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
Shown here is a first printing of a 9" x 13" 12-page Egyptian program for
the 1954 115-minute black-and-white Helmy Rafla film Who Do You
Love [lamin hawak] starring Kamal Al-Shennawi and Hoda Soltan
based on screenplay, dialogue and story by Youssef Gohar with
cinematography by Masud Isa. The film was produced by Asia Film.
Plot summary: Nadia was suffering because of the behavior of her
sister Nawal, who was a deceptive girl. She sought counseling in this
matter from Dr. Adel and during these consultations love grew between
Adel the physician and Nadia the nurse. Nawal's sister married and
then divorced a swindler, while Adel and Nadia eventually married when
their love grew stronger.
Cast and crew: Helmy Rafla, Dimitri Gabriel, Masud Esa, Kamal
Al-Shennawi, Imad Hamdi, Farid Shawqi, Hoda Soltan, Mona, Abdel Salam
Al Nabulsy, Wedad Hamdy, Hager Hamdy, Zeinat Olwi, Soraya Salem
Pictured here is an 8" x 11" 12-page Egyptian program for the 1954
Ihsan Ferghal musical comedy We Live Once [al-omr wahd]
starring Ismail Yassine based on story and dialogue by Abu Seoud
El-Ibiary with cinematography by Mostafa Hassan. Plot summary: The
owner of a company lusted after his secretary and wanted to seduce
her, but the secretary loved an engineer in the company named Nafe
[Ismail Yasseen]. The secretary married him and the director [Abdel
Fatah Al Kasri] fired them. In the face of the unemployment problems
the engineer decided to go to Brazil where his twin brother Masoud
[also Ismail Yasseen] lived. He boarded an aircraft that crashed and
killed all the passengers and the wife and the brother took the
insurance money, which put them on a better social level. However
Nafe soon appeared; the two had many problems hiding him and Nafe wore
many disguises. He saw with his own eyes how men lusted after his
wife in his absence. Nafe's ruse was discovered, the police arrested
him and the company demanded the money. Nafe's brother arrived from
Brazil and paid the insurance money, ending the problems surrounding
Nafe.
Cast and crew: Ihsan Fergal, Ismail Yasseen, Habaieb, Zeinat Sedki,
Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Imad Hamdi, Gamalat Zayed, Mostafa Hassan, Abu
Seoud El-Ibiary, Hermine, Wedad Hamdy
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1985 Samir Seif
film The Indigent based on story, screenplay and dialogue by
Wahid Hamed and starring Adel Imam as Arafa. Plot summary: Arafa is a
poor uneducated village laborer with no social graces who marries
Warda, [Elham Shaheen] a widow with a bad reputation. The village is
controlled by ruthless gangsters who do whatever they wish with
impunity because of government indifference. Arafa, who has no other
options or prospects, is drawn into their operations.
Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Elham Shaheen, Sa'eed Saleh, Salah Kabil,
Samir Seif, Wahid Hamed, Ibrahim Al Sharkawi, Hamdi Al Wazir, Umran
Bahar, Hussein El Sherbiny, Wedad Hamdy, Nagwa al-Mawgi, Wafik Fahmy,
Na'im Esa, Zizi Fared, Mustafa Gamaleddin, Wahid Farid
Pictured is an undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by an
unknown artist for the 1960 Houssam El-din Mustafa 90-minute color
film Farewell to Love [wedaan ya hob] with story, screenplay
and dialogue by Fathy Abol-Fadl and cinematography by Mohamed Abdel
Azim. Plot summary: Sharif [Muharram Fouad] was a young musician who
did not complete his university studies. One day he found a gold chain
in front of the Opera belonging to Amani [Mariam Fakhr Eddine]. He
went to return it to her after reading a report about the loss of the
chain. He met Amani on a farm and refused the reward. She asked him
to manage the farm, which improved Ramzy's [Khalil Badreddine]
straitened circumstances at a time when he was wanting to seize
Amani's money. Things improved on the farm and it produced a return,
but Ramzi, who was trying to manage Sharif, became more angry. He told
Amani that a woman had come to him on the farm. Amani's cousin Samir
came and told her he would love to marry her in accordance with her
father's command. Feelings of love developed between Sharif and Amani
and she asked her uncle to help Sharif sing at the Opera. She gave him
some money and Sharif made a successful appearance while Ramzi became
more angry; he followed Sharif when he returned to the village after
the ceremony and shot him. The people were able to catch the killer
but they were not able to save the life of the musician.
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster by an unknown artist for the 1963
El-Sayed Ziada film Forgive My Mistake based on a story by Aziz
Armani, screenplay and dialogue by El-Sayed Ziada, cinematography by
Zakaria Mansour and starring Samira Ahmed as Leila. Plot summary:
Hussein Mokhtar [Kamal Al-Shennawi] did not care about marriage until
he fell in love with a poor girl named Leila. Before marrying her he
discovered she was a prostitute. This broke his heart but because of
his love for her he forgave her, even though his mother tried to get
him to end his relationship with her. According to Egyptian film
encyclopedist Mahmoud Qasem this poster is for a rerelease with scenes
deleted and a title change of the 1962 film Take Me and My
Shame [khozni bi 'ari] directed by El Sayed Ziada. In both
versions of the film Samira Ahmed's character is a prostitute.
Cast and crew: Kamal Al-Shennawi, Zuzu Madi, Hassan Hamed, Wedad
Hamdy, Khayria Ahmed, Nahed Samir, Said Khalil, Ahmed Ghanem, Samira
Ahmed, El-Sayed Ziada, Zakaria Mansour, Aziz Armani
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1959 Mahmoud Zulfikar
musical Forbidden Women written by Amin Yousseff Ghurab and
starring Hoda Soltan as Mahasen. Plot summary: The contractor Tareq
[Hussein Riad] was unable to have any children by his wife Hafiza
[Amina Rizk] so he adopted Ahmed, [Salah Zulfikar] who later managed
his work for him and formed a relationship with a woman named
Mahasen. Ahmed formed an illicit relationship with her without knowing
she was married to Tewfiq. Mahasen had a daughter named laila [Amal
Farid]; Ahmed became interested in her without realizing she was his
own daughter.
Cast and crew: Hoda Soltan, Salah Zulfikar, Amina Rizk, Mahmoud
Zulfikar, Hussein Riad, Amin Yousseff Ghurab, Mohamed Abdel Azim, Amal
Farid, Wedad Hamdy, Mohammad Shawqi, Fifi Said, Mohsen Hassanein,
Hussein Assar, Hussein Ismail
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Kamal Al-Shennawi (1918-2011) for
the 1973 Helmy Rafla film Women of the Night AKA nesa'
al-layl based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ahmed Abdel
Wahab and Faisal Nada and starring Kamal Al-Shennawy as Ahmed
Hamdy. Plot summary: Ahmed Hamdy chose a nightclub singer and dancer
named Zeinab [Nahed Sherif] to model for one of his paintings. He was
trying to convey a sense of loss in the portrait, which he was
planning to enter in a contest at a government festival. In frequent
visits to Ahmed's studio Zeinab came to understand his various
feelings, the most important of which was his love for her. Ahmed's
painting won a big prize at the government festival and he became
famous. When he went back to Cairo, Yousria [Nelly] tried to see him
because she wanted him to marry her, but even though she needed him
desperately he could not stand her.
Cast and crew: Hassan Youssef, Nelly, Nahed Sherif, Helmy
Rafla, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Wedad Hamdy, Ghassan Mattar, Aziza Helmy,
Ibrahim Saafan, Ahmed Abdel Wahab, Faisal Nada, Kawsar Ramzi, Mokhtar
El Sayed, Seif Allah Mokhtar, Hamdy Youssef
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour
and Ahmed Fouad for the 1952 film Eternal Love [habib al-ruh].
The film was written and directed by its star Anwar Wagdi with
cinematography by Wahid Farid. It tells the story of a talented woman
named Layla [Laila Mourad] who gives up her promising musical
profession for the benefit of her husband Wahid [Anwar Wagdi] who
needs her and demands that she devote herself to him instead of her
career as a performer.
Cast and crew: Youssef Wahby, Mimi Shakeeb, Ferdoos Mohammed,
Ibrahim Emara, Wedad Hamdy, Abdel Nabi Mohammed, Wahid Farid, Anwar
Wagdi, Laila Mourad, Salah Mansour
This is a 27.5" x 38.25" Egyptian poster designed by an unknown artist
to promote the 1954 Gamal Madkoor film Traces in the Sand آثار في الرمل
starring Faten Hamama based on story and dialogue by Youssef El Sebai
with screenplay by Gamal Madkoor and cinematography by Abdel Aziz
Fahmy. Plot summary: When the composer Ibrahim Mohsen [Imad Hamdi] is
being treated for loss of memory he sees his former fiance Ragia,
[Faten Hamama] who is living with her grandfather [Hamdy Gheith] in
Alexandria. She emphasizes that she loves him and wants to help him;
she also acknowledges that her grandfather is opposed to their
marriage.
Cast and crew: Gamal Madkoor, Youssef El Sebai, Zahrat El-Ola, Hamdy Gheith, Fatan Hamama, Imad Hamdi, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Abdel Aziz Ahmed, Wedad Hamdy, Abdel Aziz Khalil, Mahmoud Azmy, Mohammad al-Tukhy, Ali Rushdy, Mohammad Abd al-Qodus
Pictured is a 35.5" x 47" oversize Egyptian poster designed by Abdel
Rahman to promote the 1956 Hassan El-Seify 89-minute black-and-white
film Who Is the Killer? [min al-qatel?] starring Samira Ahmed
based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed Kamel Hassan with
cinematography by Alevise Orphanelli. Plot summary: A girl was killed
during a wedding celebration. An inspector [Adly Kasseb] arrived
immediately to determine the murderer's identity. He questioned a
number of people and found they all had good motives for killing the
girl, but the real murderer turned out to be someone nobody suspected.
This is a 35" x 47" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Rahman for the
1955 Bahaeddine Sharaf film The One Who is Happy with Little
[من رضي بقليلة man radi biqalila] based on story and screenplay by Mostafa Hassan
and starring Mahmoud Choukoukou as Mabsout. Plot summary: Mabsout and
Said [Omar El-Hariri] are two workers who decide to take a break from
their wives [Sherifa Maher and Wedad Hamdy] for a night on the town.
At a nightclub they meet two girls [Hoda Shamseddin and Gamalat
Zayed], form affectionate relationships and commit to marrying them.
Somehow their wives realize what is going on and disguise themsleves
as men so they can look for their husbands in the night spots. The
wives finally succeed in bringing their men back home.
This is a 33" x 45" Egyptian oversize stone litho poster for the 1954
film Money and Children [المال والبنون al-mal wal-banun] directed by Ibrahim Emara,
starring Aqila Ratib and Mohsen Sarhan. The film tells the story of
two married friends and their children, where the desire for children
and the ability to have them are restrained by financial
considerations. One of the men takes a second wife to make the
addition of children easier. The poster art is a joint project by
Studio Adly and Ahmed Fouad; printing by Dar al-Taba'a of Cairo.
Cast and crew: Ibrahim Emara, Aqila Ratib, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Mohsen Sarhan, Zahrat El-Ola, Mahmoud Choukoukou, Wedad Hamdy, Souraya Fakhry, Abdel Moneim Bassioni, Masud Isa
This is a 27.5" x 38.25" Egyptian poster designed to promote the 1954
Gamal Madkoor film Traces in the Sand starring Faten Hamama
based on story and dialogue by Youssef El Sebai with screenplay by
Gamal Madkoor and cinematography by Abdel Aziz Fahmy. Plot summary:
When the composer Ibrahim was being treated for loss of memory he saw
his former fiancé Ragia, who was living with her grandfather in
Alexandria. She emphasized that she loved him and wanted to help him;
she also admitted that her grandfather was opposed to their marriage.
Cast and crew: Gamal Madkoor, Youssef El Sebai, Zahrat El-Ola, Hamdy Gheith, Fatan Hamama, Imad Hamdi, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Abdel Aziz Ahmed, Wedad Hamdy, Abdel Aziz Khalil, Mahmoud Azmy, Mohammad al-Tukhy, Ali Rushdy, Mohammad Abd al-Qodus
Pictured is a 35.5" x 47" oversize Egyptian poster designed by Abdel
Rahman to promote the 1956 Hassan El-Seify 89-minute black-and-white
film Who Is the Killer? [min al-qatel?] starring Samira Ahmed
based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed Kamel Hassan with
cinematography by Alevise Orphanelli. Plot summary: A girl was killed
during a wedding celebration. An inspector [Adly Kasseb] arrived
immediately to determine the murderer's identity. He questioned a
number of people and found they all had good motives for killing the
girl, but the real murderer turned out to be someone nobody suspected.
This is an Egyptian poster designed to promote the 1974 Mohamed Abdel
Aziz 106-minute color film We Must Love in the Summer [fil-seyf
lazem neheb] starring Salah Zulfikar based on a story by Mohamed
Hassan and Mohamed Salem with screenplay and dialogue by Mohamed Salem
and cinematography by Mostafa Imam. Plot summary: Dr. Nabil [Salah
Zulfikar] took four of his patients from a hospital for nervous
disorders to Alexandria believing they would be cured by mixing with
the people. One of them was Ahmed [Nour El-Sherif, who lived with
numbers and had a breakdown while working at a bank. The second was
an amateur musician named Medhat Youssef [Samir Sabri], who competed
for a prize at a song festival but failed. The third was Mohamed
Youssef the mathematician who went to the hospital because of a
personal crisis, and the fourth was Geneidy [Sameer Ghanem] the soccer
player who had failed as his team's goalee and who believed there were
conspiracies all around him. On the way to Alexandria they met a man
named Fadel Abdel Hafiz [Abdel Moneim Madbouly] and his daughters on
the al-Agami beach. Maggie [Magda El-Khatib] became friends with
Ahmed, Mohamed became friends with Zainab [Amira], Medhat became
friends with Madiha [Madiha Kamel] and Geneidy became friends with
Rawia [Lebleba]. In the midst of comedic, musical and dance scenes at
the beach and in the hotel Dr. Nabil restored his patients to health,
and they even demonstrated they were all normal when the police came
to investigate a complaint about the presence of deranged people at
the hotel. Of course they all fell in love and lived happily ever
after.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Magda El-Khatib, Nour El-Sherif, Madiha Kamel, Lebleba, Samir Sabri, Sameer Ghanem, Sa'eed Saleh, Amira, Wedad Hamdy, Mohamed Lutfy, Imad Hamdi, Tewfik El Dekn, Ibrahim Saafan, Salah Zulfikar, Mohamed Hassan, Salama Hassan, Mohamed Salem, Mostafa Imam, Mohammed Latif, Osama Abbas
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
