Pictured here is a five-foot by ten-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, Abdel Rahman, 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 an original 12" x 14.5" Egyptian lobby card for the 1946
film Love among the Elders written and directed by Mohammad
Abdel Gawad, dialogue by Youssef Gohar and starring Fatma Rouchdi as
Ahlam. Plot summary: Mokhtar [Mansi Fahmi] was a learned man and a
thinker who did not acknowledge the authority of women. He maintained
a barrier in his relations with them, but then a woman named Ahlam
conquered his heart and he changed his mind. His friend and student
Rauf [Yehia Chahine] also loved Ahlam, who was living with Mokhtar at
the time to escape the authority of her criminal father after Mokhtar
had taken her in to help her recover from an attempted suicide.
Mokhtar offered to marry her to protect her from her father, without
knowing Rauf's feelings about her and even though she did not love
him. After they had an argument Ahlam ran away with Rauf but then
went back to Mokhtar because she felt guilty. She discovered he had
gone blind and become more violent and cruel than ever. He threatened
to kill himself if she left him. Ahlam shot herself but survived;
Mokhtar then sacrificed his love for her so she could marry Rauf.
This is an original 23.5"x 35" Egyptian poster for the 1949 Mahmoud
Zulfikar film The Night is Ours based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Youssef Gohar and starring Sabah as Nawal. Plot summary:
Nawal is a singer who falsely presents herself as a student to
Dr. Medhat, [Mahmoud Zulfikar] who falls in love with her. After she
confesses she is not really a student, he says he still loves her and
wants to marry her.
Cast and crew: Youssef Gohar, Sabah, Mahmoud Zulfikar, Soleiman
Naguib, Salah Nazmi, Bruno Salvi, Wahba Hessaballah, Nelly Mazloum,
Salah Nazmi, Mohamed Kamel, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Shafik Nour El Din,
Mahmoud Azmy, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Mousen Hassanein
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 a 35.5" x 47" oversize stone litho Egyptian poster designed by
an unknown artist to promote the 1954 Mahmoud Zulfikar 130-minute
black-and-white film The Good Earth الارض الطيبة based on a story by Mahmoud
Zulfikar with screenplay and dialogue by Youssef Gohar, cinematography
by Victor Antoun and starring Mariam Fakhr Eddine as Saadia. Plot
summary: A simple country girl named Saadia lived on a farm with her
wealthy uncle Ali [Hussein Riad] without realizing she was the
daughter of a wealthy man from a secret marriage. The wealthy man left
his great wealth to his daughter and died. She went to Cairo to
receive her inheritance. Her uncle's wife Bahiga [Zuzu Madi] plotted
with her lover Zaki [Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy] to confiscate the girl's
money with the help of her mother's brother, a poor photographer named
Hussein [Kamal Al-Shennawy]. However the heiress gradually fell in
love with her uncle Hussein, who revealed the details about a
fraudulent court case they were trying to build against her, causing
it to fail. The girl went back to the farm and distributed her
inheritance among the peasants working there, then married her uncle
after realizing he was a good man even if he was poor.
Cast and crew: Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Youssef Gohar, Victor Antoun, Omar al Gizawy, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Hussein Riad, Mahmoud Zulfkar, Zuzu Madi, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Fouad El-Mohandes, Souraya Fakhry, Saad Makawy, Abdel Hamid Badawy, Abdel Aziz Ahmed, Kitty, Mohamed al-Toukhi, Farag al-Nahas, Amal Wahid, Soad Fawzi, Mohamed Sabih, Khayria Kheiri
This is a 27" x 39" undated rerelease Egyptian poster designed by
Walid Wahib for the 1955 Henry Barakat musical Days and Nights
based on a story by Henry Barakat and Youssef Gohar, screenplay by
Henry Barakat, cinematography by Wahid Farid, music by Mohamed Abdel
Wahab and starring 26-year-old Abdel Halim Hafez (1929-1977) as
Yehia. Plot summary: A wealthy man married a woman who had divorced an
irresponsible alcoholic painter [Mahmoud El-Meliguy]. The wealthy man
educated her two sons, one of whom was from another husband, and the
boys grew up together like twins. Yehia, the son of the painter,
loved Samia [Imane] but his brother made trouble for him and Samia
turned away from him. They quarreled at a party when he was quite
drunk and then he got in his car and killed a pedestrian. At his
trial he confessed the truth. This caused tension in the family but
when he returned to his father the painter, the father took
responsibility for the first time; he had a reconciliation with his
wife and his son when he saw the love between mother and son and the
son's confession of the truth. The film includes the hit
song Toba [Never
Again]: Lyrics and translation
Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Imane, Ahmed Ramzy, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Henry Barakat, Kamal Hussein, Seraj Munir, Aqila Ratib, Wahid Farid, Youssef Gohar, Ahmed Zaki, Adly Kasseb, Soheir El-Barouni, Samia Rushdy, Souraya Fakhry, Zeinat Alawy
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
Pictured art two first-printing Egyptian posters designed
by Studio Adly and Ahmed Fouad to promote the 1949 113-minute Ahmed Badrakhan
black-and-white film I Love You Only [ahebak enta] starring
Farid Al Atrache and Samia Gamal based on story and dialogue by
Youssef Gohar with screenplay by Ahmed Badrakhan and cinematography by
Ahmed Khorshed. Plot summary: Monir [Farid Al Atrache] was an
insignificant employee at the Telegraph Company, and an artist: a
musician who had never found a place for himself. He met a dancer
named Nadia [Samia Gamal] and they fell in love, but Monir soon became
jealous of Nadia's dancing teacher Ghazal [Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy] and
ended his relationship with her. He met a girl named Souraya [Zeinat
Sedki] who was about to commit suicide because her father [Hassan
Fayek] was forcing her to marry someone she did not love. Monir saved
her from doing that, but her fiance immediately disliked him. It
later became apparent Monir had no interest in marrying Souraya and he
went back to Nadia after his faith in her love was restored. His
father financed his production of a big musical, which was an
outstanding success.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Badrakhan, Farid Al Atrache, Samia Gamal, Ismail Yasseen, Hassan Fayek, Zeinat Sedki, Lola Sedki, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Ahmed Khorshed, Youssef Gohar, Stephan Rosti, Mahmoud Choukoukou, Souraya Helmy, Sanaa Samih, Mohamed al-Dib, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Ali Qadri
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 film poster for the 1961 Atef Salem 155-minute
black-and-white film A Day of My Life [yom men omri] starring Abdel
Halim hafez, based on the 1953 William Wyler film Roman Holiday. The
screenplay was by Youssef Gohar and Seif El Din Shawkat, dialogue was
by Youssef Gohar and the cinematography was by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot
Summary: Chief press editor Salah Shawqi (Abdel Halim Hafez) and his
colleague Younes al-Mansour (Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy) had the job of
concealing the return after a long absence from Switzerland by Nadia
(Zubaida Tharwat), the daughter of the millionaire Abu Agila. At the
airport Nadia learned that her father's wife wanted to marry her to
her brother so she decided to run away. She got into an automobile
with some journalists without any of them knowing the truth about
her. Salah and Nadia spent a pleasant evening in nightclubs with
Younes and his fiancee Leila, and she went home with him to spend the
night. Younes photogrphed them, and when the neighbors found out they
rejected Nadia. When the chief editor learned that the journalist and
his colleague had failed with the mission, he threatened to fire them.
When Salah discovered the truth about Nadia he took the pictures to
the chief editor. Nadia decided to return to her father who had
decided she would not marry the one she did not love. Salah stole the
pages of the article and the pictures and prevented the publication of
anything about his beloved. He sent the pictures to nadia and her
father when they were at the airport. The father realized how noble
Salah had been and decided his daughter should marry the one she
loved.
Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Zubaida Tharwat, Atef Salem, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Soheir El-Bably, Zaki Toleimat, Seif El Din Shawkat, Youssef Gohar, Zouzou Mady, Abdul Aziz Ahmed, Souraya Fakhry, Salah Nazmi, Ahmed Louxor
This film was directed by Helmy Rafla, based on Oscar Wilde's story
"The Importance of Being Earnest," screenplay Youssef Gohar, dialogue
Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, cinematography Wahid Farid; poster art is by
Magdi Mahmoud. Plot summary: Adel (Abdel Halim Hafez) was a boy whose
father left him a big building. He dissipated its rentals in the bar
and on Kiki's health. Adel's partner was Nufal from Syracuse. His
job was attorney for the wealthy Redwan Beg's office. Nufal took over
the finances and spent the money on bottles of champagne under Kiki's
feet. Adel visited his rich Aunt and saw for the first time his
daughter Saham. The meeting between Adel and his aunt ended with
Adel's anger and it affected Saham. Saham met Nufal at her cousin's
home. She heard Adel sing and and thought he was Nufal and the sound
of the beautiful voice made her love Nufal. Adel heard a lot about
Amal, "Mona Badr," the daughter of the owner of the village in which
Nufal worked. He visited her and immediately found her to be a
pleasant girl. Adel loved her and she reciprocated. In the end Nufal
married Saham and Amal married Adel.
Cast and crew: Abdel Halim Hafez, Amal Farid, Hassan Fayek, Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Helmy Rafla, Oscar Wilde, Youssef Gohar, Oscar Wilde, Wahid
Farid, Abou Seoud El-Ibiary, Mona Badr, Saham, Mimi Shakeeb, Wedad Hamdy, Zaki Ibrahim, Samia Rushdy, Abbas al-Dali, Ahmed Abdel Fattah, Ibrahim Heshmat, Farida Fahmy, Mahmoud Reda
