This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Moaty and al-Thaghr
Khamis to promote the 1978 Nader Galal film Judge and Executioner
AKA Woman's Revenge (an alternate title shown
on this poster) based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Faisal Nada
and starring Naglaa Fathy as Nahed. Plot summary: Laila [Miriam Fakhr
Eddine] takes revenge against Sherif [Rushdy Abaza] for two-timing her
and Nahed.
This is a 67" x 104" 14-piece Egyptian billboard designed by Hussein
Fawzi of Studio Adly to promote the 1952 Henry Barakat musical
Don't Tell Anybody based an a story by Abu Seoud El-Ibiary,
screenplay by Henry Barakat and starring Farid Al Atrache as Wahid.
Plot summary: Wahid the musician loves a dancer named Wela [Samia
Gamal] and proposes marriage to her after her return from a business
trip. However while Wela is away Wahid marries a singer named Nousa
[Nour Al Hoda] as part of a ruse arranged by Nousa's uncle Ghazal,
[Stephan Rosti] who wants to marry Wela.
Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Hussein Fawzi, Farid Al Atrache,
Samia Gamal, Nour Al Hoda, Stephan Rosti, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Omar
El-Hariri, Aida Kamel, Aziz Osman, Lola Sedki, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary
This is an 8" x 10.5" 12-page film program for the 1954 Ezzel Dine
Zulficar film Appointmennt with Life based on the 1939 Edmund
Goulding film Dark Victory starring Bette Davis, written by
Ezzel Dine Zulficar and Youssef Issa and starring Faten Hamama as
Amal. Plot summary: Engineer Ahmad loved Amal and lived with her in
the same house with her friend Fatima, daughter of the farm
overseer. Fatima loved the doctor Mamdouh, but he was unaware of it.
Amal's father, who was a great doctor, discovered that she had a
serious heart disease. He kept this information from her. However
Amal happened to hear a conversation between her father and
Dr. Mamdouh about her own critical condition, and she learned the
truth. Amal began taking steps to make it possible for Ahmad to leave
her and not have a relationship with her, despite the love between
them. Amal's father was hoping to operate on her to save her life,
and when he did so it improved her condition. Ahmad understood the
situation and Amal's secret she had been trying to keep from him.
Amal was ready to marry Ahmad and Fatima agreed to marry Dr. Mamdouh.
Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Shukry Sarhan, Shadia, Hussein Riad,
Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Wahid Farid, Youssef Issa, Omar El-Hariri, Abdel
Waress Assar, Zeinat Sedki, Nour Al-Demerdash, Said Abu Bakr, Abdel
Ghani Al-Nagdi, Edmund Goulding
This is a 23.5" x 35" Egyptian poster designed by
an unknown artist for the 1961 Atef Salem film A Woman's Secret
based on a story by Rufail Salem, screenplay and dialogue by Yousef
Eisa and starring Hoda Soltan as Fathia. Plot summary: A man decided
he had had enough of the monotony of married life and tried to
establish a new relationship with a dancer. When she visited him at
his home one day the dancer found he had been murdered. During the
investigation the police discovered the dancer had a brother who was
paying her expenses and was now defending her and trying to name the
real murderer.
Cast and crew: Yousef Eisa, Rufail Salem, Hoda Soltan, Imad Hamdi,
Salah Zulfikar, Atef Salem, Omar El-Hariri, Nagwa Fouad, Bruno
Salvi, Aida Halal
Pictured is a 27" x 39" promotional poster designed by Mohammad Abdel
Aziz and Ahmed Fouad for the 1962 100-minute Ahmed Diaeddin
black-and-white film Faithful Forever AKA wafa lil-abad
starring Imad Hamdi as Hamdy Hamed and Madiha Yousri as Wafa Kheir
with story and dialogue by Mahmoud Sobhi and cinematography by Victor
Antoun. Plot summary: Nabil Kheir [Ahmad Khamees] was a young
engineer living happily in Alexandria with his daughter Mona [Alawiya
Mostafa] and his wife Wafa. He was a partner in the same office with
his friend Safwat Fahmy [Omar El-Hariri]. One day Nabil saw a young
man trying to kill himself by jumping off a bridge and was able to
save him, but he drowned in so doing and left a bereaved family. The
man Hamdy Hamed Nabil had saved was stricken with remorse and wanted
to atone for his guilt at any price. He tried to get close to the
widow by renting a room in her house without telling her he had been
the cause of her husband's death. She rented him a room because she
needed the money. Hamdy began to have deep feelings for Wafa and
became close to the daughter. Hamdy acquired some money, paid it to
the widow and told her it came from a philanthropist. The widow
accused him of stealing the money from her husband. He tried to
confess to her the truth but Wafa left the country. When she returned
she found Hamdy waiting for her asking her to forgive his mistake.
She forgave him and they married.
Cast and crew: Omar El-Hariri, Ahmad Khamees, Alawyia Mostafa, Imad
Hamdi, Madiha Yousri, Ahmed Diaeddin, Mahmoud Sobhi, Victor Antoun,
Zeinab Sedky, Soheir El-Bably, Salwa Mahmoud, Mohammed Abaza, Mohamed
Reda, Mahmoud Reda, Hussein Ismail, Alawiya Qadri, Noura
This is a 47" x 36" Egyptian stone litho poster designed by Ahmed
Abdel Aziz for the 1952 Henry Barakat film I am Alone
AKA Ana Wahdi based on a story by Youssef Esa and starring
Magda as Nawal. Plot summary: Nawal and Afaf [Mona] were seamstresses
at a tailor shop making women's dresses. At a fancy formal occasion a
weathy man named Ehsan [Omar El-Hariri] fell in love with Nawal and
his friend Atef [Salah Nazmi] fell in love with Afaf. When they found
out who the girls really were they abandoned them, after which Nawal
tried to commit suicide.
Cast and crew: Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Youssef Esa, Magda, Mona, Soad
Mohamed, Ahmed Abdel Aziz, Abdel Rahim El Zarkani, Mimi Gamal, Omar
El-Hariri, Souraya Fakhri, Nour El-Demerdash, Salah Nazmi, Henry
Barakat, Mimi Shakeeb, Yousef Eisa, Giulio De Luca
This is a 35" x 47" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Rahman for the
1955 Bahaeddine Sharaf film The One Who is Happy with Little
[من رضي بقليلة man radi biqalila] based on story and screenplay by Mostafa Hassan
and starring Mahmoud Choukoukou as Mabsout. Plot summary: Mabsout and
Said [Omar El-Hariri] are two workers who decide to take a break from
their wives [Sherifa Maher and Wedad Hamdy] for a night on the town.
At a nightclub they meet two girls [Hoda Shamseddin and Gamalat
Zayed], form affectionate relationships and commit to marrying them.
Somehow their wives realize what is going on and disguise themsleves
as men so they can look for their husbands in the night spots. The
wives finally succeed in bringing their men back home.
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour and Sabry to promote the 1976 Muhammed Salman film Where Do
We Begin the Story [nebtedi meneen al-hekaya] starring Soheir
Ramzy with story, screenplay and dialogue by Muhammed Salman and
cinematography by Mahmoud Sabu. Plot summary: Hanan [Soheir Ramzy]
was a spoiled pretty girl, the only daughter of a wealthy merchant
[Omar El-Hariri]. She claimed she had been blinded to avoid marriage.
Her father was confused and the doctors were unable to cure her. The
father contacted a phychologist named Dr. Ali [Sa'eed Saleh], who
brought with him a friend named Hassan [Mostafa Fahmy], who was
claiming to be a special physician. They made an agreement that the
psychologist would be paid 5000 pounds for curing Hanan. They began
treating Her, and Hassan discovered she was not really blind. A
relationship began to form between them but Hanan had realized he was
not really a doctor and was afraid to marry Hassan, fearing she might
hate him. He discovered she had a deep complex because an old
incident she had witnessed between her parents when she was a child.
When the complex suddenly disappeared due to an unexpected shock at
the end of the film, the two were free to marry. The film includes a
singing performance along the Nile by Ahmed Awadiyya.
Cast and crew: Muhammed Salman, Omar El-Hariri, Mimi Gamal, Amira, Nagwa Fouad, Ahmed Adawiyya, Soheir Ramzy, Mostafa Fahmy, Sa'eed Saleh, Leila Gamal, Hassan Mostafa, Sameer Ghanem, George Sidhum, Mahmoud Sabu, Morsi Al-Khattab, Medhat Gamal, Mohammad Shawqi, Ahmed Rateb, Zizi Farid, Sayed Mohammad, Fatma Wagdi, Ezzet Sherif, Samira Wagdi, Fatma Mahmoud, Sayed Ibrahim, Nagwa Fouad
Pictured is a 27" x 29" Egyptian poster designed by Mohamed Abdel Aziz
and Wahib Fahmy to promote the 1979 Atef Salem 120-minute color
film Torrent of Tears [assefa min al-demou'] starring Farid
Shawqi based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Mustafa Samy, with
cinematography by Mahmoud Nasr. Plot summary: When the secretary
Aziza [Nahed Gabr] went to Essam [Farid Shawqi] to marry him after
promising herself to him and becoming pregnant by him, Essam refused
the marriage and married his client Enayat [Laila Taher] instead.
Aziza died giving birth to her daughter Hedia [Hala Fouad]. An
elderly neighbor named Abdullah [Abdel Waress Assar] took over the
care of her daughter. Aziza had told him the girl's father was a big
attorney, but refused to mention his name. The years went by and at a
party Salwa [Shirin] the daughter of the attorney Essam became engaged
to Tareq [Emad Rashad] who did not feel any love towards her, only the
common interests between the two parents. Tareq actually loved Hedia,
who had gotten involved in a relationship with him after he had
pledged to marry her, but his father refused to allow the marriage.
Hedia discovered she was pregnant. Kindly old Abdullah learned this
and sued Tareq; he engaged the biggest attorney in the country, Essam,
to defend Hedia. While Essam was preparing the case Abdullah told him
about Hedia's life, her mother and how she had left her with
Abdullah. Essam advised Tareq to marry Hedia so she would not suffer
any longer and to relieve his conscience, which had been bothering him
these many years while he had been looking for his daughter.
Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Laila Taher, Omar El-Hariri, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Atef Salem, Emad Rashad, Shereen, Abdel Waress Assar, Mahmoud Nasr, Mustafa Samy, Nahed Gabr, Shirin, Hala Fouad
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Khalil and Hassan
Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1967 Kamal El Sheikh film The
Saboteurs [al-mokharibun] starring Lobna Abdel Aziz and Ahmed
Mazhar based on a story by Ibrahim El-Bady with screenplay by Hassan
Ramzy and Fathy Zaky, dialogue by Moussa Sabry and cinematography by
Mahmoud Nasr. Plot summary: This film is authentic Egyptian
urban noir. Engineer Adel [Ahmed Mazhar] was framed in a
construction fraud case, convicted of the crime and imporisoned. Adel
escaped from prison, found the ones who had framed him, turned them
over to the police and got himself acquitted.
Cast and crew: Kamal El Sheikh, Lobna Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Mazhar, Omar El-Hariri, Leila Fawzi, Hassan Ramzy, Mahmoud Nasr, Ibrahim El-Bady, Fathy Zaky, Moussa Sabry, Adel Adham, Abdel Alim Khattab, Rashuan Tewfik, Hussein El-Sherbini, Wagih Eskandar, Hussein Assar, Samir Walieddine, Nabil al-Ashari, Abbas Rahmy, Lutfy Ahmed al-Sirafi
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour
to promote the 1981 118-minute Aly Badrakhan color film People at
the Top [ahl al-qimma] starring Soad Hosny based on a story by
Naguib Mahfouz with screenplay by Aly Badrakhan and Mostafa Moharram
and cinematograpy by Mohsen Nasr. Plot summary: Mohammad Fawzi [Ezzat El
Alaily] was an officer investigating the hiring of the thief Zaatar
al-Nouri [Nour El-Sherif] by Zaghloul [Omar El Hariri], the owner of
an import export company. Zaghloul used Zaatar's resources and gave
him suspicious assignments that involved the smuggling of Customs
goods. Zaatar fell in love with the employee Saham [Soad Hosny], the
daughter of Mohammad's sister. When Mohammad discovered the
relationship between his niece and Zaatar, he told her he hoped she
would drop him. When Zaatar's power increased he tried to compete
with and challenge Zaghloul. He also tried to learn the truth about
Zaghloul's relationship with Mohammad but Mohammad refused to tell
him. Zaatar set out to deceive Zaghloul and to confiscate for himself
a big shipment of smuggled import goods. Saham married Zaatar
despite Mohammad's objections. Zaghloul's attorney was caught smuggling; he
told Mohammad the truth about Zaghloul, but the results of the
investigation were not revealed in a television interview and Mohammad
was transferred to Assyout.
Cast and crew: Ezzat El Alaili, Soad Hosny, Nour El-Sherif, Naguib Mahfouz, Aly Badrakhan, Omar El-Hariri, Aida Riad, Nadia Ezzat, Hassan Hussein, Sabri Abdel Monem, Mahmoud Al Qalaawi, Mohsen Nasr, Mostafa Moharram, Nadia Rafiq, Nabil Noureddine, Salah Reshwan, Ibrahim Qadri, Helmy Abdel Wahab
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Rahman to
promote the 1960 119-minute Hussein Sedki black-and-white film My
Country and My Love [watani wa hobi] starring Hussein Sedki based
on a story by Fouad al-Qasas and Hussein Sedki with dialogue by Mohammad
Mostafa Sami and cinematography by Mohamed Abdel Azim. Plot summary:
Hussein Sedki has the part of an army officer named Wahid on a secret
mission to Damascus tracking a gang that is plotting against his
country. In his travels Wahid meets and falls in love with a
journalist named Hala [Hala Shawkat] and eventually captures and destroys the gang.
Cast and crew: Hussein Sedki, Mohamed Abdel Azim, Fouad Al-Qasas, Mohamed Mostafa Sami, Omar El-Hariri, Hassan el Baroudi, Salah Mansour, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Hala Shawkat, Samia Rushdy, Hassan Ismail, Ali Rushdy, Nazim She'rawy, Abbas Rahmy, Zaki Ibrahim
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian promotional poster designed by Wahib
Fahmi to promote the 110-minute 1956 Kamal Attia black-and-white
film I Killed My Wife [qatalt zawgati] starring Madiha Yousri
based on story and screenplay by Kamal Attia with cinematograpy by
Mohamed Abdel Azim. A couple was unable to have children even though
they had been married for years. The husband was an insignificant
worker who loved his wife, so he kept her. There was a rumor in the
neighborhood that love had reemerged between the wife and her former
fiance, who had returned from a trip. The husband became suspicious
and decided to kill her. He was arrested and an attorney proved the
wife had not betrayed her husband, after the former fiance made a
confession. The husband was put in prison.
Cast and crew: Kamal Attia, Imad Hamdi, Madiha Yousri, Omar El-Hariri, Zahrat El-Ola, Wedad Hamdy, Ferdoos Mohammed, Ali Rushdy, Aziza Helmy, Mohamed Abdel Azim, El Sayed Bedeir, Souraya Fakhri, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Abdel Alim Khattab, Mohammad Shawqi, Hussein Qandil
This is a first printing of a 35" x 47" Egyptian poster designed by
Hassan Mazhar Gasour and printed by his Gasour and Company Printers to
promote the 1954 Ezzel Dine Zulficar 115-minute black-and-white
film Appointment with Life [mowad maa al-hayat] based on the
1939 Edmund Goulding film Dark Victory with Bette Davis,
starring Faten Hamama based on a screenplay by Ezzel Dine Zulficar and
Youssef Esa with dialogue by Youssef Esa and cinematography by Wahid
Farid. The film was produced by Faten Hamama Films and distributed by
Dollar Film. Plot summary: Engineer Ahmad loved Amal and lived with
her in the same house with her friend Fatima, daughter of the farm
overseer. Fatima loved the doctor Mamdouh, but he was unaware of it.
Amal's father, who was a great doctor, discovered that she had a
serious heart disease. He kept this information from her. However
Amal happened to hear a conversation between her father and
Dr. Mamdouh about her own critical condition, and she learned the
truth. Amal began taking steps to make it possible for Ahmad to leave
her and not have a relationship with her, despite the love between
them. Amal's father was hoping to operate on her to save her life,
and when he did so it improved her condition. Ahmad understood the
situation and Amal's secret she had been trying to keep from him.
Amal was ready to marry Ahmad and Fatima agreed to marry Dr. Mamdouh.
Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Shukry Sarhan, Shadia, Hussein Riad, Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Wahid Farid, Youssef Esa, Omar El-Hariri, Abdel Waress Assar, Zeinat Sedki, Nour Al-Demerdash, Said Abu Bakr, Abdel Ghani Al-Nagdi, Edmund Goulding
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by an unknown artist for
an undated rerelease of the 1954 Ezzel Dine Zulficar
musical Appointment with Life based on Edmund Golding's 1939
film Dark Victory, screenplay by Ezzel Dine Zulficar and Yussef
Issa and starring Faten Hamama as Amal. Plot summary: Engineer Ahmed
[Shukry Sarhan] loved Amal and lived with her in the same house with
her friend Fatma, [Shadia] daughter of the farm overseer. Fatma loved
the doctor Mamdouh, [Omar El-Hariri]but he was unaware of it. Amal's
father, who was a great doctor, discovered that she had a serious
heart disease. He kept this information from her. However Amal
happened to hear a conversation between her father and Dr. Mamdouh
about her own critical condition, and she learned the truth. Amal
began taking steps to make it possible for Ahmed to leave her and not
have a relationship with her, despite the love between them. Amal's
father was hoping to operate on her to save her life, and when he did
so it improved her condition. Ahmed understood the situation and
Amal's secret she had been trying to keep from him. Amal was ready to
marry Ahmed and Fatma agreed to marry Dr. Mamdouh.
Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Shukry Sarhan, Shadia, Hussein Riad, Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Wahid Farid, Youssef Issa, Omar El-Hariri, Abdel Waress Assar, Zeinat Sedki, Nour Al-Demerdash, Said Abu Bakr, Abdel Ghani Al-Nagdi, Edmund Goulding
