My Father Deceived Me خدعني ابي Sabah 1951 Egyptian production still

My Father Deceived Me (1951) - (Sabah) Egyptian production still

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

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Leila Daughter of the Poor ليلى بنت الفقراء (Laila Mourad) - (1945) Egyptian rerelease poster

Leila Daughter of the Poor (1945) - (Laila Mourad) Egyptian rerelease one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by an unknown artist to promote the 1945 103-minute Anwar Wagdi black-and-white musical Leila Daughter of the Poor [leila bint al-foqara] starring Laila Mourad as Leila based on a story by Anwar Wagdi with screenplay by Kamal Salim and dialogue by Badei Khayri. Cinematography was by Mohamed Abdel Azim. Plot summary: Leila was a poor girl living in the Seyyeda Zeinab district of Cairo. A lady invited her to her mansion and introduced her to Officer Wahid Mokhtar [Anwar Wagdi]. Leila was impressed by the mansion and its ceremonies and soon became outgoing and cheerful. Wahid was drawn to Leila and asked her alleged father Darwish Basha [Bechara Wakim] for her hand in marriage. Then he learned Darwish Basha was not really her father. Wahid thought Leila had deceived him; he went to see her in Seyyeda Zeinab and cancelled the marriage offer. After that Wahid, who still loved Leila, met Darwish Basha and told him what had happened. Darwish Basha advised Wahid to apologize to Leila, which he did. Darwish Basha then pledged he would leave his wealth to Leila and asked Wahid's father to arrange for Wahid to marry her. The reason the Basha had left his wealth to Leila became clear to all those who had been invited to the wedding when her origins became known. Leila left the wedding in despair, but Wahid persuaded his father to move the wedding party to Seyyeda Zeinab, where the proceedings were completed.

Cast and crew: Laila Mourad, Anwar Wagdi, Suleiman Naguib, Bechara Wakim, Marie Munib, Mohammed Al-Bakkar, Mohamed Abdel Azim, Mokhtar Osman, Adel Adham, Zouzou Hamdy El-Hakim, Souraya Fakhry, Abdel Alim Khattab, Shafik Noureddin, Badie Khayri, Fouad Shafik, Mohamed Al-Bakar

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The Rule of Time [حكم الزمان] (Nour Al Hoda) Egyptian one-sheet 1953

The Rule of Time (1953) - (Nour Al Hoda) Egyptian one-sheet film poster

This is a 35" x 25.5" Egyptian stone litho one-sheet designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour for the 1953 Henry Barakat film The Rule of Time [hukm al-zaman] based on a screenplay and dialogue by Youssef Esa and starring Imad Hamdi as Adel. Plot summary: Engineer Adel returns to Cairo from Europe looking for Wedad [Nour Al Hoda], the woman he wants to marry.

Cast and crew: Hassan Mazhar Gasour, Giulio De Luca, Imad Hamdi, Henry Barakat, Magda, Nour Al Hoda, Zuzu Shakeeb, Seraj Munir, Mohammed Al-Bakkar, Souraya Fakhry, Abdel Rahim al-Zerkani, Omar al-Hariri, Samiha Tawfik

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Lady Feyrouz فيروز هانم (Fayrouz) - (1951) Egyptian one-sheet

Lady Fayrouz (1951) - (Fayrouz) Egyptian one-sheet

This a picture of a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour and Ahmed Fouad to promote the 1951 Abbas Kamel 120-minute black-and-white film Lady Feyrouz [firuz hanem] starring Fayrouz based on story and screenplay by Abbas Kamel with cinematography by Mahmoud Nasr. The poster was printed by Dar al-Tabaa printers and distributed by Anwar Wagdi and Company. Plot summary: The little girl Feyrouz received a large inheritance from her father. She was friends with a poor boy and a guardian managed her property. The guardian made a deal with his secretary to steal the little girl's money and accuse the little boy of the theft. Feyrouz did not like the accusation against the boy and she realized the guardian had a mistress helping him. She confronted her and demanded the truth about what the guardian had done. When she learned the guardian had been planning to take her money she had him arrested. She realized her money was making the people around her greedy so she donated it for the construction of a home for orphans and the disabled.

Cast and crew: Abbas Kamel, Taheya Cariocca, Hassan Fayek, Anwar Wagdi, Fayrouz, Stephan Rosti, Ferdoos Mohammed, Mohammed Al-Bakkar, Abdel Moniem Ismail, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Mahmoud Nasr, Lola Abdou, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Hassan Attalah, Abdel Moneim Ismail

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Honeymoon شهر العسل (Farid Al Atrache) - (1945) Egyptian one-sheet

Honeymoon (1945) - (Farid Al Atrache) Egyptian one-sheet

This poster was designed by an unknown artist to promote the 1945 115-minute Ahmed Badrakhan black-and-white comedy The Honeymoon starring Farid Al Atrache as Farid based on story and dialogue by Badei Khayri, screenplay by Ahmed Badrakhan and cinematography by Ahmed Khorshed. Plot summary: Hanna [Madiha Yousri] was a pretty girl who had to accept a marriage proposal from a man she did love. There was confusion when Farid promised Gamalat [Amina Noureddin] he would give her music lessons at his home. Each of the promised husbands of Hanna and Gamalat thought the other girl was his future wife. When Farid met Hanna he thought she was Gamalat and confirmed the appointment with her at his house. Consequently both girls went for the same meeting. The farce continued until Farid ended up marrying Hanna.

Cast and crew: Farid Al Atrache, Ahmed Badrakhan, Madiha Youssri, Zeinat Sedki, Hassan Fayek, Badei Khayri, Ahmed Khorshed, Mohammed Al-Bakkar, Souraya Helmy, Charfantah, Amina Noureddin, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Sayed Soleyman, El-Sayed Bedeir

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All's Well فرجت (Naima Akef) - (1950) Egyptian one-sheet

All's Well (1950) - (Naima Akef) Egyptian one-sheet

In this film Naima Akef plays the part of a dancer named Amal who with her father, an obscure musician, finds a sachel filled with money. The two of them encounter many comic obstacles returning their find to its owner. They lived in a neighborhood of drums and horns whose neighbors got no respite from the music lovers with their noise, love affairs and rivalries over positions in a dance troupe.

The father knew that Amal knew a woman named Elham who was the owner of the satchel; they were to go together to return the satchel to Elham, hoping she would help them confront Boss Balabel to discuss a problem. However Elham had suddenly left the country for London. There was a relationship between the first actor in the Balabel troupe and Elham's husband. She threatened to expose this relationship and demanded a huge amount of money to keep the secret. After that Amal became the first actress in Balabel's troupe. A love relationship developed between Balabel and Hosny, the son of the chief of the troupe, who thought Balabel was under his father; she tried to go back to his family but Amal demonstrated that she was already there. The film was directed by Hussein Fawzi, cinematography by Very Varkash. This is one of the best posters for the late Naima Akef (7 October 1929 - 23 April 1966), considered by many to have been Egypt's best dancer.

Cast and Crew: Hussein Fawzi, Naima Akef, Abbas Fares, Hassan Fayek, Fouad Shafik, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Mohsen Sarhan, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Very Varkash, Zomorda, Mohammed Al-Bakkar, Mokhtar Hussein, Samia Rushdy, Wedad Hamdy, Abdel Nabi Mohammed, Abdel Moniem Ismail

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