This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Ahmed Fouad for the
1946 Wali Eddine Sameh film The Lady's Puppet starring Naguib
Al Rihani based on the 1898 Pierre Louys novel The Devil Is a
Woman AKA La Femme et le pantin, story by Naguib Al Rihani
and Badei Khayri and starring Naguib Al Rihani as Hassan. Plot
summary: In Cairo during the World War II a poor boy named Hassan
marries a runaway named Laaba, [Taheya Cariocca] who later becomes a
cinema performer; she leaves Hassan for another man, then agrees to
marry the other man while in Lebanon without telling him of her
existing marriage to Hassan.
Cast and crew: Wali Eddine Sameh, Naguib Al Rihani, Badei Khayri,
Pierre Louys, Taheya Cariocca, Suleiman Naguib, Aziz Osman, Bechara
Wakim, Hassan Fayek, Marie Munib, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Badei Khayri,
Mustafa Hassan
This is an undated rerelease promotional poster designed by Mohamed
Abdel Aziz and Wahib Fahmy for the 1969 105-minute Hassan El-Seify
black-and-white film The Frivolities of Girls [dili al-banat]
based on a story by Naguib Al Riyhani with screenplay and dialogue by
Bahgat Kamar and cinematography by Wahid Farid. Plot summary: Anwar
Effendi (Farid Shawqi) was a simple employee in a government
department. His colleague Ja'far encouraged him to marry the daughter
of the office boss so he could be promoted. Anwar liked that idea.
He lived in an old suburban house he had inherited from his family.
In the middle of the night Fakria's (Nelly) automobile broke down on
the road and she had to take shelter at Anwar Effendi's villa. She
was the daughter of the jewelry merchant Al-Za'farani Pasha (Youssef
Wahby) and Anwar knew her. Fakria asked him to let her sleep there
until morning and he agreed under pressure. In the morning the boss
and his wife came to visit Anwar, their daughter's fiance. Fakria
knew they were coming and played a trick on them by sleeping in
Anwar's bed. The worst happened, the boss had a fit of anger and left
the house after making threats; Fakria ran away. Anwar Effendi
followed her and asked her to explain the situation to his fiance's
father. They met with the pasha who agreed under pressure from his
daugher to explain the situation to the office boss. Things returned
to normal; then Fakria went to the office to visit Anwar wearing
indecent clothing, which got him fired. He went to talk to Za'farani
Pasha about it, who became so angry with him that he beat him
unconscious with whips. A doctor came to look at his wounds. Anwar
asked the doctor to tell the prosecutor, but he refused because he did
not want to cause any problems for Za'farani. Fakria nursed Anwar
while he was recovering and fell in love with him. Za'farani Pasha
knew his daughter was in love with Anwar, but he asked his daugher to
marry her fiance Mimi Bey anyway. Since Fakria knew her father was in
financial trouble she agreed to do it. The day Fakria was to marry
Mimi she learned from her uncle that her father was not bankrupt after
all; he had said this only because he did not want her to marry
Anwar. She left to take refuge at Anwar's house and took a cleric
along with her so he could marry them. The father Za'farani Pasha
went too but he could not do anything about it and they married.
Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Wahid Farid, Naguib Al Rihani, Nelly, Youssef Wahby, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Hassan El-Seify, Tewfik El Dekn, Badi Khayri, Samia Rushdy, Nabil El-Hegrassy, Mohamed Shawqy, Ibrahim Saafan, Abdel Ghani Al-Nagdi, Fifi Youssef, Mahmood Lotfi, Al-Tukhy Tawfiq, Abdel Hai Adib
This is an undated rerelease promotional poster designed by Abdul
Ghani for the 1949 100-minute Anwar Wagdi black-and-white film The
Flirtation of Girls starring Naguib Al Rihani with screenplay by Anwar
Wagdi, dialogue by Naguib Al Rihani and Badi Kheiri and cinematography
by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: Hamam (Naguib Al Rihani) was an
Arabic language teacher suffering from persistent and almost laughable
bad luck and misfortune. Hamam got the opportunity to give lessons to
Laila (Laila Mourad), the daughter of a rich pasha who had failed
Arabic, and he fell in love with her. He knew she was the victim of a
playboy (Mahmoud El-Meliguy). Hamam went out with her one night, not
realizing she was going to meet the boy at a cabaret. The girl went
inside and Hamam became worred about her and asked a dashing pilot
(Anwar Wagdi) to help him get her out. The officer was dazzled by
Laila's beauty and stayed with them, although Hamam and Laila tried to
get rid of him. They hid in the home of the famous artist Youssef
Wahby (as himself). The artist spoke warmly to the girl and while
speaking with Hamam he realized he was in love with Laila while she
had no feelings for him and advised him to let her go if he loved her.
When they left the home of Youssef Wahby they found the officer
waiting for them. Love glowed between the girl and the pilot, but
there were tears of sadness and joy in the eyes of Hamam. This film
is analyzed in considerable depth in "The Golden Age before the Golden
Age: Commercial Egyptian Cinema before the 1960s" by Walter Armbrust
in Mass Mediations: New Approaches to Popular Culture in the Middle
East and Beyond ed. Walter Armbrust, University of California
Press, 2000. It is on film critic Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the
100 most important Egyptian films.
Cast and crew: Naguib Al Rihani, Anwar Wagdi, Laila Mourad, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Suleiman Naguib, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Abdel Waress Assar, Youssef Wahby, Stephan Rosti, Zeinat Sedki, Farid Shawqi, Said Abu Bakr, Ferdoos Mohammed, Abdelhalim Nasr, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Mohamed Kamel, Badi Kheiri, Fouad Al-Rashidi, Abdel Magid Shukry
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Ahmed Fouad for an
undated rerelease of the 1947 Ibrahim Helmi film Abu Halmoos
based on a screenplay by Ibrahim Helmi, cinematography by Sammy Brill
and starring Naguib Al Rihani as Shahata Effendi. Plot summary: As
the film begins Shahata Effendi is working as an accountant in a shop
that sells birds, which makes him angry about his life and his work,
but he tolerates the owner of the shop Alfaz. He is only working for
him until he receives a letter with news of his acceptance in a new
job as an accountant for mortmain properties. However he discovers
account speculation by the overseer of the mortmain accounts, although
the mortmain overseer is able to get coverage for his thefts. Shahata
becomes acquainted with the daughter of the mortmain overseer and
falls in love with her. However she ridicules his love for her when
he becomes the latest employee working for her father. While he is
asking her to marry him he leaves her and does not have the courage to
raise the subject of marriage with her father. The daughter of the
mortmain overseer makes plans to marry Shahata while he retains his
position as her father's latest employee. A dancer claims she has given
birth to a boy who was the son of the mortmain overseer and she has
left the boy with him. Everyone knows there was a boy named Halmoos
but they do not know who were his mother and father. The daughter of
the mortmain overseer learnes about this incident and claims she was
the boy's mother by Shahata. Shahata suddenly comes upon this Halmoos
and while the mortmain overseer is protesting the marriage Shahata
reminds him of his theft of time and his forging of account
signatures. The father is obliged to agree to the marriage. However
the daughter of the mortmain overseer tells Shahata Effendi the truth
and he is touched by it. He feels like leaving the boy with her and
the people. However the days pass and Shahata Effendi wins the
lottery and becomes rich. He trades it for a relationship with the
family of the mortmain overseer. The mortmain overseer's daughter
loves him and he is happy to marry her.
Cast and Crew: Wali Eddine Sameh, Ibrahim Helmi, Naguib Al Rihani, Hagar Hamdi, Abbas Fares, Hassan Fayek, Marie Munib, Zuzu Shakeeb, Badei Khayri, Mohamed Kamal al-Masri, Ferdoos Mohammed, Mohammad al-Dib, Lola Sedki, Stefan Rosti, Victoria Habiqa, Sammy Brill
Lipstick [ahmar shafayef] (1946) - (Naguib Al Riyhani) directed by Walli Eddine Sameh
This rare Egyptian poster is very important historically because it was the first one designed by Egypt's legendary poster designer Hassan Mazhar Gasour, whose studio and printing business domitnated the world of Egyptian film posters for over 30 years. Gasour was the only poster designer ever to receive the equivalent of an Egyptian academy award for poster design. The poster is a stone lithograph measuring 24.25" x 35".
