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 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 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
