Pictured here is a five-foot by ten-foot six-sheet Egyptian billboard
poster designed by Abdel Rahman to promote the 1951 161-minute Henry
Barakat black-and-white film The Count of Monte Cristo [amir
al-enteqam] based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas with screenplay
and adaptation by Henry Barakat, dialogue by Youssef Gohar and Youssef
Esa and cinematograpny by Giulio De Luca. Plot summary: Hassan
Al-Helali [Anwar Wagdi] was a noble sailor who was captured on his
wedding night in a plot by his four enemies [Farid Shawqi, Seraj
Munir, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Hussein Riad] and thrown into prison
without trial or accusation; he remained in prison for many years. In
prison he met an old man named Sheikh Galal who had been there for
nine years; Sheikh Galal told Hassan where a treasure was hidden and
then died. Hassan escaped from prison and found the treasure. He then
began planning his revenge against the people who put him in prison.
He fell in love with a dancer named Zomorouda [Samia Gamal] who helped
him get his revenge and then married him.
Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Abdel Rahman, Anwar Wagdi, Samia Gamal, Madiha
Yousri, Kamal al-Shennawi. Seraj Munir, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Farid
Shawqi, Hussein Riad, Ali Al-Kassar, Giulio De Luca, Youssef Gohar,
Youssef Esa, Reyad El Kasabgy, Abdel Rahim El Zarkani, Zaki Ibrahim,
Abdel Aziz Ahmed
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 original year printing of a 9.25" x 6.75" 12-page Egyptian
program for the 1946 Fouad El Jazairly 100-minute black-and-white
film Scheherezade [shahrzad] starring Hussein Sedki based on a
screenplay by Fouad El Jazairly with cinematography by Mohamed Abdel
Aziz. The film was produced by Modern Egypt Films and distributed by
Montakhebat Behna. Plot Summary: The young sultan Shahriar announced
his desire to marry, then chose a bride who betrayed him. This
transformed his attitude towards women. He declared women were only
good for enjoyment and did not deserve wealth. He then declared he
would marry a virgin every night, then kill her at dawn after he had
enjoyed her. After his swordsman had killed many of them he chose a
minister's daughter named Scheherezade who had decided to save other
girls from this oppressive sultan. She told him a story that did not
end by dawn so he did not kill her, hoping the story would end the
next night. However when she finished the story the next night he let
her start another. This continued for 1001 nights. She was able to
win Shahriar's heart and save herself as well as all the other women
in the kingdom. This made her an immortal legend.
Cast and crew: s,
Soad Ahmed, Istar Shatta, Nelly Mazlum, Yahya Negati, Saleheh Qasin,
Amina Sedki, Safia Helmy
This is an original 12-page 8" x 11" Egyptian program designed by
Solly for the 1954 Salah Abouseif film The Beast AKA The
Monster AKA Al-Wahsh based on a story by Naguib Mahfouz
with screenplay by Naguib Mahfouz and Salah Abouseif, dialogue by El
Sayed Bedeir and starring Anwar Wagdi as Officer Raouf Saleh. Plot
summary: Abdel Sabour [Mahmoud El-Meliguy] was a thief and a smuggler
known as The Beast to the people in one of the villages of upper
Egypt; everyone was afraid of him, including the police. He enjoyed
the protection of Redwan Pasha, [Abbas Fares] who in turn used him
during elections to eliminate his rivals. Officer Raouf Saleh was sent
to the village with his wife and son with the assignment of arresting
The Beast. However The Beast and his gang worked together from the
beginning trying to dispose of the officer and his family in any way
possible.
Cast and crew: Samia Gamal, Anwar Wagdi, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Abbas
Fares, Salah Abouseif, Naguib Mahfouz, Abdelhalim Nasr, Abbas Fares,
Samiha Ayyoub, Mohammad Tawfik, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Nazim Shaarawy,
Mahmoud Hamdy
This is a rare original 13" x 13.5" Egyptian lobby card with key
art designed by Solly for the 1954 Salah Abouseif film The
Beast AKA The Monster AKA Al-Wahsh based on a story
by Egyptian Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz with screenplay by Naguib
Mahfouz and Salah Abouseif, dialogue by El Sayed Bedeir and starring
Anwar Wagdi as Officer Raouf Saleh. Plot summary: Abdel Sabour
[Mahmoud El-Meliguy] was a thief and a smuggler known as The Beast to
the people in one of the villages of upper Egypt; everyone was afraid
of him, including the police. He enjoyed the protection of Redwan
Pasha, [Abbas Fares] who in turn used him during elections to
eliminate his rivals. Officer Raouf Saleh was sent to the village with
his wife and son with the assignment of arresting The Beast. However
The Beast and his gang worked together from the beginning trying to
dispose of the officer and his family in any way possible. The photo
shows Officer Raouf giving a cigarette to the Beast.
Cast and crew: Samia Gamal, Solly, El Sayed Bedeir, Anwar Wagdi,
Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Abbas Fares, Salah Abouseif, Naguib Mahfouz,
Abdelhalim Nasr, Abbas Fares, Samiha Ayyoub, Mohammad Tawfik, Abdel
Ghani Kamar, Nazim Shaarawy, Mahmoud Hamdy
This is an original year 8" x 11" 12-page Egyptian film program for
the 1956 Niazi Mostafa film First Love based on a story by
Gerda Corbett and Botros Zarbenelli and starring Samia Gamal [1924 -
1994] as Zeinab. The program includes song lyrics, plot and key
photographic images. Plot Summary: There was a quarrel between Senia
the first dancer in a dance troupe and its director, and he fired her.
This gave Zeinab an opportunity to be the troupe's lead dancer.
However the group's main singer refused to sing in front of her.
Zeinab suggested to the director that he give the opportunity to her
lover, a novice singer named Salah, who succeeded with his first
trial; this made Senia resent him. She told Salah Zeinab was in a
relationship with the director, whereupon Salah's relationship with
Zeinab soured. The director rehired Senia. There was a quarrel
between Senia's assistants and Zeinab's assistants just before a
performance began. When Zeinab performed she made a place for herself
in the public eye. Then she went back to Salah, who had seen the
truth.
Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Samia Gamal, Mohamed Mar'i, Abdel
Salam Al Nabulsy, Lola Sedki, Hassan Fayek, El Sayed Bedeir, Wadid
Serri, Hesham Wadid Serri, Gerda Corbett, Botros Zarbenelli
This is an original year 24" x 35" Egyptian one-sheet designed by
Solly for the 1954 Salah Abouseif film The Beast AKA The
Monster AKA Al-Wahsh based on a story by Naguib Mahfouz
with screenplay by Naguib Mahfouz and Salah Abouseif, dialogue by El
Sayed Bedeir and starring Anwar Wagdi as Officer Raouf Saleh. Plot
summary: Abdel Sabour [Mahmoud El-Meliguy] was a thief and a smuggler
known as The Beast to the people in one of the villages of upper
Egypt; everyone was afraid of him, including the police. He enjoyed
the protection of Redwan Pasha, [Abbas Fares] who in turn used him
during elections to eliminate his rivals. Officer Raouf Saleh was sent
to the village with his wife and son with the assignment of arresting
The Beast. However The Beast and his gang worked together from the
beginning trying to dispose of the officer and his family in any way
possible.
Cast and crew: El Sayed Bedeir, Solly, Samia Gamal, Anwar Wagdi, Mahmoud
El-Meliguy, Abbas Fares, Salah Abouseif, Naguib Mahfouz, Abdelhalim
Nasr, Abbas Fares, Samiha Ayyoub, Mohammad Tawfik, Abdel Ghani Kamar,
Nazim Shaarawy, Mahmoud Hamdy
This is an original year printing of a 12" x 15" Egyptian production
still of Hussein Sedki as Sultan Shahriar and Elham Hussein as
Scheherezade from the 1946 Fouad El Jazairly 100-minute
black-and-white film Scheherezade [shahrzad] starring Hussein
Sedki based on a screenplay by Fouad El Jazairly with cinematography
by Mohamed Abdel Aziz. The film was produced by Modern Egypt Films
and distributed by Montakhebat Behna. Plot Summary: The young sultan
Shahriar announced his desire to marry, then chose a bride who
betrayed him. This transformed his attitude towards women. He
declared women were only good for enjoyment and did not deserve
wealth. He then declared he would marry a virgin every night, then
kill her at dawn after he had enjoyed her. After his swordsman had
killed many of them he chose a minister's daughter named Scheherezade
who had decided to save other girls from this oppressive sultan. She
told him a story that did not end by dawn so he did not kill her,
hoping the story would end the next night. However when she finished
the story the next night he let her start another. This continued for
1001 nights. She was able to win Shahriar's heart and save herself as
well as all the other women in the kingdom. This made her an immortal
legend.
Cast and crew: Fouad El Jazairly, Hussein Sedki, Elham Hussein,
Samia Gamal, Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Monsi Fahmy, Abdel Aziz Khalil,
Mohammed Youssef, Mohammad al-Dib, Lutfy al-Hakim, Reyad El Kasabgy,
Soad Ahmed, Istar Shatta, Nelly Mazlum, Yahya Negati, Saleheh Qasin,
Amina Sedki, Safia Helmy
This 1960 Egyptian black-and-white film was directed by Fatin Abdel
Wahab, screenplay by Mohamed Abu Youssef, dialogue by Amin Yussef
Ghurab, cinematography Aly Hassan; it tells the story of a cabaret
dancer in Alexandria named Leila [Samia Gamal]. Many of the customers
liked her but she resisted their offers of marriage and requests that
she become their mistress. She had one importunate pursuer named
Hamada [Ahmed Mazhar] whom she always resisted. He was shocked when
she married another man named Abbas [Mahmoud El-Meliguy], with whom
she ran the cabaret after they were married. Hamada, shocked and
disappointed, disappeared. Then Abbas apparently died in a fire on his
boat. Hamada returned and this time she accepted him. Abbas, who had
not actually died, came back and tried to separate them but could not
do so.
Cast and crew: Samia Gamal, Ahmed Mazhar, Fatin Abdel Wahab,
Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Mohamed Reda, Mohammed Tawfik, Said Khalil,
Souraya Fakhry, Mohamed Badreddine, Mohamed Abu Youssef, Amin Yousseff
Ghurab, Aly Hassan
This is an Egyptian poster designed by an uknown artist to promote the
1944 Mohammad Karim Film Bullet in the Heart AKA Un plomb au
coeur starring Mohamed Abdel Wahab as Mohsen, Raqiya Ibrahim as
Fifi based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Tewfik El-Hakim with
cinematograpy by Mohamed Abdel Azim. Plot summary: Mohsen was an
irresponsible but charming and talented young man working in a
ministry office, whose affairs were quite disorganized. It was well
known that he was always in debt. He met a girl named Fifi [Raqiya Ibrahim] at the
Groppi shop whose charm and beauty attracted him. When he went to
Dr. Sami [Seraj Munir] to borrow five pounds he told him about this
remarkable woman. Later he met her when visiting his friend Dr. Sami and
they sang the famous duet Hakim Oyoun. He discovered Fifi was
Dr. Sami's fiancee and avoided her after that. When Mohsen apologized
to Sami, he bought him an expensive engagement ring that cost more
than what his mother had left him, at a time when he needed money
badly to prevent repossession of the furniture in his home, but he
resigned himself to the repossession. Fifi learned of the
repossession and pawned the ring to prevent it. Sami learned about
what happened and confirmed that his betrothed was indeed the Groppi
girl. He left her to go her own way out of generosity to Mohsen, who
ended up winning her.
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Rahman for the
1960 Hassan El-Seify film Sad Melody AKA Naghm al-Hazin
based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed Osman and starring
Samia Gamal as Samia. Plot summary: The sadness comes from the four
people shown in efforts to connect romantically that never lead to
marriage or reciprocated feeling. Nightclub life, music and dancing
are prominent throughout. It was filmed by Greek cinematographer
Alvisy Orphanily.
Pictured is a 27" x 39" original Egyptian stone litho one-sheet
designed by Wahib Fahmy to promote the 1946 Hassan El-Seify 124-minute
black-and-white film Neighborhood Girl [bint el-hetta],
sometimes also translated as The Girl Next Door, starring
Zahrat El-Ola, based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Mahmoud
Ismail with cinematography by Mostafa Hassan. This intricate film
about life in a Cairo neighborhood is filmed entirely on a studio
sound stage and its story, dialogue and screenplay are all the
imaginative work of Mahmoud Ismail, who also plays the part of the
scheming Zaki al-Fayoumi. The sound stage does not do a good job of
showing the loud and chaotic character of a lower class Cairo
neighborhood, but that is not its purpose. Ismail wants to present a
psychological tapestry showing interaction and conflict among people
in difficult circumstances trying to satisfy social and financial
needs in various legitimate and illegitimate ways. This early example
of Egyptian social realism also features two classic performances by
the great dancer Samia Gamal in her role as Zaki al-Fayoumi's
collaborator.
Plot summary: Ekhlas [Zahrat El-Ola] is a university student and her
brother Salim [Ahmed Ramzi] is unemployed. Her mother [Zouzou Nabil]
is a domineering wife and her father [Ahmed Al Gaziri] is a man with a
weak personality who sells animal feed. Omar [Shukry Sarhan] owns a
dairy shop, but has stopped working to help his blind mother [Aziza
Helmy] care for his sisters. Zaki al-Fayoumi [Mahmoud Ismail] is a
tyrant who runs a criminal gang. His trusted assistant is Hambaka
[Tewfik El Dekn]; the beautiful and charming dancer Hosnia [Samia
Gamal] is another of his collaborators. Ekhlas loves Omar, who
persuades her to marry him, but Zaki Al-Fayoumi also loves her and
wants to marry her somehow. To this end he exploits her mother's
greed and her unemployed brother Selim's financial condition. He
employs Selim at a big salary and arranges a marriage between him and
Hosnia in exchange for the right to marry Selim's sister. Ekhlas goes
along with the wishes of her mother and brother and agrees to an
engagement with Zaki in return for being allowed to complete her
studies at the university, but this does not settle the question of
who will marry Ekhlas. Hambaka hires Ganzir [Hassan Hosni] and
Farkasha [Ahmed Abaza] to kill Omar to get him away from Ekhlas, but
they only injure him. Then they tell Ekhlas to break off her
engagement to Zaki and agree to marry Omar after he is cured and
leaves the hospital. On other side, to neutralize Omar as his rival
Zaki orders Selim to plant a package of hashish in a cupboard
belonging to Omar, who is then arrested and put in prison. Selim has
an awakening of conscience and feels he committed a great sin in
submitting to Zaki. Ekhlas feels her brother Selim has had a hand in
the planting of the hashish and tells this to her attorney [Anwar
Madkour]. The attorney hires special investigator Labib [George
Sidhum] to follow Selim. When Zaki senses that Selim is no longer
loyal to him, he asks Hosnia to poison his drink while they are in a
bar, but in a dramatic intervention the investigator Labib sitting
nearby jumps up and warns Selim not to drink it. In a ruse, Ekhlas
claims she loves Zaki and wants to marry him. Omar escapes from
prison seeking to prove his innocence. Hambaka and Zaki go to the
police and confess everything, while Selim confesses to planting the
hashish. They all gather at Zaki's home where the police rescue
Ekhlas. A police officer [Mokhtar Al Sayed] shoots and kills Zaki,
Hosnia is killed by her former lover, Ekhlas's mother goes crazy and
Omar's innocence is proven although he is given a six-month suspended
sentence for breaking out of prison.
Cast and crew: Samia Gamal, Shukry Sarhan, Ahmed Ramzy, Mahmoud Ismail, Mostafa Hassan, Zahrat El-Ola, Hassan El-Seify, Zouzou Nabil, Aziza Helmy, Mahmoud Farag, Anwar Madkour, Abdel Mohsen Seleem, Ahmed Abaza, Ahmed Al Gaziri, Hassan Hosni, George Sidhum, Mokhtar El Sayed
This is a 35" x 45" two-piece Egyptian poster made to promote the 1953
Ezzel Dine Zulficar 92-minute black-and-white film Night Train
[qattar al-leil] starring Samia Gamal based on a story by Stephan
Rosti with screenplay by Zaki Saleh, Stephan Rostam and Ezzel Dine
Zulficar with cinematography by Wahid Farid. Plot summary: The father
of Samia [Samia Gamal] was in a severe financial crisis and decided to
sell his house to get out of it. Samia's boyfried Adel [Imad Hamdi]
tried to prevent this by paying off her father's debt, but was unable
to do so before the house was sold, and to make matters more
complicated, Samia also told him she no longer wanted to be in a
relationship with him.
Cast and crew: Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Stephan Rosti, Wahid Farid, Zaki Saleh, Samia Gamal, Imad Hamdi, Seraj Munir, Suleiman Naguib, Fakher Fakher, Salah Nazmi, Reyad El Kasabgy, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Hussein Isa, Hussein Eisa, Zaki Ibrahim, Aida Kamal, Abdel Alim Khattab
Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Studio Mahmoud
Niqula Waliber to promote the 1960 104-minute Fatin Abdel Wahab
film They're Driving Me Crazy [hayugannanuni] starring Samia
Gamal and Ismail Yasseen based on story, screenplay and dialogue by
Abdel Moneim Madbouly with cinematography by Ibrahim Adel. Ismail
[Ismail Yasseen] has to send his sick son and his wife to
Alexandria. During their absence he helps a police inspector [Tewfik
El Dekn] investigate the murder of an actress [Karima] who had been
his client in the hair salon where he worked. He helps expose the
gang responsible for the crime and receives a reward for his efforts
before his son and wife return from Alexandria.
Pictured art two first-printing Egyptian posters designed
by Studio Adly and Ahmed Fouad to promote the 1949 113-minute Ahmed Badrakhan
black-and-white film I Love You Only [ahebak enta] starring
Farid Al Atrache and Samia Gamal based on story and dialogue by
Youssef Gohar with screenplay by Ahmed Badrakhan and cinematography by
Ahmed Khorshed. Plot summary: Monir [Farid Al Atrache] was an
insignificant employee at the Telegraph Company, and an artist: a
musician who had never found a place for himself. He met a dancer
named Nadia [Samia Gamal] and they fell in love, but Monir soon became
jealous of Nadia's dancing teacher Ghazal [Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy] and
ended his relationship with her. He met a girl named Souraya [Zeinat
Sedki] who was about to commit suicide because her father [Hassan
Fayek] was forcing her to marry someone she did not love. Monir saved
her from doing that, but her fiance immediately disliked him. It
later became apparent Monir had no interest in marrying Souraya and he
went back to Nadia after his faith in her love was restored. His
father financed his production of a big musical, which was an
outstanding success.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Badrakhan, Farid Al Atrache, Samia Gamal, Ismail Yasseen, Hassan Fayek, Zeinat Sedki, Lola Sedki, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Ahmed Khorshed, Youssef Gohar, Stephan Rosti, Mahmoud Choukoukou, Souraya Helmy, Sanaa Samih, Mohamed al-Dib, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Ali Qadri
Pictured is a 27.5" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mohamed Abdel
Aziz to promote the 1955 112-minute Niazi Mostafa black-and-white
film A Cigarette and a Glass [sigara wa kas] starring Samia
Gamal based on a story by Abdel Aziz Salam, screenplay by Abdel Aziz
Salam, Hassan Tewfik and Niazi Mostafa, dialogue by Abdel Aziz Salam
and Hassan Tewfik and cinematography by Abdel Aziz Fahmy. Plot
summary: This is a famous Egyptian melodrama in which the late Samia
Gamal (1924 - 1994) plays the part of a renowned dancer named Hoda
Gamal, who gives up the spotlight for marriage and is then driven to
drink by jealousy. Hoda is jealous of a scheming Italian nurse named
Yolanda [Dalida] who is working for her husband Dr. Mamdouh Samy
[Nabil Al Alfi]. The tension is resolved at the end with the outbreak
of a fire in their apartment that threatens the life of their
daughter; this brings the couple to their senses and results in
Yolanda's replacement as Dr. Mamdouh's assistant. Kouka, the wife of
director Niazi Mostafa, sings the title song in her role as Hoda's
friend and fellow performer Azz.
Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Abdel Aziz Salam, Nabil Al Alfi, Seraj Munir, Dalida, Kouka, Mohamed Reda, Hussein Abdel Nabi, Hosni Claude, Mervat Kazem, Kamal al-Zeini, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Hassan Tewfik, Samia Gamal
Pictured here is a 5-foot by 10-foot six-sheet Egyptian billboard poster designed by
Abdel Rahman to promote the 1951 161-minute Henry Barakat
black-and-white film The Count of Monte Cristo [amir
al-enteqam] based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas with screenplay
and adaptation by Henry Barakat, dialogue by Youssef Gohar and Youssef
Esa and cinematograpny by Giulio De Luca. Plot summary: Hassan
Al-Helali [Anwar Wagdi] was a noble sailor who was captured on his
wedding night in a plot by his four enemies [Farid Shawqi, Seraj
Munir, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Hussein Riad] and thrown into prison
without trial or accusation; he remained in prison for many years. In
prison he met an old man named Sheikh Galal who had been there for
nine years; Sheikh Galal told Hassan where a treasure was hidden and
then died. Hassan escaped from prison and found the treasure. He then
began planning his revenge against the people who put him in prison.
He fell in love with a dancer named Zomorouda [Samia Gamal] who helped
him get his revenge and then married him.
Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Anwar Wagdi, Samia Gamal, Madiha Yousri, Kamal al-Shennawi. Seraj Munir, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Farid Shawqi, Hussein Riad, Ali Al-Kassar, Giulio De Luca, Youssef Gohar, Youssef Esa, Reyad El Kasabgy, Abdel Rahim El Zarkani, Zaki Ibrahim, Abdel Aziz Ahmed
