The Much-Loved One [حبايبى كتير] (Ragaa Abdou) - (1951)

The Much-Loved One [habaebi ketir] (Ragaa Abdou) (1951) Original Egyptian film poster

Pictured is a 23.5" x 35.5" first printing of an Egyptian poster designed by Dimitri, Studio Adly and Meftah to promote the 1951 111-minute Kamal Attia black-and-white film The Much-Loved One [habaebi ketir] starring Ragaa Abdou with story and dialogue by Abdel Aziz Salam and cinematography by Bruno Salvi. Plot summary: The musician Nabila [Ragaa Abdou] paid no attention to the admirers who gathered around her every day. Nabila lived only for her art and did not care for anything but her art and singing. Then a young man named Raouf who managed an advertising company [Kamal Al-Shennawi] appeared in her life and tried to tear down the walls Nabila had built around herself. He succeeded and she fell in love with him, but her wicked brother Farid [Farid Shawqi] did not like this because he had been planning for her to marry a wealthy man named Ghandur Bey [Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi]. The two of them fought over this; Nabila finally prevailed and married the one she loved.

Cast and crew: Ragaa Abdou, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Magda, Farid Shawqi, Ismail Yasseen, Kamal Attia, Bruno Salvi, Abdel Aziz Salam, Abdel Aziz Ahmed, Hassan Kamel, Fathia Chahine, Soad Ahmed, Gamalat Zayed, Abdel Alim Khattab, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Samir Ezzat, Souraya Fakhry, Ibrahim Fawzi, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Gihane

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Forbidden Love ممنوع الحب (Mohamed Abdel Wahab) - (1942) Egyptian rerelease one-sheet

Forbidden Love (1942) - (Mohamed Abdel Wahab) undated Egyptian rerelease one-sheet

This undated rerelease poster by an unknown designer advertises a 120-minute black-and-white film by groundbreaking director Mohammed Karim based on the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet adapted by Abbas Alam with screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed Karim, cinematography by Mohamed Abdel Azim and musical score and lyrics by Mohamed Abdel Wahab. Plot Summary: Engineer Aziz [Mohamed Abdel Wahab] had to go to his home town after receiving a telegram about his father's death. On the train he met Fekria [Ragaa Abdou] and they were attracted to each other. It became clear the she was going to the same town but after his arrival he found that the telegram was just a trick his father had played to force him to go back to his home town to help him in the election campaign against his arch rival. Aziz also found that Fakria was the daughter of his father's rival and that he was actually her enemy. Aziz tried to get close to Fakria and talk her into making peace between the two families by marrying him. Fakria convinced her father that she would marry Aziz to get revenge against him and his father, and Aziz did the same thing. Both sets of parents tried to torment each other through their children, but Aziz and Fakria married and were deeply in love. The families visited the couple and pretended in front of them to go along with the previous agreement. The parents soon discovered that the couple had betrayed them and were happily in love. Aziz took the opportunity to convince the parents to make peace and come to terms. He succeeded in this, especially after one family's son married the daughter of another family; there were grandchildren at the end of the film.

Cast and crew: Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Negat Ali, Mohammed Karim, Ragaa Abdou, Mohamed Abdel Azim, Abdel Waress Assar, Samia Gamal, Hassan Kamel, William Shakespeare, Abbas Alam, Mohamed Abdel Azim, Madiha Yousri, Leila Fawzi, Souraya Fakhry, Aziza Badr, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Zeinat Sedki, Amin Wahba

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Appearances (1945)

Appearances [al-mazaher] (1945) - (Ragaa Abdou) Egyptian stone litho film poster

This film was directed by Kamal Selim, who also wrote the story, screenplay and dialogue. Cinematography was by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: Baheyya lived in a rural neighborhood with her sick aunt. She met the mechanic Mahmoud and agreed to marry him. Mahmoud and Baheyya continued to care for the sick aunt until the illness overcame her. Before she died the aunt told Baheyya she had a wealthy uncle named Redwan. After she died Baheyya sought Mahmoud's help finding the uncle as the aunt had advised. They finally found him; he was a good man who was affectionate towards his niece, although his wife was harsh fearing the division of half the uncle's wealth with Baheyya. She moved Baheyya to live in her uncle's palace where Baheyya discovered the truth and reclaimed her money. She aroused the envy of her uncle's executive director Nabil. Nabil was able to win her and make her fall in love with him and forget the poor mechanic Mahmoud. She married Nabil only to discover that he coveted her money. She demanded a divorce from him, realizing she needed to return to Mahmoud and get him to forgive her. Finally Mahmoud became director of her factory after insisting on it and they married.

Cast and crew: Kamal Selim, Olwiyya Gamil, Fouad Shafik, Ragaa Abdou, Yehia Chahine, Abelhalim Nasr, Ferdoos Mohammed, Stephan Rosti, Abdel Aziz Khalil, Ismail Yasseen, Mimi Shakeeb,Souraya Fakhry, Hassan Kamel, Naima Gamal, Amina Cherif, Mohamed Al-Dib, Nabawiyya Mostafa, Mokhtar Saqar

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