My Name Is Satuta انا ستوتة Sabah Egyptian film program

My Name is Satuta (1944) - (Sabah) Egyptian film program

Pictured is an original 6.5" x 9" 16-page Egyptian film program for the 1944 Hussein Fawzi film My Name is Satuta [ana satuta] starring Sabah (1927 - 2014) based on screenplay and story by Hussein Fawzi, dialogue by Hassan Tewfik and cinematograpy by George Saad. The program includes song lyrics, plot and key photographic art. Plot summary: Reshwan was a wealthy man living with his nephew Abbas. Abbas was waiting for his uncle to die so he could inherit his wealth, but Reshwan was hoping not to die before finding his granddaughter (who had been separated from her father) so she could inherit his considerable wealth. The granddaughter Satuta [Sabah] was an artist who worked in a traveling theater troupe; Reshwan found information about her location and went to the troupe to see her, but they introduced him to a differerent girl, also named Satuta. The troup was plannning to use the impersonator to get Reshwan's money, but then after a series of encounters Reshwan finally developed an attachment for the substitute Satuta. Only then did he realize the truth, embrace the right Satuta and give his wealth to her. However he did not abandon the other Satuta who had pretended to be his granddaughter. He kept her with him so he could take care of her.

Cast and crew: Sabah, Bechara Wakim, Zeinat Magdi, Hussein Fawzi, Ismail Yasseen, Kamal Hussein, Said Khalil, Hassan el Baroudi, Mokhtar Hussein, Hassan Tewfik

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My Heart Guides Me قلبي دليلي Laila Mourad 1947 Egyptian rerelease one-sheet

My Heart Guides Me (1947) - (Laila Mourad) Egyptian rerelease one-sheet

The title of this famous film became the title of a television series written by Magdy Saber and directed by Mohamed Zoheir in which Syrian actress Safa Soltan plays the part of Laila Mourad. The story in the film is overshadowed in the minds of many Egyptians by the life of Laila Mourad herself, who was a non-Zionist Jew converted to Islam. In the film Mourad plays the part of a runaway who is unwittingly caught up in the intrigues of a crime ring.

Cast and crew: Anwar Wagdi, Laila Mourad, Abdelhalim Nasr, Bechara Wakim, Zuzu Shakeeb, Farid Shawqi, Ismail Yasseen, Abdel Aziz Mahmoud, Hassan Fayek, Said Abu Bakr, Mokhtar Hussein, Stephan Rosti, Mohamed Choukoukou, Mohamed Salman, Abdel Aziz Mahmoud, Reyad El Kasabgy

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Sea of Love [بحر الغرام] (Naima Akef) - (1956) Original Year Egyptian Film Poster

Sea of Love [bahr al-gharam] (1956) - (Naima Akef) original Egyptian stone litho film poster

Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour and Dimitri Gabriel to promote the 1956 95-minute Hussein Fawzi black-and-white film Sea of Love [bahr al-gharam] starring Naima Akef based on a story by Hussine Fawzi with screenplay by Hussein Fawzi and Amin Yousef Ghurab, dialogue by Amin Youssef Ghurab and cinematography by Mohamed Abdel Azim. Plot summary: Touna [Naima Akef] and Amin [Rushdy Abaza] were sweethearts in Damietta in a fishing compound owned by their two fathers. They loved the constant clear skies and the pure waters and each became angry and jealous when perceiving the other interacting casually with a member of the opposite gender. Amin's boat was caught in a storm and he was badly injured. A theater director [Youssef Wahby] recognized Touna's talent and offered her work as a performer, so she went to Cairo and became a showgirl so she could pay Amin's costly medical expenses at a Cairo hospital.

Cast and crew: Hussein Fawzi, Youssef Wahby, Naima Akef, Rushdy Abaza, Mohamed Abdel Azim, Amin Youssef Ghurab, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Samiha Tawfiq, El Sayed Bedeir, Abdel Waress Assar, Mokhtar Hussein, Saad Ahmed

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Queen of the Desert سلطانة الصحراء (Kouka) - (1947) Egyptian rerelease one-sheet

Queen of the Desert (1947) - (Kouka) Undated rerelease Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease poster designed by an unknown artist to promote the 1947 82-minute Niazi Mostafa black-and-white film Queen of the Desert [soltanet al-sahra] starring Kouka with story and screenplay by Niazi Mostafa, bedouin dialogue and songs by Bayram El Tounsi and cinematography by Klelio. Plot summary: Soltana, the queen of the desert, had been kidnapped and left among the desert tribes after a dispute between her father and a member of the lower classes. Her cousin, a pilot, came upon her by chance, fell in love with her and told her father about it. At first the father did not know Soltana was his missing daughter, but when this became clear to him he helped his nephew rescue her from the desert tribes and the two cousins married.

Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Yehia Chahine, Kouka, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Ismail Yasseen, Mokhtar Hussein, Rafia al-Shal, Bayram El Tounsi, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Farag al-Nehas, Fatheya Chahine, Fahmy Imam

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Woman of Fire لهاليبو (Naima Akef) - (1949) Egyptian rerelease one-sheet

Woman of Fire (1949) - (Naima Akef) Egyptian rerelease one-sheet

Naima Akef (7 October 1929 - 23 April 1966) was considered one of Egypt's greatest dancers; some people still think she was better than any other Egypt has produced. This is a poster for the 1949 Hussein Fawzi film Woman of Fire designed by Ahmed Fouad and printed by Anwar printers of Cairo. Cinematography was by Mahmoud Nasr; story and screenplay were by the film's director, Hussein Fawzi; distribution was by Badi' Sobhi Films. The film tells the story of an Egyptian performer named Elham (AKA Lahalibo) who, much like Naima Akef herself, is part of a circus troupe that works the poor neighborhoods of Cairo. The story revolves around some familiar Egyptian social and family conflicts, always intensified in cases such as this one where the subjects are also coping with the additional social stigmas that go with being public entertainers. Cast and Crew: Hussein Fawzi, Naima Akef, Hassan Fayek, Abdel Aziz Mahmoud, Suleiman Naguib, Shukry Sarhan, Mohamed Kamal al-Masri, Mokhtar Hussein, Hassan Kamel, Kamal Hussein, Afaf Shaker, Soad Ahmed, Mohammad Ali Mohammad, Ismail Naguib, Abdel Moneim Ismail

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Bread and Salt العيش والملح (Naima Akef) - (1949) Egyptian rerelease one-sheet

Bread and Salt (1940) - (Naima Akef) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by Ahmed Fouad for the 1949 Hussein Fawzi film Bread and Salt written and directed by Hussein Fawzi with dialogue by Badei Khayri and starring Naima Akef as Botheina. Plot summary: A boy lived in the Bread and Salt neighborhood and worked for one of the rich people. He loved the girl next door, who reciprocated, but she suddenly changed, turned away from his love and behaved in a disagreeable way that was unlike the warm nature of the Bread and Salt neighborhood. The boy criticized her behavior but it became clear that she was turning away because of her special family circumstances; here the people in the neighborhood were working together to overcome the problems she was facing. However they were unable to help her and she ran away from the neighborhood to work in a nightclub. The boy was having problems at his job with the rich man, who had blind faith in him. People were trying to create a division between the two of them. The people in another neighborhood were trying to prove that the boy was upright and honest, and the girl came back to stand by her neighbor. Conditions improved and the boy went back to his job with reputation restored. Conditions also improved with the girl's family so they ended up getting married.

Cast and crew: Hussein Fawzi, Saad Abdel Wahab, Naima Akef, Mahmoud Nasr, Abbas Fares, Lola Sedki, Hassan Fayek, Said Khalil, Mokhtar Hussein, Hassan Kamel, Wedad Hamdy, Soad Ahmed, Badel Khayri, Abdel Moniem Ismail

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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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Determination [al-azima] 1939

Determination [al-azima] (1939) - (Fatma Rouchdi) very rare Egyptian film poster 27" x 39" printed by Matabi Masr of Cairo

In the 1995 Cairo 100 Years of Egyptian Cinema Festival this film was ranked number one among the top 100 films. Directed by Kamal Selim, cinematography Very Varkash. Starring Fatma Rouchdi, Abd Al-Aziz Khalil, Zaki Rostom, Hussein Sedki, Anwar Wagdi, Abbas Fares, Marie Munib, Mokhtar Osman, Mokhtar Hussein, Hikmat Fahmi, Souraya Fakhry, Hassan Kamel.

In his 1969 book An Introduction to the Egyptian Cinema Egyptian director Mohamed Khan says of this film: "The story of Determination is only a skeleton to serve the film's other deeper aims. It takes place in a poor district in Cairo and concerns, among others, Mohamed, the local barber's son, who resists becoming a government official after finishing his secondary school. Mohamed hopes to better himself through a business deal with a rich man's son. This deal fails and while Mohamed is awaiting his government appointment he is threatened with the loss of his sweetheart to the local butcher. Eventually Mohamed succeeds in becoming a business man and marrying his girl. Determination is regarded as the first film of a school which was new to the Egyptian scene: the realistic school. For the first time an Egyptian film-maker dealt realistically with a social problem drawn from real life and conditions in Egypt. The deepest traditions of the Egyptian people reflect the respect and esteem accorded to officials, to the exclusion of other social classes such as tradesmen, craftsmen and independent workers. The official in his suit and Tarboosh (the Effendi) is compared with the tradesman or craftsman in his galabia, the official and his fixed regular salary and the independent worker and his uncertain earnings. This grave problem produced consequences which had a great influence on Egyptian society, especially during this period. If a young man were fortunate enough to obtain his secondary school certificate or university degree, his only hope of a stable income was to become a government employee. The result was that only foreigners went into trade or industry. The owners of the commercial or industrial companies in Egypt were Italians, Greeks, French, Swiss or British, and it was unusual to find a single Egyptian among them. Egyptian families of the middle class always chose an official to marry their daughters, however small his income might be, rejecting an independent worker even if his income was higher. Selim's film had a really overwhelming success, such as had never previously been known in the Egyptian cinema."

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