This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster by an unknown artist for the
1963 Niazi Mostafa film Rabea al-Adawiyah based on a story by
Saneya Qoraa and starring Nabila Ebeid as Rabea al-Adawiyah. Plot
summary: This film depicts the life of Rabea al-Adawiyah, an 8th
century female Sufi poet and saint living in Basra in what is now
Iraq. This was Nabila Ebeid's first film performance. The film covers
her life as a Sufi recluse after she moved to Basra and developed a
relationship with Essam Eddine [Imad Hamdi]. She then met the Sufi
Sauban, who led her to the right path.
Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Nabila Ebeid, Om Kolsum, Farid
Shawqi, Imad Hamdi, Hussein Riad, Nabilah, Ibrahim Emara, Abdel Ghani
Kamar, Sherifa Maher, Salwa Mahmoudd, Zouzou Nabil, Mustafa Abdel
Fatah, Saneya Qoraa, Ibrahim Adel, Samia Rushdy, Abdullah Gheith,
Hassan Hamed, Nazim Shaarawy
This is a 27" x 39" Moroccan poster by an unknown artist made to
promote the 1942 Ahmad Badrakhan film Aida based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Abbas Younes and Fathy Neshati and starring
Om Kolsum as Aida. Plot summary: Aida was a village girl and her
father Mohammad Effendi [Abdel Waress Assar] was a poor man who worked
the fields owned by Amin Basha [Abbas Fares]. Amin had a son named
Sami [Ibrahim Hammooda] working on a bachelor's degree, but he did not
complete his studies. The Basha had a daughter Aida's age named
Soraya. Mohammad Effendi was murdered on the estate when he was on
his way to work. Aida got her bachelor's degree the same day. She and
the Basha's son fell in love, but this angered the Basha. However she
encouraged Sami to complete his studies; when the Basha saw Aida's
importance in the life of his son he allowed them to marry.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Badrakhan, Abbas Younes, Fathy Neshati, Om
Kolsum, Suleiman Naguib, Abbas Fares, Abdel Waress Assar, Ibrahim
Hammooda, Marie Munib, Samia Fahmi, Mahmoud Reda, Hassan Kamel, Reyad
El Kasabgy, Mahmoud Ismail, Negma Ibra\ him, Amal Zayed, Nabawiyya
Mostafa, Mohamed Abdel Azim
This is an 8" x 11" 22-page film program for the 1940 Ahmed Badrakhan
film Dananir based on a story by Ahmad Rami and starring Om
Kolsum as Dananir. The program has the lyrics to all songs in both
Arabic and French along with information about the director, the
technical personnel and the production studio. The film tells the
story of the singer Dananir, who became famous in Iraq during the
Abbassid period (750-1258).
Cast and crew: Om Kolsum, Ahmed Badrakhan, Suleiman Naguib, Ahmad Rami
These are two original-year Egyptian promotional posters designed by
Anwari for the 125-minute 1947 black-and-white Ahmed Badrakhan
film Fatmah starring Om Kolsum based on a story by Mustafa Amin
with cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: Fatmah (Om
Kolsum), a polite young nurse, was given the task of overseeing a
pasha's treatment. When the pasha's brother Fathy (Anwar Wagdy) saw
her he was taken by her beauty and the sweetness of her voice when she
sang. He fell in love with her and tried to attract her in various
ways but failed to arouse any interest. While he had a fierce desire
for her, he did not find any way other than marriage, so he actually
took her under marriage contract as a common law wife and had a
honeymoon with her in Alexandria. He returned with her, but they had
to live together in her humble home in one of the neighborhoods in
view of his father's anger about what had happened. Fathy could not
tolerate living there or interacting with the people of that
neighborhood, and he left after he was fed up with it. Chance led him
to the villa of Mervat (Mimi Shakeeb), an aristocratic girl. He made
preparations to marry her also because he had already promised her he
would do that. Fathy found that this was the way to please his father
the pasha, and he returned to his father's mansion forgetting his wife
the nurse. His father asked him to get the marriage paper from this
nurse, which he did but only after Fatmah had made a photocopy of it.
Fathy abandoned Fatmah but she had become pregnant by him and had his
child, although he denied it. The people in the neighborhood met and
decided to raise the issue of Fathy. In the midst of these events
Fathy told his wife Mervat about the situation and then went to
Fatmah's house to ask her forgiveness. He was struck by an automobile
on the way, just when he had come to his senses and decided to return
to Fatmah with regret for what he had done and acknowledge that he was
the father of her son.
Cast and crew: Mustafa Amin, Om Kolsum, Suleiman Naguib, Zuzu Shakeeb, Anwar Wagdi, Saneya Shawky, Ahmed Badrakhan, Abdelhalim Nasr< Mimi Shakeeb, Hassan Fayek, Ferdoos Mohammad
This is an original 24" x 35.5" Egyptian stone lithograph poster
designed by an unknown artist to promote the 1945 Togo Mizrahi 100-minute black-and-white
film Salama [سلامه] starring Om Kolthum based on a story by Ali Ahmed
Bakathir with dialogue and songs by Bayramn El Tounsi and
cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: This film is a
musical melodrama showcasing the singing of Om Kolsum. As the film
begins Salama [Om Kolsum] is shown passing in silence without
returning a greeting from a man sitting with a group of friends. When
asked why Salama did not return his greeting, the man tells her story.
Salama once lived with her companion Shawq as a maid in the home of
Sheikh Abu Wafa. She had a beautiful voice and developed songs during
the day and sang them at night, until Sheikh Abu Wafa got tired of her
songs and sold her and Shawq on the maid market. She was bought by a
libertine named ibn Soheir who commercialized the voice of his new
maid. Salama met and fell in love with a pious man named Sheikh Abdel
Rahman al-Qos [Yehia Chahine] who was ridiculed for his love of a maid
by the other Arabs. When ibn Soheir went bankrupt and sold his maids
and all his property, Abdel Rahman came forward to buy her and marry
her, but found that she had been summoned to the caliph's palace and
had then fled the palace. Abdel Rahman looked for her and became ill;
Salama came looking for him, only to find him just as he was breathing
his last. The scene returns to Salama, her silence and the man
relating the events of her life.
Soon after this film's release director Togo Mizrahi was accused of Zionism and forced out of Egypt. He died in exile in Italy. A brief biography is at cineplot here.
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Cast and crew: Om Kolsum, Yehia Chahine, Togo Mizrahi, Zouzou Nabil, Fouad Shafik, Abdel Waress Assar, Abdelhalim Nasr, Fakher Fakher, Stephan Rosti, Ali Ahmed Bakathir, Bayram El Tounsi, Yehia Chahine, Soad Zaki, Sharafnath, Ister Shatta, Mohamed Kamel, Rafia al-Baroudi, Abdel Qader al-Masiri
Directed by Ahmed Badrakhan. Cast and crew: Ahmed Badrakhan, Om Kolsum, Suleiman Naguib, Abbas Fares, Abdel Waress Assar, Ibrahim Hammooda, Marie Munib, Samia Fahmi, Mahmoud Reda, Hassan Kamel, Reyad El Kasabgy, Mahmoud Ismail, Negma Ibrahim, Amal Zayed, Nabawiyya Mostafa, Mohamed Abdel Azim
This is an Egyptian rerelease promotional poster designed by Wahib
Fahmy for the 125-minute 1947 black-and-white Ahmed Badrakhan film
Fatmah starring Om Kolsum based on a story by Mustafa Amin with
cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: Fatmah (Om Kolsum), a
polite young nurse, was given the task of overseeing a pasha's
treatment. When the pasha's brother Fathy (Anwar Wagdy) saw her he
was taken by her beauty and the sweetness of her voice when she sang.
He fell in love with her and tried to attract her in various ways but
failed to arouse any interest. While he had a fierce desire for her,
he did not find any way other than marriage, so he actually took her
under marriage contract as a common law wife and had a honeymoon with
her in Alexandria. He returned with her, but they had to live together
in her humble home in one of the neighborhoods in view of his father's
anger about what had happened. Fathy could not tolerate living there
or interacting with the people of that neighborhood, and he left after
he was fed up with it. Chance led him to the villa of Mervat (Zuzu
Shakeeb), an aristocratic girl. He made preparations to marry her
also because he had already promised her he would do that. Fathy
found that this was the way to please his father the pasha, and he
returned to his father's mansion forgetting his wife the nurse. His
father asked him to get the marriage paper from this nurse and he
finally succeeded in doing so, but only after Fatmah had made a
photocopy of it. Fathy abandoned Fatmah but she had become pregnant
by him and had his child, although he denied it. The people in the
neighborhood met and decided to raise the issue of Fathy. In the
midst of these events Fathy adjusted his wife Mervat to the situation
and hurried to Fatmah's house to ask her forgiveness. He was struck
by an automobile on the way, just when he had awakened to return to
Fatmah with regret for what he had done and acknowledge his
relationship to her son.
Cast and crew: Mustafa Amin, Om Kolsum, Suleiman Naguib, Zuzu Shakeeb, Anwar Wagdi, Saneya Shawky, Ahmed Badrakhan, Abdelhalim Nasr, Mimi Shakeeb, Hassan Fayek, Ferdoos Mohammad
This film was one of almost 40 by director Togo Mizrahi (1905-1986). It is considered one of his best and features the best acting performance in the long career of singer Om Kolsum (ca. 1900 - 1975). Cinematography was by Abdelhalim Nasr, distributed by Behna Films. Starring Om Kolsum, Yehia Chahine, Zouzou Nabil, Fouad Shafik, Abdel Waress Assar, Fakher Fakher and Stephan Rosti.
Salama (23.5" x 35.5") (1945) - (Om Kolsum) Egyptian blue stone litho film poster printed by Nasr printers.
Salama (23.5" x 35.5") Egyptian stone litho film poster, distributed by Behna films, printed by al-Fann Printers of Alexandria.
Salama Egyptian film program
Salama Egyptian lobby card (12" x 17.5")
Salama undated rerelease Egyptian film poster (27" x 39") art by Ahmed Fouad. This poster shows an iconic image of Om Kolsum as she was known to her fans in stage performances in later years; it is not taken from a scene in the film Salama.
Salama undated rerelease film poster (27" x 39") distributed by al-Qawmia films, printed by Arabic Cinema Printers
