This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by
Walid Wahig for the 1962 film Judgment Day written and directed
by Abdel Rahman Sharif and starring Samira Ahmed as Yasmin / Salwa.
Plot summary: In the year 1946 in Port Said Enayat [Samiha Ayoub] is
involved with the smuggler Amin, [Hassan Hamed] who goes to prison.
When he gets out, he wants revenge and gets close to Enayat's husband
Ahmed [Imad Hamdi] and daughter Salwa. He is killed later; Ahmed is
accused of the murder and sent to prison for 15 years.
Cast and crew: Samira Ahmed, Imad Hamdi, Kamal Salaheddine, Abdel
Rahman Sharif, Samiha Ayyoub, Tewfik El Dekn, Fakher Fakher, Hassan
Hamed, Wedad Hamdy, Ibrahim Emara, Zuzu Madi, Nahed Sabri
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Khalil and Wahib Fahmy
to promote the 1966 Fatin Abdel Wahab film Apple of their Eye.
Plot summary: Galila was a young girl who lived with her mother's
husband. He was always making her steal from the customers at a
tavern he managed, where her sister was a dancer. Galila decided to
stop stealing. One night she fled the tavern and went to a distant
village. She turned up at the home of Youssef Bey who had taken her in
to work in his home. Galila's presence soon caused many problems for
she was a beautiful girl who attracted the attention of both the
father Youssef and the son Hassan, who worked as a veterinarian, as
well as Shaaban the school superintendent who tried to rape her. They
all wanted to get close to Galila. Shaaban discoverd the truth about
Galila and she found herself surrounded by harsh language. The father
and the son fell in love with her. Galila decided to leave the farm.
Hassan was hurt. Galila returned to her mother's husband leaving an
open question at the end of the film: would she marry Hassan or not?
Cast and crew: Hind Rostom, Yehia Chahine, Fatin Abdel Wahab, Hassan Youssef, Salah Mansour, Naima Wasfy, Nahed Sabri, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Malek El Gamal, Ismail Al-Qadi, Fathi Zeki, Hassan Hussein, Fahmy Aman, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Ibrahim Al-Shami
Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Rahman to
promote the 1965 112-minute Atef Salem color film The Mamelukes [al-mamalik]
starring Omar Sharif based on a story by Nairuz Abdel Malek with
screenplay by Abdel Hay Adib, dialogue by Mohammad Mostafa Samy and
cinematography by Abdu Nasr. Prince Sharkas was a tyrant and he only
had a few ministers. Ja'far, who had a secret desire to overthrow
him, was the only one who opposed him. Sharkas gave his follower Aibek
the job of taking a collection from the farmers. Aibek and his men
attacked the neighborhoods and killed the father of Qamar and the
mother of Ahmad, who had been engaged to marry in a few days. Ahmad
decided to take revenge against the prince's men at any price.
Cast and crew: Nabila Ebeid, Nairuz Abdel Malek, Imad Hamdi, Hussein Riad, Amina Rizk, Salah Nazmi, Salah Gahine, Ahmed El Haddad, Nahed Sabri, Omar Sharif, Atef Salem, Abdel Hay Adib, Abdu Nasr, Mohammad Mostafa Samy, Fakher Fakher, Mohammad Al-Sab'a, Mohammad Sabih, Said Khalil, Samia Rushdy, Hussein Ismail, Abdel Nabi Mohammad, Ibrahim Heshmat
This is an original Egyptian stone litho poster designed by Marcel to
promote the 1964 Hassan Al Imam 125-minute color film A Thousand and
One Nights [الف ليلة وليلة] starring Shadia as Shahira with screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed
Moustapha Sami and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary:
Hassan [Farid Shawqi] the beggar and his son Shahtut frequented fairs, where Hassan
did tricks. They were often away from home. His wife Shahira worked
in his absence and entertained her paramour, a genie. However Shahtut
discovered the genie's presence once when he come home unexpectedly.
He warned his mother he would say somthing to his father. The lover
seized him and threatened him, and the boy died in his hands. Shahira
fled with the paramour to the desert and he began attacking caravans.
He was able to get away from the caliph's men. Shahira had a baby but
lost the way with him in the desert. She left him alone in the desert
with half an amulet, the other half of which was with the paramour.
The caliph's soldiers took him and named him Kazem. Meanwhile Hassan
married Ka'ba al-Ghazal and had a baby named Hayat. The soldiers
declared a curfew and were beating the people to drive them into their
homes. Hayat was knocked to the ground, but she was saved by Fotouh.
She thought he was a beggar but discovered he was a gardener in the
sultan's palace and fell in love with him. However, Nourhan, a lady
from the palace, was eavesdropping on the conversations between Fotouh
and Hayat. Kazem grew up and because of his intrigues he bacame a
minister who took lovers, among them Zubayda and Nourhan, who brought
him news from the palace. The caliph made a plan for his son
Noureddin to masquerade as one of the people and present himself to
Hayat as the gardener named Fotouh if he was not in agreement with the
behavior of his minister Kazem. A caravan came into Baghdad owned by
Sheikh Gawal. Hassan the beggar knew him as the old genie enemy who
had killed his son, and decided to take revenge against him. The
paramour accused him of theft and asked the sultan to cut off his
hand, but the caliph died and his son Noureddin took the throne. Hayat
was surprised when she learned the new caliph was the palace gardener.
The new caliph revoked all the orders Kazem had issued. Zubayda
offered to kill the caliph by means of Hassan. Kazem released Hassan
and asked him for the hand of his daughter Hayat and to kill the
caliph during the dance that would take place at the celebration.
However Nourhan intervened at the last minute and intercepted the
knife thrust Hassan had directed at the caliph. When Hassan was
caught he said it was the genie who had incited him to commit this
crime; he had taken advantage of the fact that he was in the same
prison, killed him and fled. Kazem fell in love with Hayat. This
angered Zubayda, who decided to take revenge. She allowed Hassan into
the palace, who dicovered that Kazem was carrying the other part of
the amulet, learned he was the son of the genie and attacked him.
However Kazem did not die and he ordered that Hassan and his son be
burned in the public square. The caliph returned from his journey at
that time, revoked Kazem's order and asked Hayat to marry him.
Cast and crew: Shadia, Farid Shawqi, Leila Fawzi, Hassan Al Imam, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Youssef Chaban, Fakher Fakher, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Nahed Sabri, Mohammad Awad, Aleyah Abdel Monem, Gawaher, Salwa Mahmoud, Zein El-Ashmawy, Mohammad Sabih
This is a promotional poster designed by Mohammed Abdel Aziz for the
1963 95-minute black-and-white Hassan Reda film Fire in My Heart
starring Mariam Fakhr Eddine with story and dialogue by Mahrous
Al-Garehi and cinematography by Kamal Korayem. Plot Summary:
Dr. Shawqi attended a surgery conference in Alexandria where he gave
an important talk. His daughter Nadia was proud of him. Shawqi
celebrated the occasion with his colleagues at a nightclub. At the
nightclub he saw his former wife Laila, the mother of his
daughter. When he approached her she ran away and was hit by an
automobile. He then took her to a hospital and they operated on her.
He sent her flowers continuously. He had met her 15 years earlier at
a train station, when she was running a piano school He lived with her
in Aswan where they were blessed with Nadia. He forced his wife to
plead with the king and his creditors to postpone their debts, she had
to give piano lessons secretly to Aida, the daughter of Alia Hanem and
he was able to pay the debts. However Aida had a brother who told his
colleagues that Laila was his mistress and began wooing her with words
of love. His mother learned about what her son was doing, apologized
to Laila and sent her a gift for her wedding anniversary. Dr. Shawqi
heard some of the talk about his wife straying, divorced her and told
his daughter she had died. Then he asked her to forgive him and
return to her former life for the sake of his daughter, but Laila did
not agree easily, especially since Youssra was helping her while she
was alone. Then Laila finally agreed to go back home and in front of
her daughter she became the wife of the father. Nadia objected to
this marriage and indeed she ran away from home. She went to her
mother's grave which she was accustomed to visiting and started
crying. No one but Youssra was able to restore her smile with a magic
trick. She promised to draw her a picture of her mother for her
birthday, since Nadia did not have any pictures of her mother. Laila
had completely forgotten about her daughter Nadia so she decided to
leave home forever. Youssra gave Nadia the picture of her mother,
which resembled the wife of her father, and she immediately understood
the truth.
Cast and crew: Hassan Reda, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Ahmed Mazhar, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Mahrous El Garhi, Kamal Karim, Nahed Sabri, Bussy, Fatheya Chahine, Mokhtar Amin, Bussy, Kamal Korayem, Mahrous Al-Garehi
This is a promotional poster designed by Abdel Aziz for the 1962
Houssam El-Din Mustafa 100-minute black-and-white film Days without
Love [ayyam bila hob] starring Nadia Lutfi with story, screenplay
and dialogue by Fayek Ismail and cinematography by Klelio. Plot
summary: Two friends from Port Said met at a university. The girl was
Nadia [Nadia Lutfi] who had a bachelor's degree in literature and was
the daughter of the wealthy Mr. Shaker [Abdel Khalek Saleh]. The boy
Hosny Abdel Dayem [Kamal Al-Shennawi] had a bachelor's degree in
engineering and was the son of a poor fisherman. The two of them
returned to Port Said, where struggles awaited them. The father
controlled the livelihoods of the fishermen and wanted to marry Nadia
to his nephew Rafat [Youssef Chaban]. Hosny's father [Abdel Aziz
Khorshed] suffered under the oppression imposed upon him with the help
of commandos by the father of Nadia Abdel Dayem. Hosny refused to work
at his job in Cairo and decided to remain in Port Said to confront
Abdul Dayem. Nadia offered him a job on her father's boat but Hosny
refused. Meanwhile both the love and the confrontation continued as
the workers united against Abdel Dayem. Nadia decided to run away
with her beloved but the commandos caught her and she agreed to marry
Rafat in exchange for them leaving Hosny alone. A factory was built
to preserve fish where Hosny worked. Nadia broke her engagement with
Rafat and joined Hosny, who was on his way back to Cairo after the
workers had succeeded in stopping capitalist oppression.
Cast and crew: Kamal Al-Shennawi, Nadia Lutfi, Houssam El-Din Mustafa, Klelio, Fayek Ismail, Mahmoud El-Sabbaa, Youssef Chaban, Nahed Sabri, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Lotfi Abdel Hamid, Mary Ezzedin, Saham Fathy, Mohamed Taha, Ali Kamel, Abdel Salam Mohamed, Qadriah Kamel
A Thousand and One Nights [alf layla wa layla] (1964) - (Shadia) Style A Egyptian film poster
In this film director Hassan Al Imam, screenplay and dialogue writer
Mohamed Moustapha Sami and cinematographer Abdelhalim Nasr join forces
with the help of an all-star cast to play the role of the mythical
storyteller Scheherezade as she spins in the language of cinema one of
her many tales of desert mystery, magic, palace intrigue, mendicant
effrontery and sexual desire. The poster was designed by Mohammad
Abdel Aziz.
Apple of Their Eye (1966) - (Hind Rostom) Egyptian film poster
Directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab, cinematography Abdel Aziz Fahmy, screenplay and dialogue by Ismail Al-Qadi and Fathi Zeki. Plot summary: Galila was a young girl who lived with her mother's
husband. He was always making her steal from the customers at a
tavern he managed, where her sister was a dancer. Galila decided to
stop stealing. One night she fled the tavern and went to a distant
village. She turned up at the home of Youssef Bey who had taken her in
to work in his home. Galila's presence soon caused many problems for
she was a beautiful girl who attracted the attention of both the
father Youssef and the son Hassan, who worked as a veterinarian, as
well as Shaaban the school superintendent who tried to rape her. They
all wanted to get close to Galila. Shaaban discoverd the truth about
Galila and she found herself surrounded by harsh language. The father
and the son fell in love with her. Galila decided to leave the farm.
Hassan was hurt. Galila returned to her mother's husband leaving an
open question at the end of the film: would she marry Hassan or not?
Cast and crew: Hind Rostom, Yehia Chahine, Fatin Abdel Wahab, Hassan Youssef, Salah Mansour, Naima Wasfy, Nahed Sabri, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Malek El Gamal, Ismail Al-Qadi, Fathi Zeki, Hassan Hussein, Fahmy Aman, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Ibrahim Al-Shami
This film was a remake of John Huston's 1950 Asphalt Jungle, based on the novel by W.R. Burnett. Most reviewers have considered it much inferior to the Huston version.
The cast was George Sanders, Richard Johnson, Faten Hamama, John Meillon, Ahmed Mazhar, Eric Pholmann, Walter Rilla, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Salah Nazmi, Shouweikar, Mona, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Said Abu Bakr, Salah Mansour, Mohamed El Sayed, Youssef Chaban, Ezzat El Alaili, Mohamed Abdel Rahman, Nahed Sabri and Aziza Hassan.
Some people may recognize the names Ahmed Mazhar (who was Saladin in the 1961 Youssef Chahine film Salah al-Din the Victorious) and Kamal Al-Shennawi, who has had a career of great prominence in Egyptian cinema for over 50 years. Salah Mansour had a role in this film as a doctor, but I will always associate him with his later role as the lecherous ill-fated village mayor in the 1967 Salah Abouseif film The Second Wife.
This film is interesting to me because it was made in Cairo and includes so much important Egyptian talent. The only Egyptian name on the poster is Faten Hamama, who was Egypt's most important actress at the time, married to Omar Sharif. Some people think the dancer pictured on the poster must be Hamama, but the dancer is actually the film's first dancer, Nahed Sabri, who is not named on the poster.
Nahed Sabri on the cover of the 19 September 1961 issue of Al-Kawakeb
Faten Hamama appears on one of the lobby cards:
Faten Hamama bidding farewell to George Sanders in a scene from the film. She was a major star in Egypt at that time, but in the lobby card caption she is identified simply as "Egyptian girl Faten Hamama."
She is also pictured in one of my film stills:
Faten Hamama as Amina sitting at the bedside of an injured George Sanders in his role as The Major
Faten Hamama shown (upper right) speaking with Cecil B. DeMille in the 19 October 1954 issue of Al-Kawakeb
