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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Ashour the Lion-Hearted عاشور قلب الاسد (dir: Hussein Fawzi) Egyptian one-sheet

Ashour the Lion-Hearted (1961) - (dir: Hussein Fawzi) Egyptian one-sheet

This film was directed by Hussein Fawzi based an idea by Rushdy Abaza, screenplay and dialogue by Ahmed Kamel Hefnawy, cinematography by Klelio. Ashour was a person with a delicate constitution. He tried to overcome this by exercising at a gym, hoping to win the heart of a girl there. He heard about the invention of a strange injection that could make him strong. He tried it and became strong. He became a champion at many games and he was famous everywhere. He was also able to get the attention of his love Amal, who liked him because he was the strongest man. However while exercising he lost his strength and Amal left him. Then he found a pure girl who loved him and stood by him.

Cast and crew: Nagwa Fouad, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Hussein Fawzi, Rushdy Abaza, Abdel Salam Al-Nabulsy, Zahrat El-Ola, Taheya Cariocca, Klelio, Ahmed Kamel Hefnawy, Mohamed Abdel Aziz

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Eternal Love (1952)

Eternal Love [habib al-ruh] (1952) - (Anwar Wagdi) Egyptian stone litho film poster

This film was directed by its star Anwar Wagdi with cinematography by Wahid Farid. It tells the story of a talented woman (Laila Mourad) who gives up a promising musical career for the benefit of a husband who needs her and demands that she devote herself to him instead of her life as a performer. The poster was designed by Gasour.

Cast and crew: Youssef Wahby, Mimi Shakeeb, Ferdoos Mohammed, Ibrahim Emara, Wedad Hamdy, Abdel Nabi Mohammed, Wahid Farid, Anwar Wagdi, Laila Mourad, Salah Mansour

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1001 Nights (1964) Shadia Egyptian one-sheet

A Thousand and One Nights [alf layla wa layla] (1964) - (Shadia) Style A Egyptian film poster

In this film director Hassan Al Imam, screenplay and dialogue writer Mohamed Moustapha Sami and cinematographer Abdelhalim Nasr join forces with the help of an all-star cast to play the role of the mythical storyteller Scheherezade as she spins in the language of cinema one of her many tales of desert mystery, magic, palace intrigue, mendicant effrontery and sexual desire. The poster was designed by Mohammad Abdel Aziz.

Cast and crew: Shadia, Farid Shawqi, Leila Fawzi, Hassan Al Imam, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Youssef Chaban, Fakher Fakher, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Mohamed Moustapha Sami, Nahed Sabri, Mohamed Awad, Aleyah Abdel Monem, Gawaher, Salwa Mahmoud, Zein El-Ashmawy, Mohamed Sabih

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Saturday, December 22, 2012

The Bullet is Still in My Pocket الرصاصة لاتزال في جيبي (Mahmoud Yassine) - (1974) Egyptian one-sheet

The Bullet Is Still in My Pocket (1974) - (Mahmoud Yassine) Egyptian one-sheet

This is an Egyptian 27" x 39" one-sheet poster designed by Wahib Fahmy and Mohammad Abdel Aziz for the 1974 Houssam El-Din Mustafa film The Bullet Is Still in My Pocket based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus and starring Mahmoud Yassine as Mohammad. In his 1998 Al-Ahram article "Victory at the Box Office" Hani Mustafa lists it as one of several dealing with the 1973 war that depict Egyptian society in crisis. This one follows the soldier Mohammad (Mahmoud Yassine) as he returns to his village in defeat after the 1967 war, where he is met with contempt and derision. His cousin Fatima, (Nagwa Ibrahim) the girl he loves, has been raped by high official Abbas (Youssef Chaban); Mohammad decides to avenge her by killing Abbas, but fortunately he finds an outlet for his frustration when the 1973 war breaks out. The film has glorified reenactments of various facets of the Egyptian Suez crossing but it completely omits the Israeli counterattack on the other side of the canal. This time when Mohammad returns to his village he is welcomed as a hero by his fellow citizens and Abbas is exposed as a rapist. Mohammad marries Fatima with the bullet still in his pocket.

Cast and crew: Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, Mahmoud Yassine, Nagwa Ibrahim, Hussein Fahmy, Sa'eed Saleh, Youssef Chaban, Houssam El-Din Mustafa

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Farewell Song (1977)

Farewell Song [ogniet al-weda'] (1977) = (Abdel Halim Hafez) Egyptian film poster

This is a rare poster for the film of Abdel Halim Hafez's (1929-1977) last concert in Paris, produced by Youssef Chahine, directed by Ahmed Rachedi, poster art by Hassan Mazhar Gasour. The Arabic legend on the poster translates as "Halim sang for the last time in Paris and the entire world sang with him."

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As You Like (1952)

As You Like [ala kayfak] (1952) - (Taheya Cariocca) oversize Egyptian film poster (36" x 47")

This film was directed by Helmy Raflah with story and dialogue by Abu Seoud El-Ibiary. Cinematography was by Bruno Salvi. Plot summary: A young man celebrated his wedding day but it was discovered that night that a child was attributed to him. The child's grandfather learned about this and appeared to demand that the bridegroom marry his daughter after going back to her. The young man was innocent of this accusation, but the only solution was to find the boy who had gotten the girl pregnant and have him marry her. Otherwise he would have to refuse to complete the marriage after being accused about the child. The only way out for the boy they were looking for was to claim insanity and commit himself. The bridegroom learned he had done and went to visit him. The boy emphasized his innocence and then the bride agreed to the completion of the marriage.

Cast and crew: Taheya Cariocca, Leila Fawzi, Ismail Yasseen, Mohsen Sarhan, Aziz Osman, Wedad Hamdy, Aida Kamel, Nour El-Demerdash, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Helmy Rafla, Bruno Salvi, Abu Seoud El-Ibiary, Gamalat Zayed, Abdel Fatah Al Kasri, Kamal Hussein, Negah Salam, Zaki Ibrahim

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Appointment with Love موعد غرام (Faten Hamama) - (1956) Egyptian one-sheet

Appointment with Love

(1956) - (Faten Hamama) Egyptian one-sheet

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