and directed by Mohammad
Abdel Gawad, dialogue by Youssef Gohar and starring Fatma Rouchdi as
Ahlam. Plot summary: Mokhtar [Mansi Fahmi] was a learned man and a
thinker who did not acknowledge the authority of women. He maintained
a barrier in his relations with them, but then a woman named Ahlam
conquered his heart and he changed his mind. His friend and student
Rauf [Yehia Chahine] also loved Ahlam, who was living with Mokhtar at
the time to escape the authority of her criminal father after Mokhtar
had taken her in to help her recover from an attempted suicide.
Mokhtar offered to marry her to protect her from her father, without
knowing Rauf's feelings about her and even though she did not love
him. After they had an argument Ahlam ran away with Rauf but then
went back to Mokhtar because she felt guilty. She discovered he had
gone blind and become more violent and cruel than ever. He threatened
to kill himself if she left him. Ahlam shot herself but survived;
Mokhtar then sacrificed his love for her so she could marry Rauf.
Pictured is a 12" x 15" original year Egyptian production still with
Shadia as Bolbola and Kamal Al-Shennawi as Hussein from the 1952
119-minute Mohamed Abdel Gawad black-and-white film The Unlucky
One [alil ol-bakht] starring Shadia as Bolbola based on story and
dialogue by Zoheir Bakir with cinematography by Very Varkash. Plot
summary: Hussein [Kamal Al-Shennawi], the son of Sheikh Abdel Rahman,
went to Alexandria to study. There he met a singer and dancer named
Bolbola [Shadia]. He fell in love with her and was about to marry
her. Bolbola's cousin Elham [Zomorda] met Hussein during a dance and
later contrived to meet with him privately, where she discouraged him
from marrying Bolbola because she was a girl with a past. She told
him some disturbing lies about Bolbola, so for the moment Hussein gave
up on her. A little while later Hussein's father lost his wealth and
died and Elham became enamored of Hussein's cousin Monir [Mahmoud
El-Meliguy]. She failed with this love, which caused her to collapse
psychologically. She was taken to a mental hospital and Hussein had
no choice but to leave Alexandria for Sudan to forget his pain.
Bolbola was shocked by Hussein's trip and drowned herself. Hussein
returned to Egypt after a few years with a great longing to see
Bolbola. He was heartbroken when he learned she had died; then he met
Bolbola's daughter [Shadia] and congratulated her on her engagement
when he was told about it.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Abdel Gawad, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Mahmoud
El-Meliguy, Shadia, Ismail Yasseen, Zoheir Bakir, Very Varkash, Loutfi
El Hakim, Zomorda, Naima Wasfy, Nour El-Demerdash, Sanaa Samih, Shafik
Galal, Gamalat Zayed, Rashad Hamed, Abbas al-Wali, Abdel Hamid Badawi,
Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Mohsen Hassanein, Ahmed Amer, Ragaa Mohamed,
Soraya Hassan, Lola Abdou
This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian promotional poster for
the 1939 Mohamed Abdel Gawad film The Life and Passion of the Lord
Jesus Christ starring Ahmed A'lam as Jesus. Plot summary: This is
said to be the first film in Arabic about the life of Jesus. Jesus is
an adult when the film begins. The film catalogues his miracles and
other famous New Testament events.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Abdel Gawad, Tewfik El Dekn, Aziza Helmy,
Samiha Ayyoub, Afaf Shaker, Fawzia Ibrahim, Saad Ardash
This is a 24" x 35" Egyptian poster designed by an unknown artist
for the 1945 Mohamed Abdel Gawad and Kamal Selim film Story of
Love AKA Qisset gharam starring Amira Amir as Hoda.
Cast and crew: Amira Amir, Ibrahim Hammooda, Mohamed Abdel Gawad,
Kamal Selim, Zaki Rostom, Bechara Wakim, Zaki Ibrahim, Mahmoud
El-Meliguy
Pictured is a 27" x 39" original year Egyptian promotional poster
designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1952 119-minute
Mohamed Abdel Gawad black-and-white film The Unlucky One [alil
ol-bakht] starring Shadia based on story and dialogue by Zoheir Bakir
with cinematography by Very Varkash. Plot summary: Hussein [Kamal
Al-Shennawi], the son of Sheikh Abdel Rahman, went to Alexandria to
study. There he met a singer and dancer named Bolbola
[Shadia]. He fell in love with her and was about to marry her.
Bolbola's cousin Elham [Zomorda] met Hussein during a dance and later
contrived to meet with him privately, where she discouraged him from
marrying Bolbola because she was a girl with a past. She told him
some disturbing lies about Bolbola, so for the moment Hussein gave up
on her. A little while later Hussein's father lost his wealth and
died and Elham became enamored of Hussein's cousin Monir [Mahmoud
El-Meliguy]. She failed with this love, which caused her to collapse
psychologically. She was taken to a mental hospital and Hussein had
no choice but to leave Alexandria for Sudan to forget his pain.
Bolbola was shocked by Hussein's trip and drowned herself. Hussein
returned to Egypt after a few years with a great longing to see
Bolbola. He was heartbroken when he learned she had died; then he met
Bolbola's daughter [Shadia] and congratulated her on her engagement
when he was told about it.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Abdel Gawad, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Shadia, Ismail Yasseen, Zoheir Bakir, Very Varkash, Loutfi El Hakim, Zomorda, Naima Wasfy, Nour El-Demerdash, Sanaa Samih, Shafik Galal, Gamalat Zayed, Rashad Hamed, Abbas al-Wali, Abdel Hamid Badawi, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Mohsen Hassanein, Ahmed Amer, Ragaa Mohamed, Soraya Hassan, Lola Abdou
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.
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour
to promote the 1965 Mohamed Abdel Gawad 88-minute black-and-white
film The Unknown Man [al-ragol al-maghul] starring Mahmoud
El-Meliguy based on a story by Shaaban Mansour Amer with screenplay by
Kamel Abdel Salam and Mohamed Abdel Gawad, dialogue by Kamel Abdel
Salam and cinematography by Mohamed Abdel Azim. Plot summary: Safia
[Zizi El-Badrawy] was an attractive country girl. Two of the young men
in the village had their hearts set on her. One was Reshwan the
mayor's son and the other was Hamed, [Salah Kabil] an ambitious poor
man. Hamed asked Safia's father if he could court her but the father
wanted an appropriate husband for his daughter. He agreed to allow his
daughter to associate with the son of the mayor and promise to marry
him, but Reshwan suddenly changed his mind and tried to get close to
Saadia, Hamed's sister. He attacked her but to save her the thief
Ahmed, [Mahmoud El-Meliguy] who happened to be in the house at that
very moment, intervened to save her and killed Reshwan in a fight. He
fled and Hamed was accused of the murder and sentenced to death in
court. Saadia learned the story from her brother. She looked for the
thief, wooed him to save her brother, then extracted a confession from
him. Ahmed was released and then married Safia.
Cast and Crew: Mohamed Abdel Gawad, Zizi El-Badrawy, Salah Kabil, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Mohamed Abdel Azim, Ezzat El Alaili, Hussein Ismail, Nazim Shaarawy, Mousen Hassanein
