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 by an unknown artist for the 1956
Henry Barakat film Appointment with Love based on a story by
Youssef Issa, screenplay by Henry Barakat and starring Fatan Hamama as
Nawal. Plot summary: Nawal worked as a magazine editor and lived with
a friend who ran a flower shop. Returning from Alexandria on a press
trip she ran into a young man on the train who had nothing to do but
chase girls and follow horse races. Samir [Abdel Halim Hafez] tried
to flirt with her but she withdrew from him and kept him in his place.
He followed her to the magazine office and everywhere she went but she
kept him away and refused to hear his love and confidences. There was
another young man who owned a factory and wealth and loved her in
noble silence. He tried to win her heart and favor with fashion,
flattery and respect. Samir thought she loved this wealthy boy Kamal
[Imad Hamdi] and avoided her. Nawal then felt kindness towards him.
She even went to Alexandria on holiday to stay at the hotel where he
was saying. When she met him she did not drive him away as she had
been doing and agreed to go out with him. She urged him to use his
beautiful voice to perform songs and become a person of value in life.
On the same night Samir confessed his love to her and she was happy
about it, Kamal asked her to become his wife and she confessed to him
that she loved Samir. Samir returned to Cairo to begin his life as an
artist, to try to suceed and become worthy of Nawal. However Nawal
was afflicted with paralysis in her thighs and went to the hospital
under care of Kamal, who had been assigned to her. She refused to
tell Samir what had happened to her because she did not want to impose
herself on him in that condition and she did not want his love to
become mere sympathy. She persuaded her friend to tell him she had
married Kamal. This hurt Samir and he decided to go abroad on an
artistic trip. Then he learned the truth and went back to her.
Cast and crew: Henry Barakat, Faten Hamama, Abdel Halim Hafez, Imad Hamdi, Zahrat El-Ola, Rushdy Abaza, Kamal Karim, Yussef Issa, Wahid Farid, Abdel Moneim Bassioni, Abdel Rahim El Zarkany
