This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Aziz and Abdel
Fathy for the 1982 Mohamed Abdel Aziz film At the Minister's Door
based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Samir Abdel Azim
and starring Adel Imam as Kamal. Plot summary: Noora's [Youssra]
father [Salah Nazmi] refuses to allow her to marry Kamal because his family is too
poor. A neighbor woman named Anhar [Safia El Emari] marries Kamal's
father [Tewfik El Dekn] after her fiance Khamis [Sa'eed Saleh] abandons her.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Abdel Fathy, Mohamed Abdel Aziz,
Adel Imam, Youssra, Tewfik El Dekn, Salah Nazmi, Sa'eed Saleh, Safia
El Emari, Ahmed Rateb, Ahmed Bedir, Ahmed Shokry, Lucy, Mokhtar Al
Sayed, Ibrahim Qadry, Essam Farid, Samir Abdelazim"
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster for the 1993 Sherif Arafa
film Al-Mansy written by Wahid Hamed and starring Adel Imam as
Youssef Al-Mansy. Plot summary: A businessman wants to give his
secretary Ghada [Youssra] to a tradesman [Pierre Sioufi] to pay off a
debt, but a poor man tries to save her.
Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Youssra, Sherif Arafa, Ahmed Rateb,
Mustafa Metwalli, Nahid Jabr, Salah Abdallah, Wahid Hamid, Karam
Motawie, Mustafa Metwalli, Ahmed Rateb, Hajjaj Abdul Azmim, Dina,
Pierre Sioufi, Nabil Elhawary, Mohamed Henedi, Nahid Jabr, Ahmad Adam,
Alaa Waley El Din, Aisha Elkelany, Hanan Motawie
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Ghani for the
1986 Ali Badrakhan film The Hunger based on characters
developed by Naguib Mahfouz, screenplay by Esam Ali and Ali Badrakhan
and starring Soad Hosny as Zubaida. Plot summary: This film is a
remake of the 1986 Houssam El-Din Mustafa epic film The
Racketeers [al-harafish]. In the year 1886 Farag Al-Gebali
[Mahmoud Abdel Aziz] worked as a wagon driver to support his mother.
He was married to Zeinab [Soad Hosny]. His brother Gaber [Abdel Aziz
Makhyoun] worked as a blacksmith and married the poor girl Zubeida
[Sanaa Younes] after the death of the thug who had raped her during a
brawl among the neighborhood gangs. The people of the neighborhood
appointed Farag as their main tough guy but he snubbed them after his
marriage to a wealthy woman, [Youssra] moving into her mansion and
running her agency. The nile subsided, the rains did not come, famine
began, the people became poor and the merchants played their games
because they feared their stocks would be raided when the people
became hungrier and prices went up. Farag exploited the famine in
Cairo by hoarding grain. He broke all his old promises and made a
pact with the rich that the tough guy had to side with the nobility.
Zubaida led the racketeers against Farag who was killed, and appointed
her husband Gaber as the new tough guy, but Gaber refused and advised
them to rely on themselves. The revolution became collective with
Zubaida's help.
Cast and crew: Soad Hosny, Abdel Ghani, Youssra, Mahmoud Abdel
Aziz, Abdel Aziz Makhyoun, Esam Ali, Aly Badrakhan, Sanaa Younes,
Souraya Helmy, Naguib Mahfouz, Mostafa Moharram, Mahmoud Abdelsamie,
Youssra, Samiha Tawfiq, Sayed Sadek, Hafez Amin, Ahmed Abu Abih, Said
Tarabeek, Hanan Soleyman, Adel Awad, Randa, Naim Esa, Othman Abdul
Menem, Youssef Abid, Ibrahim Hussein, Mohamed Tarabeek, Abdelhay
Ezzat, Abdel Ghany Naser, Fathy Ibrahim, Sayed Salem, Adel Abulgheit,
Madiha Youssri
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Gasour for the 1989
Mohammed Shebl film Nightmare written by Sami Rafe and Mohammed
Shebl and starring Youssra as Mervat. Plot summary: Mervat, a
journalist, was having daily nightmares. The nightmares all had a
common theme where a gang of criminals kidnapped her and put her in a
bedroom in an abandoned mansion. When she woke up she would find
signs of the nightmare struggle on her body. Her fiancee Yehia [Ahmed
Abdel Aziz] was eager to help her. He told Mervat about a real
mansion similar to one he had seen in a dream; he tried to work
through the problem with her by taking her to the real mansion so she
would be able to escape that night if she had the same nightmare
again, especially if she learned that the prominent figure in the
nightmare and the owner of the abandoned mansion was one of her uncles
who were getting rich by smuggling weapons. Yehia and one of his
brothers took her to the mansion and let her in.
Cast and crew: Youssra, Mohammed Shebl, Ahmed Abdelaziz, Khairy
Beshara, Sami Rafe, Nahed Samir, Tarek El-Telmessani, Tamim Abdo,
Kheiry Beshara, Hossam Fayyad, Salah Hamdi, Ali Farid, Mahmoud Alwan,
Rafat Ragi, Hussein El-Sherif, Nabila Karam, Marwah El Khatib, Amira
Khaled Haroun
This is a 27" x 39" Egytian poster designed by Morteda Anise for the
1986 Ashraf Fahmy film Naked Shame based on a story by Naguib
Mahfouz with screenplay and dialogue by Mostafa Moharram and starring
Youssra as Elham. Plot summary: After being sentenced to a prison
term in an indecency case Aziza [Hoda Soltan] of Alexandria admitted
to her son Mokhtar [Nour El-Sherif] that his father was the wealthy
Sayed Al-Gamei; she gave him his picture and her marriage contract
with him. Mokhtar went to Cairo to look for his father. He published
a photo of his father in the newspapers a number of times without
result. He got into relationships with Karima, [Shahira] a clerk at
his hotel and the wife of an old man named Khalil Mokhtar [Mohammed
Tawfik] and also with Elham. Mokhtar killed Khalil for his money to
please Karima. Karima had another lover who killed her for her money,
but Mokhtar, who because of circumstances was thought by the police to
be the one who had murdered her, was wrongly arrested and sentenced to
death.
Cast and crew: Ashraf Fahmy, Naguib Mahfouz, Mostafa Moharram,
Ramses Marzouk, Nour El-Sherif, Youssra, Youssef Chaban, Shahira,
Mohammed Tawfik, Hoda Soltan, Ahmed Ghanem, Naima Al Soghayar, Mariam
Fakhr Eddine, Hassan Hussein
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian one-sheet poster designed by Abou
al-Seoud and Wahib Fahmy for the 1977 Mohamed Abdel Aziz film A
Thousand and One Kisses based on a story by Mohammad Mostafa Sami,
screenplay and dialogue by Aly Al-Zarkani and starring Hussein Fahmy
as Essam. Plot summary: Gamalat [Nagwa Fouad] and her sister Maysa
[Youssra] were nightclub dancers. Maysa met Essam, an actor who liked
her. The theatrical troupe included Essam, his friend Fotouh [Sameer
Ghanem] and a few friends over the objections of Gamalat and Essam's
father Ahmed Hafez [Ahmed Mazhar].
Cast and crew: Hussein Fahmy, Youssra, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Ahmed
Mazhar, Tewfik El Dekn, Mohamed Salman, Zakaria Mouafi, Mohamed
Al-Shawihi, Helmy Abou Heif, Nabil Badr, Samir Walieddine, Lebleba,
Nagwa Fouad, Sameer Ghanem, Younes Shalaby, Ahmed Mazhar, Wahid Seif,
Mohamed Abdel Aziz, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Munir Mourad, Essam Farid,
Mohammad Mostafa Sami, Aly Al-Zarkani, Hanem Mohammad, Samiha
Mohammad, Qadria Kamel, Soheir Reda, Samir Aziz, Mona Ayyoub, Abdel
Ghani Nasser, Fatma Al-Tabei, Farouk Mostafa, Samir Kamal, Rafet
Abdulla
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Wahib Fahmy for the
1981 Ahmed Sarwat film Bayada based on story, screenplay and
dialogue by Kamal Karim and starring Youssra as Bayada. Plot summary:
Bayada was a waitress who took a simple delight in her village of
Ma'adia; her fiancee Hassan [Rushdy Abaza] worked as a fisherman.
Some foreigners came to the village who said they were looking for the
body of their grandfather on the bottom of the ocean; Hassan helped
them even though they were actually smuggling gold. They also hired a
young diver named Khalil to help them. Hassan was suspicious and
began watching them. One of them found a chest of gold and tried to
hide it. Hassan notified the police, who arrested all the foreigners.
It turned out Khalil was one of the police.
Cast and crew: Amal Sherif, Rushdy Abaza, Mohamed Reda, Wahid Seif,
Youssra, Ahmed Sarwat, Abdel Aziz Mahmoud, Farouk Youssef, Fakri Taha,
Farouq Suleiman, Naim Esa, Mohammad al-Sisi, Al-Toukhi Tawfiq
This is a 27.25" x 39" Syrian poster designed by Said Hassan al-Zaim
and Yahya for the 1978 Soheil Kanaan and Samir al- Ghasini
film Devil of the Island AKA shaytan al-gazira based on
a screenplay by Yussef Issa and starring Mahmoud Abdel Aziz as Ali
Baba. Plot summary: This is an Egyptian crime film where most the
action takes place in Greece. A man burns a group of important
documents which belong to Nagy [Nagy Gabr]. Nagy’s friend Ali Baba
[Mahmoud Abdel Aziz] tells them what happened and then Nagy dies in a
mysterious accident. Ali Baba is the main suspect. Laila [Youssra]
realizes Ali Baba has more than one name. A gang kidnaps Laila but Ali
Baba saves her.
Cast and crew: Soheil Kanaan, Samir al-Ghasini, Yussef Issa,
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Youssra, Nagy Gabr, Rafiq al-Sabii, Artemis
Sharmi, Karim Abu Shaqra, Yaqoub Abou Ghazala, Imane Zarqoli, Kusta
Dimtrious, Ibrahim Kordiah, Andrea Mousouliotis, Stafrious Luras,
Nikos Kalambus, Aftios Koulaidos
This is a 26.25" x 38.75" Lebanese poster for the 1978 Soheil Kanaan
and Samir al- Ghasini film Devil of the Island
AKA shaytan al-gazira based on a screenplay by Yussef Issa and starring
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz as Ali Baba. Plot summary: This is an Egyptian
crime film where most the action takes place in Greece. A man burns a
group of important documents which belong to Nagy [Nagy Gabr]. Nagy’s
friend Ali Baba [Mahmoud Abdel Aziz] tells them what happened and then
Nagy dies in a mysterious accident. Ali Baba is the main
suspect. Laila [Youssra] realizes Ali Baba has more than one name. A
gang kidnaps Laila but Ali Baba saves her.
Cast and crew: Soheil Kanaan, Samir al-Ghasini, Yussef Issa,
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Youssra, Naji Jabr, Rafiq al-Sabii, Artemis
Sharmi, Karim Abu Shaqra, Yaqoub Abou Ghazala, Imane Zarqoli, Kusta
Dimtrious, Ibrahim Kordiah, Andrea Mousouliotis, Stafrious Luras,
Nikos Kalambus, Aftios Koulaidos
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Gasour for the 1981
Simon Saleh film A Person Lives Once AKA al-insan yaeesh
mara wahida written by Wahid Hamid and starring Adel Imam as Hani.
Plot summary: Dr. Amal [Youssra] moved her practice to Salloum after
the death of her fiance. There she met Hani and formed a strong
relationship with him. Hani became friends with Bakri, [Aly El
Cherif] a school guard from upper Egypt who was being chased by
Haridi, [Naeem Esa] who had a grudge against him. Hani and Amal
decided to marry and go to Cairo with Bakri. Haridi arrived in
Salloum and when he heard about Bakri's trip he jumped on the train
with a small firearm as it was leaving the platform.
Cast and crew: Simon Saleh, Abdel Latif Fahmi, Naeem Esa, Wahid
Hamid, Adel Imam, Youssra, Zein El-Ashmawy, Aly El Cherif, Badr Nofal, Shawqy Shamekh,
Hatem Zolfikar, Said Tarabeek, Ahmed Kamis, Rafat Ragi
This is a 27" x 40" Lebanese poster derived from an Egyptian poster
designed by al-Khad for the 1986 Ahmed Yehia film Karakon in the \
Street عراشلا يف نوكارك [karakon fil-share'] based on story and
screenplay by Ahmad Al-Khatib and starring Adel Imam as Engineer
Sherif al-Masri. This movie is an Egyptian story about building and
occupying a tiny house in Cairo. Plot summary: Engineer Sherif, his
wife Soad [Youssra] the teacher, their daughter Sara, their son Hani
and his mother [Naima El Saghira] were living in a shelter after the
destruction of their home. Because of the inhumane conditions in the
shelter they took refuge in a barn, but were surprised to find Abou
Douma [Ali El Cherif] living there. The public prosecutor ordered
them to partition the barn. Sherif made a mobile dwelling out of wood
and started living in it despite the many problems. Inspired by Sherif
a number of people began building their own mobile homes. Some of
them moved into the desert with them.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Yehia, Ahmad Al-Khatib, Adel Imam, Youssra,
Hafez Amin, Umran Bahar, Yousseff Daoud, Aly El Cherif, Diaa
El-Merghani, Naima El Saghira
Pictured is an Egyptian poster designed by Al-Khad to promote the 1982
123-minute Houssam El-Din Mustafa color film The Love District
[darb al-hawa] starring Youssra based on a story by Ismail Wali El
Deen with screenplay by Mostafa Moharram, dialogue by Sherif El
Menbawy and cinematography by Wahid Farid. Plot summary: Hosnia and
the pimp Saleh [Mahmoud Abdel Aziz] ran a house of prostitution called
the Hotel of Princesses in the Darb Tayyab neighborhood. Samiha
[Madiha Kamel] ended up there seeking refuge from the bad treatment of
her mother's husband, while Elham [Youssra] was driven there by
poverty. Men of all social levels frequented the hotel, such as Abdel
Aziz [Ahmed Zaki], the university professor of philosophy and his
friend Morad, Abdel Hafiz Basha, Abdel Aziz's uncle and a candidate
for parliament who attacked prostitution in campaign speeches, even
though it made him happy to hear the prostitutes insult him. It also
made him happy to be able to drop his guard with them. Saleh tried to
dominate Samiha but he was content with Hosnia, who loved him.
Cast and crew: Madiha Kamel, Youssra, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Ahmed Zaki, Faruq al-Ghayshawi, Hassan Abdeen, Houssam El-Din Mustafa, Ismail Wali El Deen, Mostafa Moharram, Sherif El Menbawy, Farouk Al-Fichawy, Shouweikar, Farouk Falawkas, Ibrahim Abdel Razaq, Salwa Khattab, Amal Ibrahim, Aziza Helmy
Pictured is a 25.25" x 36.5" Egyptian poster designed to promote the
1992 111-minute Nader Galal color film Wickedness [al-shariss]
starring Youssra based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Magdy
Hidaya with cinematography by Samir Farag. Plot summary: This is a
police/gangland movie set in the Port of Alexandria. Three siblings
lived in Alexandria. The first one Hamam [Mahmoud Hemida] was the
leader of a gang of drug dealers operating under the cover of a
shipping office inside the port. He succeeded in recruiting his
little brother Khamis [Mahmoud El Guindi] for the narcotics trade, but
their sister Fatma [Youssra] refused to engage in this illicit
activity. She objected to their criminal trade and remained a simple
sales worker at a clothing store. Fatma had a love relationship with Mansour
[Youssef Mansour], a friend to her brother Khamis, but he was away
from the neighborhood for many years; when he returned they renewed
their relationship and decided to marry. The return of Mansour and his
emotional tie with Fatma are a central part of the film's early
development. Al-Agrudy [Nour El-Demerdash], a narcotics dealer in
competiton with Hamam, wanted to marry Fatma, but she refused him.
During an argument with Hamam he killed Zein [Ashraf Abdel Baqi], one
of Hamam's agents; Khamis took revenge by killing three members of
Al-Agrudy's gang. Al-Agrudy demanded that Hamam kill his brother
Khamis, but Hamam just made his brother apologize to Al-Agrudy.
Mansour, an athletic man skilled in shooting and the martial arts who
had been absent for a considerable period engaged in unknown activity,
then emerged as a police agent charged with purging the Port of
Alexandria of narcotics gangs; he asked Fatma to help him with his
secret mission. Hamam shot his brother Khamis, who died later in a
hospital. Fatma was heartbroken and furious with her brother Hamam.
Hamam was then killed in a confrontation by Al-Agrudy as Fatma
watched. Then Mansour took on Al-Agrudy's gang in a heroic
one-against-many fight; just as Al-Agrudy was about to shoot Mansour,
Fatma shot and killed him, thus completing the purge of the Port of
Alexandria. Youssra gets top billing on the poster for this film and
she deserves it. She holds the film together.
Cast and crew: Nader Galal, Youssra, Mahmoud Hemida, Mahmoud El Guindi, Youssef Mansour, Nour El-Demerdash, Ashraf Abdel Baqi, Mohamed Dia, Samir Farag, Magdy Hidaya, Othman Abdul Menem, Ahmed Abo Abeya, Diaa El-Merghani, Sayed Hatem, Khaled Youssef, Fekri Sadeq, Abir Adel
This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour
and Morteda Anis to promote the 1984 88-minute Mohamed Khan color
film Vengeance [al-thar] adapted from the 1958 Henry King
film The Bravados based on the 1958 Frank O'Rourke novel of the
same title, starring Gregory Peck as Jim Douglass. This Mohamed Khan
adaptation is based on screenplay and dialogue by Fayez Ghaly with
cinematography by Said Sheimy. Plot Summary: When Engineer Ahmed
[Mahmoud Yassin] exited a cinema with his pregnant wife Neda,
[Youssra] four youths accosted them. They attacked Ahmed and
kidnapped his wife. Ahmed notified the police but he could not
remember the make of the automobile or its plate number. Neda went to
the hospital after having a miscarriage. Ahmed decided to take his
own revenge. He killed three people but was arrested before he could
commit a fourth crime. He discovered he had killed innocent people
and that the police had arrested the real criminals.
Cast and crew: Mohamed Gebril, Reda Hamed, Hamdi El-Wazir, Mahmoud Yassine, Farouk Youssef, Badriya Adbel Gawad, Youssra, Mohamed Khan, Fayez Ghaly, Adel Borham, Ibrahim Qadry, Mokhtar al-Sayed, Moheb Kaser, Sayed al-Hanawi, Samia Mokaram, Mostafa Kemal, Hamdy Youssef, Said Sheimy, Shaaban Hussein, Frank O'Rourke, Henry King
Shown here is a 27.5" x 39.25" Egyptian poster designed by Morteda to
promote the 1993 117-minute Inas Al Degheidy color
film Lace [dentelle] starring Youssra based on a story by Hala
Sarhan, screenplay and dialogue by Rafiq As-Sabban, Inas Al Degheidi
and Mostafa Moharram and cinematography by Maher Rady. Plot summary: A
little rich girl named Maryam (Ilham Shaheen) was about to drown in
the ocean but a poor little girl named Sahar al-Layali (Youssra) saved
her; this became the foundation of a firm friendship which continued
until Maryam grew up and became an attorney. Sahar al-Layali went from
singing popular youth songs at weddings, then at circuses and then in
cabarets. She sang well enough that she became a radio singer, but
when she hit someone with her fast automobile Maryam came to rescue
her at the police station. There they met a police officer named
Hossam (Mahmoud Hemida). They all three fell in love and became a tight threesome.
Then Maryam, seeing that they were in love, left Sahar al-Layali and
Hossam to go their own way. She decided to marry a businessman named
Wagdi and went to live with him in Canada. Hossam was hurt by
Maryam's departure but he married Sahar al-Layali. Maryam's marriage
failed, and after three months she got a divorce and went back to
Cairo. Then Hossam and Maryam got married too after a long
hesitation, with the consent of Sahar al-Layali. He divided his
time between them according to a timetable, but this undermined
Maryam's working life; she lost an important case and her client was
condemned to death. Hossam neglected his job for a month, Sahar
al-Layali was fired from the hotel where she was singing, their
beautiful friendship was lost and problems overtook their lives.
Maryam got pregnant and Sahar discovered she was sterile. She got
into an automobile accident and miraculously escaped death. Hossam
decided to divorce Maryam and Sahar al-Layali so he could go back to
being friends with both of them without any more quarreling, but
Maryam had a baby girl and decided to raise her without any contact
with the father! The soundtrack includes a brief audio clip of Joe Cocker singing Randy Newman's "I Know What Love Is."
Cast and crew: Inas Al Degheidy, Mahmoud Hemida, Ilham Shaheen, Youssra, Mahmoud Kabil, Maher Rady, Hala Sarhan, Rafiq As-Sabban, Mostafa Moharram, Ezzat El-Meshad, Sayed Gabr, Lidia, Amru Youssri
Pictured is a promotional poster designed by Morteda Anise for the
1991 120-minute color film Woman Marked for Destruction [emraa
ayla lel soqut] written and directed by Medhat El-Sebaiy and starring
Youssra as Ahlam based on a story taken from court cases, with
cinematography by Tarek El-Telmisany. Plot summary: Poverty drove
Ahlam to the commission of illegal acts for which she was never
arrested such as swindling, theft and prostitution; she formed a
professional gang with two clever thieves named Mohsen [Mohamed Kamel]
and Sharif [Ramzi Gheith]. Ahlam fell in love with Shukry, [Mahmoud
Hemida] a novice journalist and they dreamed together about wealth and
freedom. Then she dumped him for a wealthy man who refused to marry
her after seducing her. She was passed from one man to another and
became a whore. She was imprisoned on false testimony; after her
release she married a waiter named Hamdy [Abdel Aziz Makhyoun] at a
nightclub where she worked, but then she discovered he was addicted to
heroin. The owner of the house raped her in front of her husband, but
he made no move to save her. The thieves Mohsen and Sharif broke into
a wealthy woman's villa, stole her jewels and killed her and her son.
Her young daughter Abir [Amira Ibrahim] saw them and ran away. The
thieves hid the stolen jewels in Ahlam's apartment but the police
arrested the three of them. Ahlam was sentenced to death because the
evidence of the crime was found in her apartment. Ahlam's former
fiancee Shukry came to her defense and went looking for Abir, the only
witness who could save Ahlam from the noose.
Cast and crew: Medhat El-Sebaiy, Farid Shawqi, Youssra, Hoda Soltan, Mohsen Sarhan, Abdel Aziz Makhyoun, Mahmoud Hemida, Salah Kabil, Ragaa Hussein, Seif Abdel Rahman, Seif El Dine, Mohamed Kamel, Mohamed Wafik, Tarek El-Telmisany, Mohammad Rafiq, Mohsen Sarhan, Mahmood Massood, Zeinab Wahbi, Shadia Abdel Hamid, Sayed Sadek, Mufid Ashour, Ibrahim Mabruk, Anwar Abdel Aziz, Mervat Hafez, Amira Ibrahim, Mostafa Ibrahim
This film directed by Inas Al Degheidy is based
on the 1946 American film Gilda directed
by Charles Vidor and starring Rita Hayworth. This
Egyptian version of that classic film was a box office
failure, but it has a beautiful poster designed by
Takht Ahd. Plot summary: Jamila (Youssra) is a
singer married to Azmi (Ahmed Ramzi), the owner
of one of the hotels where she works. The hotel
has a new manager named Salah (Mustafa Fahmi)
who had recently been released from prison. Salah,
who has a secret side business as an arms dealer,
is an extremely cruel man. In his earlier years his
marriages had been unsuccessful because of his
infidelities and now he has become an older man
without ever being close to a woman. Jamila takes
up with him and abandons her husband for the
sake of her career, thinking he can help her socially,
but she then tires of Salah and returns to Azmi; this
leads to a violent altercation when Salah tries to take
revenge against Jamila for abandoning him.
Cast and crew: Ahmed Ramzy, Youssra, Inas Al Degheidy, Mustafa Fahmy, Shams, Hussein El Imam, Tarek El-Telmessani, Angel Aaram, Ali Hassanein, Hisham Madkour, Sayed Gabr, Abdel Hai Adib, Gilda, Charles Vidor