This is a 6.5" x 9.5" 14-page film program for the 1950 film My Sister Seteita> written\
and directed by Hussein Fawzi and Starring
Sabah as Hodhod. Plot summary: Hodhod was a singer who fell in love
with a famous singer named named Nabil [Saad Abdel Wahab]. To
insinuate herself into his life she impersonated his sister Seteita,
[Afaf Shaker] whom he had not seen in years.
This is an original 11.5" x 15.5" still photo on heavy stock paper of
Zahrat El-Ola appearing in the 1951 musical My Father Deceived Me
written and directed by Mahmoud Zulfikar and starring Sabah as Kawsar
Amin. Plot summary: Mahdouh [Mahmoud Zulfikar] is a painter of
symbolic art people are unable to understand. His fiancee Kawsar
stands by him and encourages him despite her father's objection to her
fiancee because he wants her to marry a wealthy man. Mamdouh has to
leave her and go to work with a nightclub owner [Stephan Rosti]. One
night he discovers the nightclub owner is about to marry Kawsar.
Cast and crew: Sabah, Mahmoud Zulfikar, Aziza Amir, Mohammed
Al-Bakkar, Tayeya Cariocca, Mahmoud Choukoukou, Zahrat El-Ola, Faten
Hamama, Mousen Hassanein, Negma Ibrahim, Stephan Rosti, Mohsen
Sarhan
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1965 Youssef Maalouf
Lebanese film The Millionairess based on a screenplay by Nihad
Qali and Youssef Maalouf and starring Sabah. Plot summary: Some young
people were trying to find a way to get rich quick. They found out a
millionaire widow had come to town so one of them claimed to be a
prince so he could marry her. Then he actually fell in love with her.
This is an original 23.5"x 35" Egyptian poster for the 1949 Mahmoud
Zulfikar film The Night is Ours based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Youssef Gohar and starring Sabah as Nawal. Plot summary:
Nawal is a singer who falsely presents herself as a student to
Dr. Medhat, [Mahmoud Zulfikar] who falls in love with her. After she
confesses she is not really a student, he says he still loves her and
wants to marry her.
Cast and crew: Youssef Gohar, Sabah, Mahmoud Zulfikar, Soleiman
Naguib, Salah Nazmi, Bruno Salvi, Wahba Hessaballah, Nelly Mazloum,
Salah Nazmi, Mohamed Kamel, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Shafik Nour El Din,
Mahmoud Azmy, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Mousen Hassanein
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy for the
1965 Muhammad Selman Lebanese musical The Youth and the Beauty
based on story and screenplay by Muhammad Salman and starring Sabah as
Nohad. Plot summary: Monir was raised by anxious parents. His mother
knew her husband was frequenting the apartment of the singer Nohad.
He tried to separate his father from Nohad. He went to the
establishment where his father worked at night to bring a quick end to
the affair; he played the role of the perfect lover with Nohad and
began to recover the money his father was spending on her. The father
returned home. The boy went back to Nohad and sensed that she was in
trouble, treating her daughter badly with an evil husband; he
sympathized with her. Nohad separated from her husband; Monir
explained to his parents what was happening and persuaded them to
allow him to marry her.
Cast and crew: Sabah, Muharram Fouad, Muhammad Selman, Nadia Hamdy,
Ibrahim El Chamat, Nadia Gamel, Hassan El-Meliguy, Rashid Alameh, Soad
Karim, Shafiq Hashem, Nadia Gamal, Hoda al-Soghayar, Saber Abu Laban
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdouh Mohammad and
Fouad Aziz for the 1960 Mahmoud Zulfikar film The Blessed
Marriage based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Tewfik
El-Hakim and Youssef Gohar and starring Sabah as Samiha. Plot
summary: When Samiha's husband Rafet [Salah Zulfikar] does not pay
enough attention to her she becomes interested in other men, but she
eventually realizes her husband is the most important man in her
life.
Cast and crew: Imad Hamdi, Mahmoud Zulfikar, Salah Zulfikar, Sabah,
Hesham Wadid Serri, Tewfik El-Hakim, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Youssef
Gohar, Wadid Sirry, Khayria Ahmed, Omar Al Hariri, Salah Nazmi, Zahrat
El-Ola
This is a 27.5" x 39" Lebanese poster designed by Gasour and Abdel
Rahman for the 1980 Ahmed Yehia film The Night the Moon Cried
AKA [leilet baka fiha al-qamar] based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Farouk Sabry and starring Sabah as Hanan. Plot summary:
The luxury automobile belonging to a famous elderly singer named Hanan
broke down on a desert highway. A penurious man named Ahmed Fahmy
[Hussein Fahmy] stopped to help in his battered old Volkswagen,
recognized her and then gradually found other ways to work his way
into her affluent life. She fell in love with him, began following
him around and even helped him realize his dream of producing
theatrical exhibitions.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Yehia, Samir Farag, Sabah, Hussein Fahmy,
Minerva, Farouk Sabry, Nabil al-Dessouki, Nazim Shaawy, Nabila El
Sayed, Wahid Seif, Alia Ali, Minerva, Mohamed Abu Hashish, Ahmed El
Tohamy
This is a 25.75" x 37.5" Lebanese poster for the 1964 Youssef Maalouf
Syrian musical The Pearl Necklace AKA aqd al-lolo based
on a story by Duraid Lahham, screenplay by Youssef Maalouf and
starring Sabah as Bedour. Plot summary: Salem [Fahd Ballan] was a
simple farmer who loved Bedour, a girl from his village, and wanted to
marry her. There were some people who coveted his land. A message was
given to him that he thought was written to his beloved but it was
actually written by Ghawwar, [Duraid Lahham] who had returned from a
trip with a pearl necklace. There was a quarrel between Salem and his
feudal rival over the land he owned. On the wedding night Ghawwar gave
Bedour the pearl necklace on Salem's behalf.
Cast and crew: Youssef Maalouf, Mohammed Al Rawas, Fahd Ballan, Nihat Kalai, Duraid
Lahham, Sabah, Fahd Ballan, Sabri Ayad, Youssra al-Badawiya, Malek
Sakar, Ahmed Tajeddine, Antoine Zahour, Mohammad al-Aqad, Charlotte
Rushdi, Ahmed Addas
Italian printers made bustas for films from other countries besides Italy. This set is an example for a 1963 Lebanese stage production that was also a film, directed by Mohammed Selman.
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Taki, Mohamed Abdel
Aziz and Studio Marcel to promote the 1963 Mahmoud Zulfikar
film Soft Hands [al-aydi al-na'ema] based on a story by
Tewfik El-Hakim with screenplay and dialogue by Youssef Gohar and
cinematography by Hesham Wadid Serri. Plot summary: This film tells
the story of a man's problematic descent from a life of sumptious
aristocratic privilege to the life of an ordinary member of the
wealthy middle class. He never loses his huge home or suffers any
drastic losses of comfort or convenience; his journey is accompanied
with occasional sweet ballads by Sabah, who finally becomes his
wife. As the narrative goes, Prince Shawkat [Ahmed Mazhar] loses
his wealth and the revolution leaves him with only his mansion. He
lives in hopes of selling his paintings. One night while out
walking he sees someone selling roasted corn and tries to trade one
of his medals for an ear of it, but the seller refuses the trade. A
man named Hamuda [Salah Zulfikar] observes this. Hamuda, also broke
even though he has a doctorate in Arabic grammar, buys the prince an
ear of roasted corn. The two develop a rapport and the prince
appoints Hamuda as his private secretary in exchange for room and
board. When Hamuda sees paintings on a wall belonging to the prince's
daughters Jihan [Mariam Fakhr Eddine] and Mervat [Laila Taher], the
prince tells him Jihan has died, while his daughter Mervat has
married Salem [Ahmed Louxor], a mechanical engineer. This marriage
has angered the prince and Mervat's sister Jihan, who has had to move in with Mervat and
Salem.
Salem's sister Karima [Sabah] is living in a villa with
their father Abdul Salam [Hussein Assar]. Karima is a young widow
who likes the prince and decides to go with his daughter Jihan to
make a secret visit to the palace. Knowing the prince is broke, she
leaves him some money on a table. Jihan sees Hamuda, recognizes him
and assures him she is not really dead. Karima insists the prince
must go with her to the market so he can carry the vegetables and a
goose. He begins cultivating his own garden but he wears gloves
while doing this to keep from hurting his soft hands. The prince
decides to try to get a job playing the role of a prince in a film,
but he fails the audition while Hamuda succeeds and gets the
role. Hamuda is now able to propose to Jihan. The prince begins
composing a symphony at a piano; Mervat and Jihan buy the symphony
after a number of other people refuse to do so. The prince believes
people like his music until Hamuda tells him the truth; this angers
him and he decides to look for a job. He finds one with a tourist
company as an Egyptian riverboat pilot and tour guide. Hamuda,
Karima and Jihan are with him on one of his Nile cruises. Karima is
happy the prince is working and earning with the sweat of his brow.
After he finishes his descriptions of the attractions for the tourists the prince gives
Karima an engagement ring; Hamuda does the same thing with
Jihan--the happy ending complete with marriages! We all knew it
was coming.
Cast and crew: Sabah, Mariam Fakhr El-Din, Ahmed Mazhar, Salah Zulfikar, Laila Taher, Mahmoud Zulfikar, Tewfik El-Hakim, Youssef Gohar, Wedad Hamdy, Kamel Anwar, Hussein Assar, Ahmed Louxor, Ahmed Khamis
Pictured is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by
Wahib Fahmy to promote the 1950 117-minute Helmy Rafla black-and-white
musical The Unmarried Mother [al-anisa mama] starring Sabah
based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Abu Seoud El-Ibiary with
cinematography by Bruno Salvi. Plot summary: A girl named Nimra who
loved to sing [Sabah] fell in love with a famous musician named Monir
Yousri [Muhammad Fawzi]. When Monir began preparing an operetta Nimra
competed to be in it and won a place for herself. Monir's father
[Suleiman Naguib] liked her and began courting her but at the same
time he sensed her feelings for his son. To make Monir jealous Nimra
made an agreement with his father that he would claim they had agreed
to marry. This shocked Monir. At first Monir's father doted on Nimra
but he ultimately had no alternative but to acknowledge their feelings
for each other and support their marriage.
Cast and crew: Sabah, Muhammad Fawzi, Ismail Yasseen, Helmy Rafla, Bruno Salvi, Hagar Hamdi, Zeinat Sedki, Salah Mansour, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Suleiman Naguib, Mohamed Kamal al-Masri, Hussein Ibrahim, Soad Ahmed, Fahmy Aman, Saleha Qasin
This is a 33" x 44" oversize Egyptian poster designed by Studio Adly
to promote the 1955 Helmy Rafla film Revolt in the City
[thawret al-medina] starring Mohammad Fawzi and Sabah based on
screenplay and dialogue by Nairuz Abdel Malek with cinematography by
Masud Isa. Plot summary: This is a musical melodrama showcasing the
singing talents of Sabah and Mohammad Fawzi. Fatima's [Sabah] mother
died giving birth to her and her father [Hussein Riad] believed women
died immediately after giving birth. Fatima was raised believing this
too, so she avoided marriage and the idea of having children. However
she still fell in love with Ahmad [Mohammad Fawzi], a boy from a rich
family, and he asked her to marry him. Then her father was killed in
a factory accident and combined impact of mourning her father and her
psychological anti-marriage complex caused her to spend a lot of time
resisting before she finally accepted Ahmad's proposal. After
marriage, Fatima had children and was expecting to die, but she did
not die. This resolved her fear of dying because of childbirth and
she went on with her life in "happily ever after" mode. The "revolt"
theme in the title and on the poster is about an incident in the film
where the family home was destroyed in a riot while Fatima was still a
child, and has nothing at all to do with the main story. The image on the poster of Mohammad Fawzi carrying Sabah as an adult is from a different part of the film that is unrelated to the riot.
Cast and crew: Sabah, Mohammad Fawzi, Hussein Riad, Helmy Rafla, Ahmed Allam, Wedad Hamdy, Masud Isa, Shafik Noureddin, Hussein Ismail, Nairuz Abdel Malek, Qadria Qadri, Mohamed Kamel, Mohamed Sabih, Suleiman al-Guindy, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Ragaa Youssef, Qadria Kamel, Doha Nagdi
This is a 27" x 39" undated Egyptian rerelease poster made by an
unknown designer to promote the 1959 Ezzel Dine Zulficar 143-minute
black-and-white film Love Street [sharia al-hob] starring Abdel
Halim Hafez and Sabah based on a screenplay by Ezzel Dine Zulficar
with story and dialogue by Youssef El Sebai and cinematography by
Wahid Farid. The film was produced by Helmy Rafla films and
distributed by the Sharq Distribution Company. Plot summary: This
film served as a vehicle for singing sensation Abdel Halim Hafez to
appear on film before his legions of fans in the role of Abdel Moneim
Sabry. It served the same purpose for his Lebanese costar Sabah,
appearing in the film as Karima. Plot summary: Abdel Moneim Sabry was an obscure
musician on Mohammad Ali Street. He was discovered by a prominent
public figure and agreed to teach him the principles of music; this
led to him joining a music club as a teacher, but he had to put on a
false beard and moustache to meet a membership requirement. At the
club he met two girls named Karima and Mervat who wagered with each
other they could make him cut off his beard. Karima asked him to do
this, and when he refused she threatened to kill herself. She jumped
into the water. He jumped in to try to save her, even though he was
not a good swimmer, then she saved him and got him out. The water had
removed his beard and moustache and he was obliged to admit to her
that they had been fakes. He was then ejected from the club for
having a false moustache and beard and had to go back to Mohammad Ali
Street. Karima stayed with him and arranged for him to sing at a
party at the Opera House; Abdel Moneim eventually realized Karima
loved him and married her.
Cast and crew: Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Abdel Halim Hafez, Sabah, Hassan Fayek, Nagwa Fouad, Zeinat Sedki, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Wahid Farid, Youssef El Sebai, Hussein Riad, Monira Sambal, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Nour El-Demerdash, Leila Hamdy, Riad al-Kasabgi, Al-Khawaga Bijou, Mohamed Youssef, Ahmed Farahat, Ahmed al-Haddad
This is a 34.75" x 23.5" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Rahman to
promote the 1955 109-minute Hussein Sedki black-and-white film My
Heart Worships You ['albi yahwak] starring Hussein Sedki and Sabah
based on story and screenplay by Hussein Sedki with dialogue by Abdel
Aziz Salam and cinematography by Awhan Hagun. Plot summary: Soad
loved Ahmad but married Zaki. Ahmad married his divorced wife Afkar
again, but she soon became a problem for him. Soad was also having a
lot of problems with her husband Zaki. Then Zaki fell in love with
Afkar. When Zaki had a painful accident in the mountains of Lebanon,
Soad separated from him and Afkar also separated from Ahmad. Then
Zaki married Afkar and Ahmad married Soad.
Cast and crew: Hussein Sedki, Sabah, Abdel Aziz Salam, Awhan Hagub, Samiha Ayyoub, Mohammad al-Dib, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Nadia Gamel, Akram Gawdat, Nour El-Demerdash, Zaki Ibrahim, Victoria Habiqa, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Ibrahim Heshmat, Rashad Hamed
Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1970 123-minute
Muhammad Salem color film Fire of Longing [nar al-shawq]
starrring Sabah based on a story by director Muhammad Salem with
screenplay and dialogue by Adel Salam Musa and cinematography by Essam
Farid. The film was produced by the General Egyptian Cinema Institute
and distributed by the General Cinema Council. Plot summary: The
famous singer Sabah permitted her daughter Howeida to work in a
nightclub in Cairo so she could have a connection with the world of
fame. In Cairo Howeida fell in love with Sherif, a decorative engineer
who charmed her. Sherif told his father Hassan he was interested in
marrying Howeida. The father deplored his son's behavior. He had
already taken a stand previously against his brother Ali's marriage to
Howeida's mother and his memories of his love for her were still
alive. Sherif told his uncle about the tragedy; the father regretted
this and encouraged his son to continue with his love. Then Hassan
finally relented and gave his son the green light for a relationship
with Howeida, and Sabah went back to her lover Ali.
Cast and crew: Muhammad Salem, Sabah, Rushdy Abaza, Wadi El Safi, Hussein Fahmy, Essam Farid, Abdel Salam Musa, Howeida, Hussein Fahmy, Hamdi Ghayth, Wadi El Safi, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Hassan Mostafa, Sameer Ghanem, Alia Abdel Moneim, Fifi Youssef, Mahmud Abol-Fahm, Ali Diab, Soheir Zaky, Nahed Sabri, Soheir Magdi
My Heart Worships You ['albi yahwak] (1955) - (Hussein Sedki) Egyptian oversize stone litho film poster
Egyptian 46x35 stone litho poster for the 1955 Hussein Sedki film My Heart Worships You featuring Hussein Sedki and Sabah, art by Abdel Rahman, printed by Rahgaeb Printers of Cairo.
Cast and crew: Hussein Sedki, Sabah, Abdel Aziz Salam, Awhan Hagub, Samiha Ayyoub, Mohammad al-Dib, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Nadia Gamel, Akram Gawdat, Nour El-Demerdash, Zaki Ibrahim, Victoria Habiqa
