This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Ahmed Fouad for the
1946 Wali Eddine Sameh film The Lady's Puppet starring Naguib
Al Rihani based on the 1898 Pierre Louys novel The Devil Is a
Woman AKA La Femme et le pantin, story by Naguib Al Rihani
and Badei Khayri and starring Naguib Al Rihani as Hassan. Plot
summary: In Cairo during the World War II a poor boy named Hassan
marries a runaway named Laaba, [Taheya Cariocca] who later becomes a
cinema performer; she leaves Hassan for another man, then agrees to
marry the other man while in Lebanon without telling him of her
existing marriage to Hassan.
Cast and crew: Wali Eddine Sameh, Naguib Al Rihani, Badei Khayri,
Pierre Louys, Taheya Cariocca, Suleiman Naguib, Aziz Osman, Bechara
Wakim, Hassan Fayek, Marie Munib, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Badei Khayri,
Mustafa Hassan
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Ahmed Fouad for an
undated rerelease of the 1947 Ibrahim Helmi film Abu Halmoos
based on a screenplay by Ibrahim Helmi, cinematography by Sammy Brill
and starring Naguib Al Rihani as Shahata Effendi. Plot summary: As
the film begins Shahata Effendi is working as an accountant in a shop
that sells birds, which makes him angry about his life and his work,
but he tolerates the owner of the shop Alfaz. He is only working for
him until he receives a letter with news of his acceptance in a new
job as an accountant for mortmain properties. However he discovers
account speculation by the overseer of the mortmain accounts, although
the mortmain overseer is able to get coverage for his thefts. Shahata
becomes acquainted with the daughter of the mortmain overseer and
falls in love with her. However she ridicules his love for her when
he becomes the latest employee working for her father. While he is
asking her to marry him he leaves her and does not have the courage to
raise the subject of marriage with her father. The daughter of the
mortmain overseer makes plans to marry Shahata while he retains his
position as her father's latest employee. A dancer claims she has given
birth to a boy who was the son of the mortmain overseer and she has
left the boy with him. Everyone knows there was a boy named Halmoos
but they do not know who were his mother and father. The daughter of
the mortmain overseer learnes about this incident and claims she was
the boy's mother by Shahata. Shahata suddenly comes upon this Halmoos
and while the mortmain overseer is protesting the marriage Shahata
reminds him of his theft of time and his forging of account
signatures. The father is obliged to agree to the marriage. However
the daughter of the mortmain overseer tells Shahata Effendi the truth
and he is touched by it. He feels like leaving the boy with her and
the people. However the days pass and Shahata Effendi wins the
lottery and becomes rich. He trades it for a relationship with the
family of the mortmain overseer. The mortmain overseer's daughter
loves him and he is happy to marry her.
Cast and Crew: Wali Eddine Sameh, Ibrahim Helmi, Naguib Al Rihani, Hagar Hamdi, Abbas Fares, Hassan Fayek, Marie Munib, Zuzu Shakeeb, Badei Khayri, Mohamed Kamal al-Masri, Ferdoos Mohammed, Mohammad al-Dib, Lola Sedki, Stefan Rosti, Victoria Habiqa, Sammy Brill
