Movie Poster Collecting: Mohammad Kamel

Friday, March 17, 2017

Leila the Schoolgirl ليلى بنت المدارس (Laila Mourad) - (1942) Egyptian film poster

Leila, the Schoolgirl (1942) - (Laila Mourad) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 23.5" x 35" Egyptian poster designed by Al-Zaria for the 1942 film Leila the Schoolgirl written and directed by Togo Mizrahi and starring Laila Mourad as Leila. Plot summary: Youssef [Youssef Wahby] is a famous attorney who welcomes his orphan cousin Leila into his mansion after she completes her studies. Leila brings happiness to the mansion. This changes Youssef and makes him happy, but he falls in love with an unfaithful woman. Leila tries to correct her, but Youssef believes Leila is the one who has a lover and he throws her out of his house.

Cast and crew: Laila Mourad, Youssef Wahby, Togo Mizrahi, Mohsen Sarhan, Bechara Wakim, Mimi Shakeeb, Zaki Ibrahim, Aqila Mohammad, Mohammad Kamel

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Saturday, October 26, 2013

Festival Night ليلة العيد (Shadia) 1949 Egyptian one-sheet

Festival Night (1949) - (Shadia) Egyptian one-sheet

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