This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Studio Adly for the
1964 Hassan Reda film The River of Life based on story,
screenplay and dialogue by Mahmoud Sobhi and starring Salah Kabil as
Ahmed. Plot summary: Poverty caused an ailing father [Abu Bakr Ezzat]
to force his daughter Amina [Mona Morad] to marry her stingy old rich
uncle Abbas, [Abdel Ghani Kamar] which made her life hell. Then
she had a new encounter with her first love Ahmed and demanded a
divorce.
Cast and crew: Salah Kabil, Abu Bakr Ezzat, Mona Morad, Hassan
Reda, Abdel Ghani Kamar, Mostafa Hassan, Amal Ramzy, Leila Fahmi,
Samir Sabri, Alim Abdel Monem, Soheir Zaky
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Gasour and Ahmed
Fouad for the 1961 Ibrahim Emara film For a Handful of Kids
[min agle khefnet awlad] based on a story by Sami Ghanim, screenplay
by Mohammad Mostafa Sami and starring Rushdy Abaza as Hassan. Plot
summary: Hassan was an elementary school teacher at a school directed
by Mr. Madbouly [Abdel Moneim Madbouly]. Hassan lived happily with
his wife Nadia [Soheir al-Morshedy] even though they had been married
seven years without having any children. Then they began to quarrel
about not having children and one of Hassan's friends suggested he
marry the director's sister so he could have children. He did this and
kept it secret from his first wife Nadia. Then both of the women had
children. Nadia had a girl and the second wife [Soheir Zaki] had a
boy. He was able to meet the costs of both households, but the women
kept having children until Hassan had eight. Then there were so many
problems Hassan's situation became unbearable.
Cast and crew: Sami Ghanim, Mohammad Mostafa Sami, Rushdy Abaza,
Soheir El-Morshidy, Soheir Zaky, Ibrahim Emara, Mostafa Shawqi, Rafet
Fahim, Mostafa Helmy, Mostafa Reshwan, Hani Shaker, Atef Mokaram,
Abdel Azim Kamel, Aqila Ratib, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Soheir Zaki, Ali
Al-Moawen, Soheir Al-Morshedy
Mountain Tough Guy [futuwwet al-gabal] (1982) - (Farid Shawqi) Egyptian film poster
Shown here is a 13.5" x 19.5" poster designed by Sami to promote the
1982 105-minute Nader Galal color film Mountain Tough Guy
[futuwwet al-gabal] starring Farid Shawqi with story, screenplay and
dialogue by Abdel Hai Adib based on the Eugene O'Neil play Desire
under the Elms with cinematography by Ibrahim Saleh. Plot
summary: The wealthy Hassan was unable to get close to the dancer
Aziza, who rejected him, but Hassan asked her father for hand and her
father agreed because there was money involved and he needed some
money. This disrupted the plans of Sekina, the widow of Hassan's
brother, who had been hoping to marry Hassan. Meanwhile Sekina's son
Omar was in love with Aziza and he promised to marry her somehow.
They kept meeting even though Omar was torn between loyalty to his
uncle who had educated him and his love for Aziza. Aziza asked Hassan
for a divorce, because he had promied he would give her a divorce
after she had a child, but he refused to keep his promise. She
confessed to him that she was in love with Omar, but when Hassan
learned this he decided to kill Omar. When Aziza tried to save Omar
she killed her husband accidentally. Omar was angered by this and
killed her. Then the police came and arrested Omar.
Cast and crew: Nader Galal, Farid Shawqi, Eugene O'Neil, Desire under the Elms, Abdel Hai Adib, Ibrahim Saleh, Bussy, Farouk Al-Fishawy, Zahrat El-Ola, Saleh al-Iskandarani, Abol Fotouh Omara, Soheir Zaky
This Egyptian film poster was designed by Al-Khad to promote the 1980
115-minute Henry Barakat color film I Am Neither a Devil Nor an
Angel [lestu shaytanan wa la malakan] based on story, screenplay
and dialogue by Samir Abdelazim with cinematography by Ibrahim Saleh.
Plot summary: Kawsar [Soheir Ramzy] left her fiance Ahmed [Nour
El-Sherif] and married the elderly rich man Shamis, [Aly El Cherif]
the owner of a factory in which her father worked, after there was a
quarrel between her and Ahmed over her father. Ahmed finished his
studies and graduated from the college of engineering. He established
a relationship with his classmate Engineer Nahed [Hoda Ramzi] and they
decided to marry. Shamis was killed by the husband of his mistress.
Kawsar asked Engineer Ahmed to help her manage her late husband's
factory because she was having many problems doing it herself. By
chance she learned about the relationship between Ahmed and Nahed;
this got her to thinking about firing Nahed from her job at the
factory. Ahmed went to see Kawsar at her home and asked her not to do
this. After he left her home Shamis's son stabbed Kawsar with a knife
and she was taken to a hospital. Ahmed emphasized to Nahed that his
relationship with Kawsar had been just a work relationship and what
had happened earlier was just a memory; so the two of them began their
life together.
Cast and crew: Nour El-Sherif, Henry Barakat, Ihsan Sherif, Soheir Ramzy, Hoda Ramzi, Aly El Cherif, Wahid Seif, Mohammed Tawfik, Zein El-Ashmawy, Salah Nazmi, Enaam Salousa, Soheir Zaky, Ibrahim Saleh, Samir Abdelazim, Samy Fahmy
