Movie Poster Collecting: Mohamed Abu Youssef

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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

And Love Returned و عاد .. الحب (Samia Gamal) - (1961) Egyptian one-sheet

And Love Returned (1961) - (Samia Gamal) Egyptian one-sheet

This 1960 Egyptian black-and-white film was directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab, screenplay by Mohamed Abu Youssef, dialogue by Amin Yussef Ghurab, cinematography Aly Hassan; it tells the story of a cabaret dancer in Alexandria named Leila [Samia Gamal]. Many of the customers liked her but she resisted their offers of marriage and requests that she become their mistress. She had one importunate pursuer named Hamada [Ahmed Mazhar] whom she always resisted. He was shocked when she married another man named Abbas [Mahmoud El-Meliguy], with whom she ran the cabaret after they were married. Hamada, shocked and disappointed, disappeared. Then Abbas apparently died in a fire on his boat. Hamada returned and this time she accepted him. Abbas, who had not actually died, came back and tried to separate them but could not do so.

Cast and crew: Samia Gamal, Ahmed Mazhar, Fatin Abdel Wahab, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Mohamed Reda, Mohammed Tawfik, Said Khalil, Souraya Fakhry, Mohamed Badreddine, Mohamed Abu Youssef, Amin Yousseff Ghurab, Aly Hassan

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Monday, June 2, 2014

We Are the Students [ إحنا التلامذة ] (Omar Sharif) - (1959) Egyptian Film Poster

We Are The Students [ehna al-talamiza] (Omar Sharif) - (1959) Egyptian film poster

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian rerelease poster designed to promote the 1959 105-minute Atef Salem black-and-white film We Are the Students [ehna al-talamiza] based on a story by Tewfik Saleh and Kamel Youssef with screenplay by Naguib Mahfouz, dialogue by Mohamed Abu Youssef and cinematography by Bruno Salvi. The film was originally distributed by the Dollar Film Company. Plot summary: The three students Adel [Omar Sharif], Hassanein [Shukry Sarhan] and Samir [Youssef Fakhr Eddine] all had problems. Adel loved his neighbor Saham [Amal Farid], but her father refused to allow them to marry and banned him from the house. Hassanein's uncle [Mahmoud El-Meliguy] came to him from upper Egypt to emphasize the importance of rising up against the ones who had killed his father. Samir was suffering from his father's neglect. Samir and the maid Fatma [Ferdoos Mohammed] had illicit relations and she became pregnant. Adel learned from the dancer Gamalat [Taheya Cariocca] about Fatma's miscarriage. The three robbed the bar where they drank to get the money to provide medical treatment for the miscarriage but the money they stole did not cover the costs and Fatma died. Gamalat screamed and the neighbors and the police came. They were all tried and sentenced to 15 years in prison. According to film critic Sa'ad al-Din Tawfiq this is one of the top 100 Egyptian films.

Cast and crew: Naguib Mahfouz, Atef Salem, Shukry Sarhan, Omar Sharif, Youssef Fakhr Eddine, Taheya Cariocca, Bruno Salvi, Tewfik Saleh, Amal Farid, Kamel Youssef, Mohamed Abu Youssef, Youssef Fakhreddine, Zizi El-Badrawy, Abdelaziz Ahmed, Tahani Rached, Kamal Hussein, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Ferdoos Mohammed, Fouad Shafik, Mimi Shakeeb, Nagwa Fouad

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Saturday, February 1, 2014

Showgirl [فتاة الاستعراض] (Soad Hosny) - (1969)

Showgirl (1969) - (Soad Hosny) Egyptian one-sheet

Pictured is an Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy and Mohammad Abdel Aziz to promote the 1969 Mahmoud Zulfikar 103-minute black-and-white film Showgirl [fatat al-isterad] starring Soad Hosny based on the 1960 George Cukor film Let's Make Love with screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed Abu Youssef and cinematography by Wadid Serri. Plot summary: A dance troupe rented a theater so they could mount a confrontation in the press with the wealthy Ahmed Eloui [Hassan Youssef]. Fahmy [Adel Imam], his director of executive affairs, told him about it and they went together to attend one of the troupe's rehearsals. Ahmed invited the troupe's star Faeza [Soad Hosny] to dinner and he became known to her as Ahmed Al-Eshmawy because he did not want her to know his real name. However as the story developed Ahmed fell in love with Faeza, told her his real name and asked her to marry him.

Cast and crew: Hesham Wadid Serri, Hassan Afifi, Soad Hosny, Hassan Youssef, Adel Imam, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Mahmoud Zulfikar, Wadid Serri, Mohamed Abu Youssef, George Cukor, Hussein Ismail, El Sayed Radi, Fifi Youssef, Alia Abdel Moneim, Mimi Gamal, Kamel Anwar, Zakarai Mouafi, Hamed Morsi

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Thursday, October 3, 2013

Meeting at the Tower موعد في البرج (Soad Hosny) - (1963) Egyptian one-sheet

Meeting at the Tower (1963) - (Soad Hosny) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a poster promoting the 120-minute 1963 black-and-white Ezzel Dine Zulficar film Meeting at the Tower [mowed fil-borg] starring Soad Hosny with screenplay by director Ezzel Dine Zulfikar and cinematography by Massoud Essa, based on the 1957 Leo McCarey film An Affair to Remember starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr taken from a story by Mildred Cram. Plot summary: Adel met Amal on a ship bound for Alexandria while they were both trying to steal jewels from a wealthy elderly woman named Khadija Hanem, who considered Adel her fiance. An old Anatolian man loved Amal and also wanted to court her, but the two thieves fell in love. They decided to meet after a few months. Adel began working as a cook on a ship; his situation improved when the captain discovered he knew a number of languages. Amal's brother Ala was a gangleader who tried to force his sister to continue stealing and exploting her Anatolian fiance while he prepared to steal his money. Amal did everything in her power and worked at a modest job despite all the difficulties, but she did not succeed in getting the money. The day came when she was to meet Adel at the Cairo tower, but she had an automobile accident on the way there. Adel was waiting for her, but he found himself surrounded by Ala's men. He was able to get away from them but he did not know what had happened to his sweetheart. He tried to find her and while he was looking for her, he decided he would marry her. Then he found her and they married. When the brother Ala was arrested the newlyweds went on a honeymoon to Europe.

Cast and crew: Mildred Cram, Soad Hosny, Salah Zulfikar, Fouad El-Mohandes, Souraya Helmy, Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Mohamed Abu Youssef, Zein El-Ashmawy, Zeinab Sedky, Mahmoud Farag, Samia Rushdy, Zaki Ibrahim, Anwar Mady, Salah al-Masry, Helmy Halim, Al-Sayed Gaber

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

And Love Returned (1961)

And Love Returned [wa 'ada al-hob] (1961) - (Samia Gamal) Egyptian undated rerelease film poster

This film was directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab, screenplay by Mohamed Abu Youssef, dialogue by Amin Yussef Ghurab, cinematography Aly Hassan; it tells the story of a cabaret dancer named Lola (Samia Gamal). Many of the customers liked her but she resisted their offers of marriage or requests that she become their mistress. She had one importunate pursuer (Ahmed Mazhar) whom she always resisted. This one was was shocked when she married another man (Mahmoud El-Meliguy), with whom she later ran the cabaret after they were married. The shocked and disappinted young suitor disappeared. Then the husband apparently died in a fire on his boat. The young suitor returned to reaappear in the life of the dancer, and this time she accepted him. The husband, who had not actually died, returned and tried to separate the two of them but could not do so.