This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by
Walid Wahig for the 1962 film Judgment Day written and directed
by Abdel Rahman Sharif and starring Samira Ahmed as Yasmin / Salwa.
Plot summary: In the year 1946 in Port Said Enayat [Samiha Ayoub] is
involved with the smuggler Amin, [Hassan Hamed] who goes to prison.
When he gets out, he wants revenge and gets close to Enayat's husband
Ahmed [Imad Hamdi] and daughter Salwa. He is killed later; Ahmed is
accused of the murder and sent to prison for 15 years.
Cast and crew: Samira Ahmed, Imad Hamdi, Kamal Salaheddine, Abdel
Rahman Sharif, Samiha Ayyoub, Tewfik El Dekn, Fakher Fakher, Hassan
Hamed, Wedad Hamdy, Ibrahim Emara, Zuzu Madi, Nahed Sabri
This is a 27" x39" Egyptian rereleae one-sheet poster for the 1938
Mohamed Abdel Gawad film The Life of Christ based on a
screenplay by Taha Hussein. Plot summary: The film follows the life
of Christ as told in the New Testament.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Abdel Gawad, Taha Hussein, Aziza Helmy,
Ahmed Alam, Samiha Ayyoub, Abdel Alim Khattab, Salah Sarhan, Tewfik El
Dekn, Saad Ardash, Stephan Rosti, Abdel Salam Mohamed, Fawzia Ibrahim,
Afaf Shaker
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 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 a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian promotional poster for
the 1939 Mohamed Abdel Gawad film The Life and Passion of the Lord
Jesus Christ starring Ahmed A'lam as Jesus. Plot summary: This is
said to be the first film in Arabic about the life of Jesus. Jesus is
an adult when the film begins. The film catalogues his miracles and
other famous New Testament events.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Abdel Gawad, Tewfik El Dekn, Aziza Helmy,
Samiha Ayyoub, Afaf Shaker, Fawzia Ibrahim, Saad Ardash
Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Mahmoud Atef to
promote the 1961 137-minute Salah Abouseif black-and-white
film Hope against Hope [la tutfi al-shams] starring Faten
Hamama based on story and dialogue by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, screenplay
by Lucien Lambert and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary:
This film is set in the time of the Tripartite Aggression; it tells
the story of an aristocratic family that has lost its breadwinner.
The oldest son Ahmed [Shukry Sarhan] enlists in the Egyptian army and
is shown in desert military action, but in his civilian life he slowly
develops a relationship with the a woman named Shahira [Nadia Lutfi],
which ends in marriage after a few relatively minor complications.
The daughter Layla [Faten Hamama] falls in love with her piano teacher
[Imad Hamdi], who is married. This relationship is fraught with
difficult moral and social problems that are never resolved. The
younger son Mamdouh [Ahmed Ramzy] is more concerned with the practical
matter of earning a livelihood; he serves a vehicle for showing how
class and social issues in Egypt can disrupt productive economic activity.
Cast and crew: Salah Abouseif, Faten Hamama, Imad Hamdi, Nadia Lutfi, Ahmed Ramzy, Shukry Sarhan, Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, Lucien Lambert, Helmy Halim, Abdelhalim Nasr, Aqila Ratib, Laila Taher, Samiha Ayyoub, Shirin, Mohammed Alwan, Omar Zolficar, Mohamed Hamdi, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Ya'qub Michail, Amru Targoman, Adel Al-Mahilmi, Abdel Aziz Mikawi, Nesim Shehab, Alaa Badredin, Salah Musa, Laila Sadeq
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy to promote
the 1950 Henry Barakat 125-minute black-and-white film The Shores
of Love [shati al-gharam] starring Laila Mourad based on story and
screenplay by Henry Barakat with dialogue by Ali Al-Zarkani and
Youssef Isa and cinematography by Abelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: The
Egyptian mediterranean resort of Mersa Matruh provides a picturesque
setting for this romantic drama. Adel [Hussein Sedki] was a young man
who did not know the meaning of love. He spent his time at
racetracks, dance halls and in the arms of prostitutes. While on a
beach vacation at Mersa Matruh, Adel fell in love with a schoolteacher
named Laila [Laila Mourad] and asked her father for permission to
marry her. The father agreed and Adel took Laila with him back to
Cairo. Adel's aunt and her husband were surprised by his sudden
marriage, because the aunt had been planning for him to marry her
daugher Mona so she could use Adel's wealth to lift her family out of
bankruptcy. On the other hand Adel's mistress Soheir [Taheya
Cariocca] had also been hoping to marry him. The aunt devised a
scheme to disrupt the marriage by accusing Laila of being unfaithful
and she succeeded with it because Adel believed her. He sent Laila
back to her father in Mersa Matruh. However Adel then learned his
aunt was just after his money and that the accusation was false, so he
went to Mersa Matruh to correct the mistake and bring his wife back to
Cairo again.
Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Taheya Cariocca, Laila Mourad, Mohsen Sarhan, Hussein Sedki, Salah Mansour, Abdelhalim Nasr, Ali Al-Zarkani, Youssef Esa, Samiha Ayyoub, Stephan Rosti, Zaki Ibrahim, Gom'a Idris, Mimi Shakeeb, Mona, Edmond Tuema, Nahed Farid, Shafik Noureddin
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
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
