Movie Poster Collecting: Naima Wasfy

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Monday, March 5, 2018

The Unlucky One قلیل البخت Shadia 1952 Egyptian production still

The Unlucky One (1952) - (Shadia) Egyptian production still

Pictured is a 12" x 15" original year Egyptian production still with Shadia as Bolbola and Kamal Al-Shennawi as Hussein from the 1952 119-minute Mohamed Abdel Gawad black-and-white film The Unlucky One [alil ol-bakht] starring Shadia as Bolbola based on story and dialogue by Zoheir Bakir with cinematography by Very Varkash. Plot summary: Hussein [Kamal Al-Shennawi], the son of Sheikh Abdel Rahman, went to Alexandria to study. There he met a singer and dancer named Bolbola [Shadia]. He fell in love with her and was about to marry her. Bolbola's cousin Elham [Zomorda] met Hussein during a dance and later contrived to meet with him privately, where she discouraged him from marrying Bolbola because she was a girl with a past. She told him some disturbing lies about Bolbola, so for the moment Hussein gave up on her. A little while later Hussein's father lost his wealth and died and Elham became enamored of Hussein's cousin Monir [Mahmoud El-Meliguy]. She failed with this love, which caused her to collapse psychologically. She was taken to a mental hospital and Hussein had no choice but to leave Alexandria for Sudan to forget his pain. Bolbola was shocked by Hussein's trip and drowned herself. Hussein returned to Egypt after a few years with a great longing to see Bolbola. He was heartbroken when he learned she had died; then he met Bolbola's daughter [Shadia] and congratulated her on her engagement when he was told about it.

Cast and crew: Mohamed Abdel Gawad, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Shadia, Ismail Yasseen, Zoheir Bakir, Very Varkash, Loutfi El Hakim, Zomorda, Naima Wasfy, Nour El-Demerdash, Sanaa Samih, Shafik Galal, Gamalat Zayed, Rashad Hamed, Abbas al-Wali, Abdel Hamid Badawi, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Mohsen Hassanein, Ahmed Amer, Ragaa Mohamed, Soraya Hassan, Lola Abdou

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Sunday, July 23, 2017

My Daughter and the Jackal ابنتي والذئب (Shams El-Barudy) - (1986) Egyptian one-sheet

My Daughter and the Jackal (1986) - (Shams El-Barudy) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Rahman for the 1986 Said Tantawi film My Daughter and the Jackal based on screenplay and dialogue by Mahmoud Abouzayd and Sabry Ezzat and starring Shams El-Barudy as Azhar. Plot summary: Azhar suffered because of the actions of her rebellious son. On the other hand Mostafa [Hassan Youssef] had an unspoken love for her. Youssef [Nour El-Sherif] also courted her. Azhar did not reveal her secret and simply observed the situation at a mansion belonging to her aunt [Naima Wasfy]. She discovered that Mostafa was working there and was planning to court her. She also rebuffed his attentions.

Cast and crew: Said Tantawi, Kamal Korayem, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Shams El-Barudy, Nour El-Sherif, Hassan Youssef, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Said Tantawi, Safia El Emari, Amira, Mohammed Tawfik, Naima Wasfy, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Kamal Korayem, Abdel Rahim Abu Aouf, Mahmoud Abouzayd, Sabry Ezzat

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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Tears Dried جفت الدموع Mahmoud Yassine 1975 Egyptian one-sheet

The Tears Dried (1975) - (Mahmoud Yassine) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Aziz and Ahmed Fouad for the 1975 Helmy Rafla film The Tears Dried based on story and screenplay by Youssef El Sebai and starring Mahmoud Yassine as Sami. Plot summary: A famous singer nemed Hoda [Negat] and a prominent political writer and magazine editor named Sami fell in love, but their relationship faced professional and personal opposition among their associates.

Cast and crew: Youssef Chaban, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Wahid Farid, Helmy Rafla, Naima Wasfy, Mahmoud Yassine, Negat, Youssef El Sebai, Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Fouad

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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Love and Faith وا اسلاماه Lobna Abdel Aziz 1961 Lebanese one-sheet poster

Love and Faith (1961) - (Lobna Abdel Aziz) Lebanese one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Lebanese poster designed by Stamatis Vassiliou for the 1961 Enrico Bomba and Andrew Morton Italian/Egyptian historical epic Love and Faith AKA Sword of Islam AKA Oh Islam written by Ali Ahmad Bakathir and starring Rushdy Abaza as Baybars and Lobna Abdel Aziz as Golnar/Gihad. Plot summary: In 1257 the sultana of Egypt, a woman named Shagarat al-Durr, [Taheya Cariocca] is assassinated along with her suitors, leaving the throne of Egypt open for Mahmoud [Ahmed Mazhar] to step in just as the Mongols are about to invade.

Cast and crew: Taheya Cariocca, Rushdy Abaza, Lobna Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Mazhar, Ema Andi, Enrico Bomba, Andrew Marton, Robert Andrews, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Imad Hamdi, Farid Shawqi, Mohammad Sabih, Naima Wasfy, Zouzou Hamdi al-Hakim, Abbas Fares, Hussein Riad, Taheyya Cariocca, Ali Ahmad Bakathir, Robert Andrews

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Sunday, May 31, 2015

Apple of Their Eye [تفاحة آدم] (Hind Rostom) - (1966) Egyptian one-sheet

Apple of Their Eye (1966) - (Hind Rostom) Egyptian one-sheet poster

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

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Monday, June 23, 2014

The Unlucky One [قليل البخت] (Shadia) - (1952) Original Egyptian Film Poster

The Unlucky One [alil ol-bakht] (1971) - (Shadia) original Egyptian film poster

Pictured is a 27" x 39" original year Egyptian promotional poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1952 119-minute Mohamed Abdel Gawad black-and-white film The Unlucky One [alil ol-bakht] starring Shadia based on story and dialogue by Zoheir Bakir with cinematography by Very Varkash. Plot summary: Hussein [Kamal Al-Shennawi], the son of Sheikh Abdel Rahman, went to Alexandria to study. There he met a singer and dancer named Bolbola [Shadia]. He fell in love with her and was about to marry her. Bolbola's cousin Elham [Zomorda] met Hussein during a dance and later contrived to meet with him privately, where she discouraged him from marrying Bolbola because she was a girl with a past. She told him some disturbing lies about Bolbola, so for the moment Hussein gave up on her. A little while later Hussein's father lost his wealth and died and Elham became enamored of Hussein's cousin Monir [Mahmoud El-Meliguy]. She failed with this love, which caused her to collapse psychologically. She was taken to a mental hospital and Hussein had no choice but to leave Alexandria for Sudan to forget his pain. Bolbola was shocked by Hussein's trip and drowned herself. Hussein returned to Egypt after a few years with a great longing to see Bolbola. He was heartbroken when he learned she had died; then he met Bolbola's daughter [Shadia] and congratulated her on her engagement when he was told about it.

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Friday, January 3, 2014

Platform Number 5 (1956) - (Farid Shawqi) رصيف نمرة ٥

Platform Number 5 (1956) - (Farid Shawqi) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Rahman to promote the 1956 101-minute Niazi Motafa black-and-white film Platform Number 5 [rasif nemra khamsa] starring Farid Shawqi based on a story by Farid Shawqi with screenplay by El Sayed Bedair, Niazi Mostafa and Barti Mostafa, dialogue by El Sayed Bedeir and cinematography by Alvisy Orphanily. Plot summary: A gang was smuggling heroin through the port of Alexandria and Navy Sergeant Khamis [Farid Shawqi (1920-1998)] was trying to catch them. The gang tricked Khamis with a telephone call and caused him to leave his post. While he was away from his post the gang stole his rifle, which resulted in him being discharged from the navy. One night one of the gang members named Basyouni [Zaki Rostom (1903-1972)] killed Khamis's wife, but the killing was witnessed by a mute maid. The killer was also smuggling heroin with the help of homing pigeons. In the meantime Khamis had fallen in love with a singer in a bar [Hoda Soltan (1925-2006)]; after catching the killer/smuggler, Khamis married her and was reinstated in the navy after it was determined that what he had done was in the line of duty. When this film was made Farid Shawqi and Hoda Soltan were already married (1951) in real life.

Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Niazi Mostafa, Hoda Soltan, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Zaki Rostom, Alvisy Orphanily, Fakher Fakher, Malak El Gamal, Soliman Gendy, Naima Wasfy, El Sayed Bedeir, Barti Mostafa, Abdel Ghani al Sayed, Anwar Zaki

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Sunday, November 24, 2013

Journey of Life رحلة العمر (Shams El-Barudy) - (1974) Egyptian one-sheet

Journey of Life (1974) - (Shams El-Barudy) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohammad Abdel Aziz to promote the 1974 87-minute Saad Arafa color film Journey of Life [rahlet al-omr] starring Shams El-Barudy and Ahmed Mazhar based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Saad Arafa with cinematography by Ahmed Dia Al-Mahdi. Plot summary: Salwa was a girl of foreign extraction who lived with her aunt in Cairo. She was a girl with a liberal perspective who loved a boy her age named Essam. They agreed to spend a few days at Sidi Abdel Rahman. Salwa went ahead and reserved an adjoining room for him. However Essam went early too because of a soccer match. Mahmoud, a bank manager, also arrived at the hotel and the booking agent asked Salwa to let Mahmoud use the room she had reserved for Essam, because he was used to using it every day. Mahmoud was married to Madiha, who had gone to the country to spend a few days with her family. Mahmoud and Madiha had a boring life together. Salwa tried to get Mahmoud interested in her and they were soon involved in a torrid affair. When Essam arrived at the hotel Salwa rejected him, and he went back to Cairo to finish his vacation there. Salwa and Mahmoud also went back to Cairo. Mahmoud tried to resume his life with his wife, but could not do so, because when he went back home he discovered she had left when she found out about the relationship with Salwa. Then he tried to go back to Salwa, but she rejected him.

Cast and crew: Shams El-Barudy, Ahmed Mazhar, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Ahmed Louxor, Saad Arafa, Ahmed Dia Al-Mahdi, Ali Kemal, Naima Wasfy, Salama Elias, Samia Rushdy, Hamdy Youssef, Mokhtar Al Sayed

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Cairo Station باب الحديد (dir: Youssef Chahine) - (1958) Egyptian one-sheet

Cairo Station (1958) - (dir: Youssef Chahine) Egyptian one-sheet

This landmark Egyptian film was directed by Youssef Chahine. Cinematography was by Alevise Orfanelli, dialogue was by Mohammad Abu Youssef and the story and screenplay were by Abdel Hai Adib. It is on film critic Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films. Plot summary: Kinawy (Youssef Chahine) was a hard-working newspaper seller at Cairo Station who suffered from a physical handicap. He was always looking at the pictures of beautiful women in the publications he sold. Hannouma (Hind Rostom) was an attractive young woman who worked at Cairo Station selling ice cream and leading a team of workers at the official canteen. She wanted to live a free life and work for an honorable well-paid living. She wanted to marry her fiance Abu Sari' (Farid Shawqi), the leader of the porters and defender of their rights and interests. Sari' was a straigtforward, tough guy who was loyal to his comrades and to his love. Kinawy loved Hannouma with a love that knew no bounds. He wanted her for himself and he revealed his love to her. Hannouma thought the first thing he wanted was her body to satisfy his lust, but he convinced her that he wanted to marry her and go away with her to a village far from Cairo Station. At that time Abu Sari' was busy forming a union for the porters and defending their right to a suitabl wage, medical care and help with emergencies. Then Kinawy suddenly discovered the truth: Hannouma refused to marry him because she loved Abu Sari'. He saw her in his arms and heard about her trip with him to the village for marriage. Kinawy overcame his emotional burden and decided to kill Hannouma. The people at Cairo Station realized Kinawy had lost his mind and undertook under Abu Sari's leadership to save Hannouma from her mad lover. At the last moment Hannouma was saved from the killer's clutches and Cairo Station went back to its tumultuoous life.

Cast and crew: Youssef Chahine, Farid Shawqi, Hind Rostom, Hassan el Baroudi, Abdel Aziz Khalil, Naima Wasfy, Said Khalil, Abdel Ghani Naqdi, Loutfi El Hakim, Abdel Hamid Bodaoha, F. El Demerdache, Said El Araby, Ahmed Abaza, Hana Abdel Fattah, Safia Sarwat, Abdel Hay Adib, Alevise Orfanelli, Assad Kellada, Sherine, Soheir, Esmat Mahmoud, Nawal Morsi, Gharib Moawad, Nadia Lutfi, Mohamed Abu Youssef

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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Between Heaven and Earth بين السماء والارض (Hind Rostom) - (1960) Egyptian one-sheet

Between Heaven and Earth (1960) - (Dir: Salah Abouseif) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian undated rerelease poster by an unknown artist for the 1960 Salah Abouseif film Between Heaven and Earth based on a screenplay by Naguib Mahfouz, El Sayed Bedeir and Salah Abuseif and starring Hind Rostom as the movie star Nahed Shukry. A group of city people got into an elevator going to various floors in a big building. There was an actress who had a role to play in a film about the tallest building. She was being pursued by a man who was in the habit of following women. There was a woman going to her lover, and there was someone from a gang that steals valuables. There was a crazy person fleeing from a mental hospital and an old man who had left his family to marry a younger woman. The elevator stopped working, but the doorman had gone to see a soccer game, so the rescue was delayed. The police were called, who finally located the elevator and broke through the wall. The rescue was made and they all went back to their original plans. The actress completed her job, the thief was arrested and the man who loved women went looking for a new woman. According to film critic Sa'ad al-Din Tawfiq this is one of the top 100 Egyptian films. This film is also on film critic Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films. Although it was not a commercial success, it was Egypt's entry in the Yugoslavia Film Festival in 1960.

Cast and crew: Salah Abouseif, El Sayed Bedeir, Hind Rostom, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Said Abu Bakr, Naima Wasfy, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Shafik Noureddin, Mahmoud Azmy, Zizi Mustafa, Wahid Farid, Naguib Mahfouz, Ahmed Louxor, Souraya Fakhry, Nazim Shaarawy

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Apple of Their Eye (1966) Hind Rostom Egyptian one-sheet

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?