This is a 47" x 36" Egyptian stone litho poster designed by Ahmed
Abdel Aziz for the 1952 Henry Barakat film I am Alone
AKA Ana Wahdi based on a story by Youssef Esa and starring
Magda as Nawal. Plot summary: Nawal and Afaf [Mona] were seamstresses
at a tailor shop making women's dresses. At a fancy formal occasion a
weathy man named Ehsan [Omar El-Hariri] fell in love with Nawal and
his friend Atef [Salah Nazmi] fell in love with Afaf. When they found
out who the girls really were they abandoned them, after which Nawal
tried to commit suicide.
Cast and crew: Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Youssef Esa, Magda, Mona, Soad
Mohamed, Ahmed Abdel Aziz, Abdel Rahim El Zarkani, Mimi Gamal, Omar
El-Hariri, Souraya Fakhri, Nour El-Demerdash, Salah Nazmi, Henry
Barakat, Mimi Shakeeb, Yousef Eisa, Giulio De Luca
Pictured here is a 5-foot by 10-foot six-sheet Egyptian billboard poster designed by
Abdel Rahman to promote the 1951 161-minute Henry Barakat
black-and-white film The Count of Monte Cristo [amir
al-enteqam] based on the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas with screenplay
and adaptation by Henry Barakat, dialogue by Youssef Gohar and Youssef
Esa and cinematograpny by Giulio De Luca. Plot summary: Hassan
Al-Helali [Anwar Wagdi] was a noble sailor who was captured on his
wedding night in a plot by his four enemies [Farid Shawqi, Seraj
Munir, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Hussein Riad] and thrown into prison
without trial or accusation; he remained in prison for many years. In
prison he met an old man named Sheikh Galal who had been there for
nine years; Sheikh Galal told Hassan where a treasure was hidden and
then died. Hassan escaped from prison and found the treasure. He then
began planning his revenge against the people who put him in prison.
He fell in love with a dancer named Zomorouda [Samia Gamal] who helped
him get his revenge and then married him.
Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Anwar Wagdi, Samia Gamal, Madiha Yousri, Kamal al-Shennawi. Seraj Munir, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Farid Shawqi, Hussein Riad, Ali Al-Kassar, Giulio De Luca, Youssef Gohar, Youssef Esa, Reyad El Kasabgy, Abdel Rahim El Zarkani, Zaki Ibrahim, Abdel Aziz Ahmed
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy to promote
the 1950 Henry Barakat 125-minute black-and-white film The Shores
of Love [shati al-gharam] starring Laila Mourad based on story and
screenplay by Henry Barakat with dialogue by Ali Al-Zarkani and
Youssef Isa and cinematography by Abelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: The
Egyptian mediterranean resort of Mersa Matruh provides a picturesque
setting for this romantic drama. Adel [Hussein Sedki] was a young man
who did not know the meaning of love. He spent his time at
racetracks, dance halls and in the arms of prostitutes. While on a
beach vacation at Mersa Matruh, Adel fell in love with a schoolteacher
named Laila [Laila Mourad] and asked her father for permission to
marry her. The father agreed and Adel took Laila with him back to
Cairo. Adel's aunt and her husband were surprised by his sudden
marriage, because the aunt had been planning for him to marry her
daugher Mona so she could use Adel's wealth to lift her family out of
bankruptcy. On the other hand Adel's mistress Soheir [Taheya
Cariocca] had also been hoping to marry him. The aunt devised a
scheme to disrupt the marriage by accusing Laila of being unfaithful
and she succeeded with it because Adel believed her. He sent Laila
back to her father in Mersa Matruh. However Adel then learned his
aunt was just after his money and that the accusation was false, so he
went to Mersa Matruh to correct the mistake and bring his wife back to
Cairo again.
Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Taheya Cariocca, Laila Mourad, Mohsen Sarhan, Hussein Sedki, Salah Mansour, Abdelhalim Nasr, Ali Al-Zarkani, Youssef Esa, Samiha Ayyoub, Stephan Rosti, Zaki Ibrahim, Gom'a Idris, Mimi Shakeeb, Mona, Edmond Tuema, Nahed Farid, Shafik Noureddin
This 35" x 45" oversize Egyptian poster was designed by Studio Adly
and Mohammad Abdel Aziz to promote the 1961 Youssef Maalouf 114-minute
black-and-white film Dearest of the Beloved [aaz al-habaib]
starring Soad Hosny as Kawsar based on a story by Omar Gamii with
screenplay by Youssef Issa, Ibrahim Aboud and Henry Barakat;
cinematography was by Alvisy Orphanily. Plot summary: A pensioner
named Ebrahim Effendi [Zaji Rostom] was the head of a family with a
number of grown children. He was forced to hide a satchel full of
narcotics on behalf of local coffee shop owner Khalifa Abdel Salam
[Hassan el Baroudi] who was also a smuggler to get some extra money to
cover his family expenses. When this was discovered by the police his
engineer son Mokhtar [Shukry Sarhan] took responsibility for it
himself to spare his mother Amina [Amina Rizk] the shock of seeing her
beloved husband go to prison. Mokhtar went to prison for five years
and the father died in sadness. When Mokhtar was released he was
unable to find a job in Egypt so he took a job in Kuwait for a few
years. The mother Amina continued living with her oldest son Abdulla
[Nour El-Demerdash] and his wife Lawahez [Sherifa Maher], but she had
to take a job as a maid in a hospital. Mokhtar returned looking for
his mother. Abdulla suffered a burn injury, then recognized his
mother working in the hospital while he was undergoing treatment. The
brothers went to the hospital to bring their mother back home.
Cast and crew: Soad Hosny, Shukry Sarhan, Amina Rizk, Zaki Rostom, Sherifa Maher, Youssef Maalouf, Alvisy Orphanily, Omar Gamii, Youssef Esa, Henry Barakat, Soheir El-Barouni, Nour El-Demerdash, Hassan el Baroudi
This is a first printing of a 35" x 47" Egyptian poster designed by
Hassan Mazhar Gasour and printed by his Gasour and Company Printers to
promote the 1954 Ezzel Dine Zulficar 115-minute black-and-white
film Appointment with Life [mowad maa al-hayat] based on the
1939 Edmund Goulding film Dark Victory with Bette Davis,
starring Faten Hamama based on a screenplay by Ezzel Dine Zulficar and
Youssef Esa with dialogue by Youssef Esa and cinematography by Wahid
Farid. The film was produced by Faten Hamama Films and distributed by
Dollar Film. Plot summary: Engineer Ahmad loved Amal and lived with
her in the same house with her friend Fatima, daughter of the farm
overseer. Fatima loved the doctor Mamdouh, but he was unaware of it.
Amal's father, who was a great doctor, discovered that she had a
serious heart disease. He kept this information from her. However
Amal happened to hear a conversation between her father and
Dr. Mamdouh about her own critical condition, and she learned the
truth. Amal began taking steps to make it possible for Ahmad to leave
her and not have a relationship with her, despite the love between
them. Amal's father was hoping to operate on her to save her life,
and when he did so it improved her condition. Ahmad understood the
situation and Amal's secret she had been trying to keep from him.
Amal was ready to marry Ahmad and Fatima agreed to marry Dr. Mamdouh.
Cast and crew: Faten Hamama, Shukry Sarhan, Shadia, Hussein Riad, Ezzel Dine Zulficar, Wahid Farid, Youssef Esa, Omar El-Hariri, Abdel Waress Assar, Zeinat Sedki, Nour Al-Demerdash, Said Abu Bakr, Abdel Ghani Al-Nagdi, Edmund Goulding
