Forbidden Happiness [السعادة المحرمة] Amina Rizk (1948) Egyptian one-sheet

Forbidden Happiness (1948) - (Amina Rizk) Egyptian one-sheet

This is an original Egyptian stone lithograph film poster by an unknown designer for the 1948 El-Sayed Ziada 140-minute black-and-white film Forbidden Happiness [al-sa'ada al-mahrama] starring Amina Rizk (1910-2003) based on a story by Aly Al-Zarkany with screenplay and dialogue by El-Sayed Ziada and cinematography by Abdel Aziz Fahmy. Plot summary: Amina and Fouad loved each other and enjoyed their lives. They were watched enviously by the wealthy old Tawfiq Bey, who wanted the girl for his own wife, hated the boy Amina loved and was made miserable by their happiness together. The man ordered one of his assistants to dispense with with the boy, brought the girl to his home by force and married her. She submitted because her beloved had disappeared and she did not know anything about what had happened to him. The months went by and Amina gave birth to a son by Fouad named Raouf, whom Tawfiq treated cruelly. Tawfiq died and left a will providing that his wife would be not be allowed to inherit his vast fortune if she married anyone after he was gone. The miserable wife discovered that her beloved Fouad had been in hiding and had escaped the attempt to kill him. She went back to him, they became committed to their marriage and she turned her back on the oppressive man's wealth.

Cast and crew: Amina Rizk, Mohsen Sarhan, Mansi Fahmi, Doria Ahmed, Hassan Fayek, Ismail Yasseen, Aly Al-Zarkany, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Doria Ahmed, Naima Gamal, Fatheya Chahine, Afaf Shaker, Mohamed Kamel, Anwar Hasuna, Mousen Hassanein, Ma'ali Mostafa, Mimi Aziz, Mahmoud Al-Araby, Abdel Moneim Seoudi

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Flirtation of Girls غزل البنات (Naguib Al Rihani) - (1949) Egyptian one-sheet

Flirtation of Girls (1949) - (Naguib Al Rihani) Egyptian rerelease one-sheet

This is an undated rerelease promotional poster designed by Abdul Ghani for the 1949 100-minute Anwar Wagdi black-and-white film The Flirtation of Girls starring Naguib Al Rihani with screenplay by Anwar Wagdi, dialogue by Naguib Al Rihani and Badi Kheiri and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: Hamam (Naguib Al Rihani) was an Arabic language teacher suffering from persistent and almost laughable bad luck and misfortune. Hamam got the opportunity to give lessons to Laila (Laila Mourad), the daughter of a rich pasha who had failed Arabic, and he fell in love with her. He knew she was the victim of a playboy (Mahmoud El-Meliguy). Hamam went out with her one night, not realizing she was going to meet the boy at a cabaret. The girl went inside and Hamam became worred about her and asked a dashing pilot (Anwar Wagdi) to help him get her out. The officer was dazzled by Laila's beauty and stayed with them, although Hamam and Laila tried to get rid of him. They hid in the home of the famous artist Youssef Wahby (as himself). The artist spoke warmly to the girl and while speaking with Hamam he realized he was in love with Laila while she had no feelings for him and advised him to let her go if he loved her. When they left the home of Youssef Wahby they found the officer waiting for them. Love glowed between the girl and the pilot, but there were tears of sadness and joy in the eyes of Hamam. This film is analyzed in considerable depth in "The Golden Age before the Golden Age: Commercial Egyptian Cinema before the 1960s" by Walter Armbrust in Mass Mediations: New Approaches to Popular Culture in the Middle East and Beyond ed. Walter Armbrust, University of California Press, 2000. It is on film critic Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films.

Cast and crew: Naguib Al Rihani, Anwar Wagdi, Laila Mourad, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Suleiman Naguib, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Abdel Waress Assar, Youssef Wahby, Stephan Rosti, Zeinat Sedki, Farid Shawqi, Said Abu Bakr, Ferdoos Mohammed, Abdelhalim Nasr, Abdel Hamid Zaki, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Mohamed Kamel, Badi Kheiri, Fouad Al-Rashidi, Abdel Magid Shukry

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Five Doors Bar خمسة باب Adel Imam 1983 Egyptian one-sheet

Five Doors Bar (1983) - (Adel Imam) Egyptian one-sheet

Pictured is an Egyptian promotional poster designed by Gasour and Anise for the 1983 125-minute Nader Galal color musical Five Doors Bar [khamsa bab] based on the 1963 Billy Wilder film Irma La Douce, with screenplay and dialogue by Sharif Al-Minbawy and cinematography by Ibrahim Saleh. Plot summary: In the 1940s Kollu Mashi (Fouad El Mohandes) owned a bar in the Ezbekia neighborhood where prostitution was allowed. The singer Taragy (Nadia El Guindy) worked with the pimp Abbas (Youssef Eid), with whom she divided her daily take. He protected her and a number of other girls of the night in an area where the police would take bribes in exchange for ignoring what was going on. The policeman Mansour (Adel Imam) was transferred to the neighborhood and all attempts to bribe him, as had been done with his predecessors, failed. One night he took everyone to the police station, but Abbas planted drugs in his room and he was fired. Mansour went back to working as a tough guy and took over the neighborhood. He fell in love with Tragy, tried to convince her to repent and tried to get money for her so she could live in better conditions. He impersonated a wealthy man, then married her after she repented; Abbas was arrested. This film was initially banned in Egypt.

Cast and crew: Adel Imam, Nadia El Guindy, Nader Galal, Fouad El-Mohandes, Fouad Ahmed, Ibrahim Saleh, Billy Wilder, Youssef Eid, Sharif Al-Minbawy, Rashad Othman, Hosny Abdel Galil, Samiha Mohamed, Youssef El-Assal, Saeed Rostom, Wasil a Hussein, Hindam Mohammad, Ibrahim Qadry, Sami Khattab, Shukry Mansour, Mutawe Owais, Sayed Al-Hanawy, Imran Ali, Salah Alam, Mohamed Abo Hashish, Moemen Hassan, Sami Atia, Gamil Ghali, Aziz Hafez, Luwais Youssef, Mostafa Nohal

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Fish Market شادر السمك (Ahmed Zaki) - (1985) Egyptian one-sheet

Fish Market (1986) - (Ahmed Zaki) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian promotional poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour for the 1986 Ali Abdel-Khalek 120-minute color film Fish Market starring Nabila Ebeid as Jamalat and Ahmed Zaki as Ahmad based on a story by Nabil Nassar with screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Gawad Youssef and cinematography by Mamoun Ata. Plot summary: Jamalat was a widow dealing with big operators in the Alexandria fish market like Atris, Safwan and Selim. After her husband died she became a fishmonger there. The market big shots challenged her and forcibly prevented her from working, citing a law that prevents sales outside the market. Ahmad, [Ahmed Zaki] a simple worker from upper Egypt, stood by Jamalat, married her and started marketing her goods himself. Ahmad succeeded in his struggle and became a respected merchant at the market after buying his own stall. Then he denied his principles and his wife, practiced monopoly methods and moved to an upscale neighborhood. He divorced Jamalat and married Susie, [Khaloud] a woman from a wealthy family. The market leaders formed an alliance against Ahmad and assassinated him. After his death life in the market went on as usual.

Cast and crew: Ali Abdel-Khalek, Ahmed Zaki, Nebila Ebeid, Mohamed Reda, Sabby Abdelmonim, Aly El Cherif, Shawqy Shamekh, Nabil Nassar, Mohamed Hamdi, Abdel Gawad Youssef, Nabil Nassar, Abdel Mohsen Saleem, Mohamed Hamdy, Mutawe Owais, Mamoun Ata, Khaloud

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Fire in My Heart نار في صدري (Mariam Fakhr Eddine) - (1963) Egyptian one-sheet

Fire in My Heart (1963) - (Mariam Fakhr Eddine) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a promotional poster designed by Mohammed Abdel Aziz for the 1963 95-minute black-and-white Hassan Reda film Fire in My Heart starring Mariam Fakhr Eddine with story and dialogue by Mahrous Al-Garehi and cinematography by Kamal Korayem. Plot Summary: Dr. Shawqi attended a surgery conference in Alexandria where he gave an important talk. His daughter Nadia was proud of him. Shawqi celebrated the occasion with his colleagues at a nightclub. At the nightclub he saw his former wife Laila, the mother of his daughter. When he approached her she ran away and was hit by an automobile. He then took her to a hospital and they operated on her. He sent her flowers continuously. He had met her 15 years earlier at a train station, when she was running a piano school He lived with her in Aswan where they were blessed with Nadia. He forced his wife to plead with the king and his creditors to postpone their debts, she had to give piano lessons secretly to Aida, the daughter of Alia Hanem and he was able to pay the debts. However Aida had a brother who told his colleagues that Laila was his mistress and began wooing her with words of love. His mother learned about what her son was doing, apologized to Laila and sent her a gift for her wedding anniversary. Dr. Shawqi heard some of the talk about his wife straying, divorced her and told his daughter she had died. Then he asked her to forgive him and return to her former life for the sake of his daughter, but Laila did not agree easily, especially since Youssra was helping her while she was alone. Then Laila finally agreed to go back home and in front of her daughter she became the wife of the father. Nadia objected to this marriage and indeed she ran away from home. She went to her mother's grave which she was accustomed to visiting and started crying. No one but Youssra was able to restore her smile with a magic trick. She promised to draw her a picture of her mother for her birthday, since Nadia did not have any pictures of her mother. Laila had completely forgotten about her daughter Nadia so she decided to leave home forever. Youssra gave Nadia the picture of her mother, which resembled the wife of her father, and she immediately understood the truth.

Cast and crew: Hassan Reda, Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Ahmed Mazhar, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Mahrous El Garhi, Kamal Karim, Nahed Sabri, Bussy, Fatheya Chahine, Mokhtar Amin, Bussy, Kamal Korayem, Mahrous Al-Garehi

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Fattouma فطومة Hind Rostom 1961 Egyptian one-sheet poster

Fattouma (1961) - (Hind Rostom) Egyptian film poster

This is a promotional poster for designed by Ahmed Hamed for the 1961 Hassan El-Seify 90-minute black-and-white film Fattouma starring Hind Rostom with story, screenplay and dialogue by Zaki Saleh and cinematography by Alvisy Orphanily. Plot summary: Fattouma (Hind Rostom) told her boyfriend Dr. Wahid Farid (Kamal Al-Shennawi) that her husband had left her a message saying he intended to commit suicide. Wahid advised her to leave the message beside the body so the police would not be suspicious. She asked him to do this himself. He went to the home of the deceased and was surprised to find him threatening him with a pistol instead of dead. He took out his own pistol and killed the husband of his mistress. He told the police he had known Fattouma long ago when she almost committed suicide, but Dr. Wahid had given her hope and asked her to marry him. He spent the night with her and the next morning he left a message with her but the wind blew it out the window before she saw it. When she woke up she decided to kill herself. Then she married Khorshid (Mahmoud El-Meliguy) so he would take care of her son. Wahid went back, met her by chance and became her lover. Fattouma's account to the police was from a different point of view. She said when her husband knew Wahid had returned from abroad he invented the story to blackmail him to get money for his son. She claimed she told her lover about the killing of her husband so he could face him, and that she had changed the pistol because of the extent of the danger to her lover. The lovers were then accused, but the attorney was able to prove they had not collaborated in the killing.

Cast and crew: Hind Rostom, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Ahmed Hamed, Hassan El-Seify, Zaki Saleh, Khayria Ahmed, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Orlando, Hoda Shamseddine, Alvisy Orphanily

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Fatmah فاطمة (Om Kolsum) - (1947) Egyptian rerelease poster

Fatmah (1947) - (Om Kolsum) Egyptian undated rerelease poster

This is an Egyptian rerelease promotional poster designed by Wahib Fahmy for the 125-minute 1947 black-and-white Ahmed Badrakhan film Fatmah starring Om Kolsum based on a story by Mustafa Amin with cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: Fatmah (Om Kolsum), a polite young nurse, was given the task of overseeing a pasha's treatment. When the pasha's brother Fathy (Anwar Wagdy) saw her he was taken by her beauty and the sweetness of her voice when she sang. He fell in love with her and tried to attract her in various ways but failed to arouse any interest. While he had a fierce desire for her, he did not find any way other than marriage, so he actually took her under marriage contract as a common law wife and had a honeymoon with her in Alexandria. He returned with her, but they had to live together in her humble home in one of the neighborhoods in view of his father's anger about what had happened. Fathy could not tolerate living there or interacting with the people of that neighborhood, and he left after he was fed up with it. Chance led him to the villa of Mervat (Zuzu Shakeeb), an aristocratic girl. He made preparations to marry her also because he had already promised her he would do that. Fathy found that this was the way to please his father the pasha, and he returned to his father's mansion forgetting his wife the nurse. His father asked him to get the marriage paper from this nurse and he finally succeeded in doing so, but only after Fatmah had made a photocopy of it. Fathy abandoned Fatmah but she had become pregnant by him and had his child, although he denied it. The people in the neighborhood met and decided to raise the issue of Fathy. In the midst of these events Fathy adjusted his wife Mervat to the situation and hurried to Fatmah's house to ask her forgiveness. He was struck by an automobile on the way, just when he had awakened to return to Fatmah with regret for what he had done and acknowledge his relationship to her son.

Cast and crew: Mustafa Amin, Om Kolsum, Suleiman Naguib, Zuzu Shakeeb, Anwar Wagdi, Saneya Shawky, Ahmed Badrakhan, Abdelhalim Nasr, Mimi Shakeeb, Hassan Fayek, Ferdoos Mohammad

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