This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1956 musical Girls Today
written and directed by Henry Barakat, music by Mohamed
Abdel Wahab and starring Abdel Halim Hafez as Khaled. Plot summary:
Salwa [Magda] and Laila [Amal Farid] are sisters with vastly different
personalities. Salwa is quiet and polite while Laila is extroverted
and cheerful. Khaled gets into a romance with Laila, which brings out
their differences. Khaled soon turns his attention to Laila's sister
Salwa, but his artist friend Fathy [Ahmed Ramzy] is also attracted to
her.
Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Youssef Issa, Abdel Halim Hafez,
Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Magda, Ahmed Ramzy, Amal Farid, Seraj Munir,
Soraya Fakhry, Fathiya Shahin, Kariman, Abdel Azim Kamel, Hussain
Ismail, Mokhtar El Sayed, Ahmed Khorshid
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 35" x 46" two-piece poster designed by Ahmed Fouad for the
1951 Anwar Wagdi film Eve of the Wedding [lailet al-henna]
starring Shadia as Hurria and Kamal Al-Shennawi as Hassan. Plot
summary: The film recounts the troubled circumstances of an impending
marriage between a singer and her lover. The story is complicated by
a pregnancy, social objections to the woman's occupation as a singer,
parental disapproval and threats and manipulations from a cabaret
owner struggling to control a popular singer about to quit her job.
Cast and crew: Anwar Wagdi, Shadia, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Marie Munib,
Seraj Munir, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Mahmoud Reda, Reyad El Kasabgy,
Wahid Farid, Ferdoos Mohammed, Abdel Moniem Ismail, Abu Seoud
El-Ibiary, Stephan Rosti, Wedad Hamdy, Kitty, Hussein Ibrahim, Abdel
Hamid Bodaoha, Mohamed Abu al-Seoud, Hassan Qatla, Taga Zaki, Abdel
Aziz Said
This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by
Walid Wahib for the 1955 Henry Barakat musical Days and Nights
based on a story by Henry Barakat and Youssef Gohar, screenplay by
Henry Barakat, cinematography by Wahid Farid, music by Mohamed Abdel
Wahab and starring 26-year-old Abdel Halim Hafez (1929-1977) as
Yehia. Plot summary: A wealthy man married a woman who had divorced an
irresponsible alcoholic painter [Mahmoud El-Meliguy]. The wealthy man
educated her two sons, one of whom was from another husband, and the
boys grew up together like twins. Yehia, the son of the painter,
loved Samia [Imane] but his brother made trouble for him and Samia
turned away from him. They quarreled at a party when he was quite
drunk and then he got in his car and killed a pedestrian. At his
trial he confessed the truth. This caused tension in the family but
when he returned to his father the painter, the father took
responsibility for the first time; he had a reconciliation with his
wife and his son when he saw the love between mother and son and the
son's confession of the truth. The film includes the hit
song Toba [Never
Again]: Lyrics and translation
Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Imane, Ahmed Ramzy, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Henry Barakat, Kamal Hussein, Seraj Munir, Aqila Ratib, Wahid Farid, Youssef Gohar, Ahmed Zaki, Adly Kasseb, Soheir El-Barouni, Samia Rushdy, Souraya Fakhry, Zeinat Alawy
This is a 35" x 25.5" Egyptian stone litho one-sheet designed by
Hassan Mazhar Gasour for the 1953 Henry Barakat film The Rule of
Time [hukm al-zaman] based on a screenplay and dialogue by Youssef
Esa and starring Imad Hamdi as Adel. Plot summary: Engineer Adel
returns to Cairo from Europe looking for Wedad [Nour Al Hoda], the
woman he wants to marry.
Cast and crew: Hassan Mazhar Gasour, Giulio De Luca, Imad Hamdi, Henry Barakat, Magda, Nour Al Hoda, Zuzu Shakeeb, Seraj Munir, Mohammed Al-Bakkar, Souraya Fakhry, Abdel Rahim al-Zerkani, Omar al-Hariri, Samiha Tawfik
This is an Egyptian 27" x 39" undated rerelease one-sheet poster for
the 1955 Helmy Rafla film My Nights of Love starring Abdel
Halim Hafez as Ahmed Momtaz. Plot summary: Ahmed Momtaz was a
low-level employee who invented a type of fireproof cloth. He offered
his invention to his direct supervisor, who in turn offered it to the
one above him and so on until it reached the executive director. Each
person in the chain took credit for the invention himself. He went
with his colleague to see the executive director at his home where
they were having a costume party. He met the director's daughter
thinking she was the maid, and they liked each other. She thought he
was a millionaire because he had the same name as the millionaire
Ahmed Momtaz. The real millionaire appeared, who was courting the
girl. The director discovered the truth. Ahmed tried to prove to the
director that he was the owner of the invention. There was a
confrontation between the employee and the millionaire, which ended in
Ahmed's favor. He married his love after the director learned the
truth about the invention.
Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Helmy Rafla, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Amal Farid, Mahmoud Nasr, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Ismail Al-Hebrouk, Seraj Munir, Salah Nazmi, Mohammed Abdel Koddous, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Aziza Helmy, Hind Alam, Shafik Noureddin, Wedad Hamdy, Said Khalil, Mohamed al-Dib
Pictured above are an undated rerelease poster (top) and a 33.75" x 45.5" Egyptian poster designed by
Stamatis Vassiliou and Marcel to promote the 1955 114-minute Hassan Al
Imam black-and-white film Flesh [al-gessad] starring Hind
Rostom based on screenplay and dialogue by El Sayed Bedeir with
cinematography by Alvisy Orphanily. Plot summary: Nemat was expelled from
school and became a nightclub dancer after her
mother left home. Her father was unable to get her to come back home,
and then lost his job when he was fired by his boss, Amin. Nemat heard
about this and went back home to stay with him and give up her work as
an entertainer. He went out to bring food for her but when he
returned she had already left home again to become the lover of his
old boss Amin. Nemat's father tried to kill his wife. He blinded her
but did not succeed in killing her and was put in jail for attempted murder.
Nemat met an attorney named Hussein, who was Amin's son. They were about
to marry, but Amin would have none of it and drove Hussein away Nemat's
health was destroyed in an accident that left her unable to dance. She was
diagnosed with a critical respiratory ailment and Amin left her, alone
and penniless. The father was released from prison and made amends
with his wife and daughter. Hussein went back to Nemat and promised
to marry her and pay for her medical care. She accepted his proposal
and put her life in his hands.
Cast and crew: Hassan Al Imam, Hind Rostom, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Fatma Rouchdi, Hussein Riad, Seraj Munir, Mokhtar Osman, Alvisy Orphanily, Hussein Al-Meliguy, Fifi Youssef, Mohamed Shawky, Souraya Fakhry, Abdel Hamid Badawi, Hussein Ismail, El Sayed Bedeir, Soad Ahmed, Souraya Hassan, Alia Fawzi, Mohsen Hassanein, Mohamed Sabih, Naim Mostafa, Abdel Moniem Seoudy, Ezzat Wahid, Soad Ahmed
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
This is a 33" x 45" original Egyptian stone litho poster designed by
Studio Adly to promote the 1957 109-minute Youssef Chahine
black-and-white film You are My Love [enta habibi] starring
Farid Al Atrache and Shadia based on story, screenplay and dialogue by
Abu Seoud El-Ibiary with cinematography by Ahmed Khorshed. Plot
summary: The two cousins Yasmina [Shadia] and Farid [Farid Al Atrache]
despise each other but decide to marry anyway because that is the only
way they can meet the conditions of their grandfather's will, which
stipulates they will be disinherited if they are not married. They
agree the marriage will be on paper only. Nana [Hind Rostom], the
woman to whom Farid's heart really belongs, accompanies them as a
chaperone on their honeymoon to Aswan along with Farid's friend Zaher
[Abdel Moneim Ibrahim]. Then during the honeymoon Yasmina discovers
she really loves Farid and Farid also discovers he loves only Yasmina;
the two restart their honeymoon.
Cast and crew: Youssef Chahine, Ali Abdel Al, Farid Al Atrache, Hind Rostom, Shadia, Ahmed Khorshed, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Seraj Munir, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Zeinat Sedki, Abdel Aziz Ahmed, Mimi Shakeeb, Abdel Ghani Nagdi, Sayed Soleiman, Abdul Nabi Mohammad
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
Shown here is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease poster designed by an
unknown artist for the 1956 139-minute Hassan El-Seify black-and-white
film Samara starring Taheya Cariocca based on story and
screenplay by Mahmoud Ismail with dialogue by Abdel Moneim El-Sebai
and cinematography by Mahmoud Nasr. Plot summary: This is an Egyptian
noir style crime thriller, featuring a classy 1952 Packard
Mayfair convertible as an Egyptian gang's vehicle of choice for its
various criminal errands. Soltan [Mahmoud Ismail] was a big-time
smuggler who loved Samara [Taheya Cariocca]. He married her and drew
her into his criminal affairs; she became influential in the affairs
of his gang. When the police sent an escaped convict named Abu Shefa
[Mohsen Sarhan] into their midst as an informer, Samara fell in love
with him. After Samara flirted with him playfully at a nightclub,
Soltan's boss Wagih [Mahmoud El-Meliguy] also fell in love with
Samara, although she did not feel the same way about him. Wagih,
Samara and Soltan went to Suez together to receive a shipment of
smuggled hashish. The police followed them there and monitored their
activities. When the police were closing in later for a final arrest
in Cairo they shot Samara while she was in Abu Shefa's arms.
Cast and crew: Hassan El-Seify, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Seraj Munir, El Sayed Bedeir, Stephan Rosti, Taheya Cariocca, Mohsen Sarhan, Mahmoud Ismail, Mahmoud Nasr, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Abdel Aziz Khalil, Reyad El Kasabgy, Mohammed Tawfik, Mohammed Dib, Shafik Noureddin, Gamalat Zayed, Fouad Gafaar, Hussein Ismail, Awatef Youssef, Mohsen Hassanein, Abdel Moneim El-Sebai
Shown here is a 39" x 54" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar
Gasour to promote the 1953 Salah Abouseif 98-minute black-and-white
film Raya and Sekina starring Anwar Wagdi based on a screenplay
by Naguib Mahfouz and Salah Abouseif after an account by journalist
Lotfi Osman of actual events in 1920, with dialogue by El Sayed Bedeir
and cinematography by Wahid Farid. Plot summary: This film is a
dramatization of the investigation and arrest of Raya and Sekina, two
serial killers in Alexandria Egypt who were the leaders of a gang
responsible for the abduction and murder of 26 women. Anwar Wagdi has
the role of the investigating officer Ahmed, who operates as an
undercover agent, works his way into the midst of the criminal gang
and eventually brings them to justice.
Cast and crew: Anwar Wagdi, Negma Ibrahim, Zouzou Hamdy El-Hakim, Farid Shawqi, Shukry Sarhan, Samira Ahmed, Berlanty Abdel Hamid, Reyad El Kasabgy, Shafik Galal, Said Khalil, Seraj Munir, Wahid Farid, Naguib Mahfouz, Salah Abouseif, El Sayed Bedeir, Lotfi Osman, Malek Al-Gamal, Abdel Alim Khattab, Soleyman Al-Guindy, Shafik Noureddin, Kamel Anwar, Mohammed Alwan, Loutfi El Hakim
This is is a 27" x 39" stone lithograph poster designed by an unknown
artist to promote the 1945 102-minute Niazi Mostafa black-and-white
film Rabha starring Kouka based on a story by Mahmoud Taymoor
with screenplay by Niazi Mostafa, dialogue by Bayram El Tounsi and
cinematography by Mohamed Abdel Azim. Plot summary: Rabha, a pretty
girl from a Bedouin tribe, came to the aid of a boy from the city who
was injured when he fell off his galloping horse on a hunting trip, and
the two of them fell in love. Her tribe had made arrangements for her
to marry her cousin, but on the night she was supposed to do that
she eloped with the city boy. Rabha could not enjoy her married life
because she was afraid of her tribe and knew they would not forgive
her for eloping. However when the tribe learned the city boy was also
of Bedouin extraction they forgot about what had happened and
celebrated the marriage.
Cast and crew: Kouka, Niazi Mostafa, Badr Lama, Seraj Munir, Abbas Fares, Bechara Wakim, Mohamed Abdel Azim, Negma Ibrahim, Mohammed Al Kahlawi, Ahmed Abdelhalim, Zuzu Shakeeb, Soraya Fakhry, Bayram El Tounsi, Mahmoud Taymoor, Tawfiq al-Mardanli, Fouad al-Rahidi, Amal Hussein, Mohamed Kamela
This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Rahman
to promote the 1957 134-minute Ezzel Dine Zulficar black-and-white
film Port Said starring Farid Shawqi based on story and
screenplay by Ezzel Dine Zulficar with dialogue by Aly Al-Zarkani and
cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. This film is considered a
milestone in the career of its star Farid Shawqi, the breakthrough
where he was first recognized as a major Egyptian star and also the
point where the quality of his work began a long decline. Plot
summary: The film provides a nationalistic and patriotic view of the
1956 Tripartite Aggression in the Egyptian city of Port Said, with the
Egyptian resistance shown as unfailingly heroic, righteous and morally
victorious. It is populist war propaganda.
Cast and crew: Farid Shawqi, Hoda Soltan, Leila Fawzi, Shukry Sarhan, Zahrat El-Ola, Amina Rizk, Hussein Riad, Seraj Munir, Ahmed Mazhar, Tewfik El Dekn, Zeinat Sedki, Rushdy Abaza, Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Abdelhalim Nasr, Aly Al-Zarkany, Kamal Yasseen, Naima Wasfy, Kamal Hussein, Nour El-Demerdash, Adly Kasseb, Suleiman al-Guindy, Reyad El Kasabgy, Shafik Noureddin
This is a picture of an undated Egyptian rerelease poster printed by
the Arab Cinema Printers to promote the 1950 103-minute Hassan Al Imam
black-and-white film Law of the Jungle [hokm al-'awi] starring
Farid Shawqi based on a screenplay by Hassan Al Imam with dialogue by
El Sayed Bedeir. Cinematography was by Francois Farkas; the film was
produced by the Nehas Film Company. Plot summary: Medhat Abel Nabi
was an engineer who owned a factory with his partner Qasem. The two
of them were opposites ethically. Qasem did not know the meaning of
friendship and he preferred the company to Medhat, who had become its
sole owner. Qasem lived for pleasure and lost all his money gambling.
After that he met a rich man and deluded him about a project that
would supposedly make an enormous amount of money after
implementation, but the wealthy man learned the truth about Qasem and
that he was really just a swindler. He refused the project Qasem was
offering. They quarreled and the rich man was killed. Qasem was
accused of the crime but in a deception he pinned the accusation on
Medhat, who was then arrested and condemned to death. However in the
end the truth was discovered, Medhat was found innocent and the real
perpetrator received his punishment.
Cast and crew: Hassan Al Imam, Mohsen Sarhan, Zuzu Shakeeb, Farid Shawqi, Hoda Soltan, Zouzou Mady, Abbas Fares, Seraj Munir, Abdel Waress Assar, El Sayed Bedeir, Francois Farkas, Mahmoud Choukoukou, Souraya Helmy, Soheir Fakhry, Zaki Ibrahim, Zakia Ibrahim, Abdel Rahim al-Zorqani, Zouzou Nabil, Abdel Alim Khattab, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Sanaa Gamil
Nemat was expelled from school and became a nightclub
dancer after her mother left the marriage home. Her father tried to
get his daughter back but could not bring her home. Amin, the
director of the company where her father worked, fired him. Nemat
learned of this and went to her father's aid. She promised to stay
with him and quit the life of entertaining. He went out to bring food
for her but when he returned he found Nemat had left home. Amin
courted Nemat and she became his lover. Nemat's father tried to kill
his wife and went to prison. The mother lost her sight as a result of
the attempt to murder her. Nemat became acquainted with the attorney
Hussein. Amin discovered that the girl his son was going to marry was
his lover Nemat and the marriage fell apart. Nemat's health was
destroyed because of an accident that left her unable to dance. She
was diagnosed with a critical respiratory ailment and her lover left
her. She lost all her savings that had paid for treatment and drugs.
The father came out of prison and made amends with his wife and
daughter. Hussein went back to Nemat and promised her treatment and
marriage. He summoned the marriage official; Nemat prepared for
marriage and put on a wedding dress. The marriage official arrived
and Nemat put her life in Hussein's hands. This film was directed by
Hassan Al Imam.
Cast and crew: Hassan Al Imam, Hind Rostom, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Fatma Rouchdi, Hussein Riad, Seraj Munir, Mokhtar Osman, Alvisy Orphanily, Hussein Al-Meliguy, Fifi Youssef, Mohamed Shawky, Souraya Fakhry, Abdel Hamid Badawi, Hussein Ismail, El Sayed Bedeir, Soad Ahmed, Souraya Hassan, Alia Fawzi, Mohsen Hassanein, Mohamed Sabih, Naim Mostafa, Abdel Moniem Seoudy, Ezzat Wahid, Soad Ahmed
