A Thousand and One Nights [ألف ليلة وليلة] (Ali Al-Kassar) - (1941)

A Thousand and One Nights [alf layla wa layla] (Ali Al-Kassar) - (1941) Egyptian stone litho film poster

Pictured is a 25" x 35" Egyptian stone lithograph poster designed to promote the 1941 Togo Mizrahi 94-minute black-and-white film A Thousand and One Nights [alf layla wa layla] starring Ali Al-Kassar based on story and screenplay by Togo Mizrahi, dialogue by Badie Khayri and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: One of the tales told by the legendary Scheherezade becomes the main plot in this film. While fishing one day a fisherman named Othman Abd al-Baset [Ali Al-Kassar] finds a child in a floating basket, raises him and teaches him how to fish. After 20 years or so when the son (named Morgan) has become a man, Othman is arrested and put in prison for fishing in a forbidden area, but the daughter of the prince [Aqila Ratib] intervenes and gets him released. Othman catches a big fish and gives it to his son to give to the princess as a gift. As Morgan approaches the home of the princess he hears some beautiful singing and responds with some beautiful singing of his own. The adviser to the father of the prince wants to marry the princess to a fake prince so he can take her money. While fishing one day Othman finds a box and opens it. This releases a genie (a man dressed in a devil suit with stuffed horns), who rewards Othman with a magic scepter. Later on, the genie appears before him again another day and tells him his son Morgan is in danger. At that moment Morgan is singing as usual under the window of the princess. They arrest him and turn him over to the adviser, who realizes because of a star tatooed on his arm that Morgan is the missing prince, Bahaeddin, [Hamed Morsi] who is also the cousin of this princess. To prevent Morgan's true identity from becoming known, the adviser orders him imprisoned and held for execution. Just as they are about to cut off his head, Othman appears and proves the adviser's treachery. The princess sees the tattoo, realizes who Morgan is and introduces him to his real father and mother. The two cousins marry and Othman is rewarded.

Cast and crew: Ali Al-Kassar, Aqila Ratib, Togo Mizrahi, Hamed Morsi, Mohammad Shukry, Zaki Ibrahim, Zouzou Nabil, Loutfi El Hakim

---

---

---

---

Visit the Movie Poster Page!

Those People of the Nile [الناس و النيل] (dir: Youssef Chahine) - (1972)

Those People of the Nile [الناس و النيل al-nas wal-nil] (dir: Youssef Chahine) - (1972) Egyptian film poster

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed to promote the 1972 105-minute Youssef Chahine color film Those People of the Nile [الناس و النيل al-nas wal-nil]) based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Hassan Faoud and Nicolai Vigorovosky and cinematography by Yu-Lan Chen, Aleksandre Shelenkov and Abdel Aziz Fahmy. Plot summary: This film dramatizes the construction of the Aswan Dam in Egypt, a joint Russian-Egyptian project completed in 1971. When the film was completed in 1968 it was banned by both governments because of political issues and not cleared for official release until 1972 after some of the scenes had been filmed again. The film portrays the personal conflicts of displaced Russian workers and the displeasure of some Egyptian workers and local residents because of the impact of the diversion of the Nile.

Cast and crew: Youssef Chahine, Abdelmaig Baraka, Ezzat El Alaili, Tewfik El Dekn, Seif El Dine, Inna Fyodorova, Imad Hamdi, Soad Hosny, Hocine Ismael, Vladimir Ivashov, Yuri Kamomyj, Valentina Kutsenko, Mabrouka, Zouzou Mady, Mohamed Morshed, Madiha Salem, Igor Vladimirov, Svetlana Zhgun, Salah Zulfikar, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Aleksandr Shelenkov, Yu-Lan Chen, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Alia Abdel Moneim, Fatma Emara, Valeria Ivashokov, Diwari Kamiruni, Yuri Cameroni

---

---

Watch on YouTube

---

---

Visit the Movie Poster Page!

Thirsty [عطشانة] (Elham Shaheen) - (1987)

Thirsty [Atshana] (Elham Shaheen) - (1962) Egyptian film poster

Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1987 92-minute Mustafa Al Saiid color film Thirsty [atshana] starring Elham Shaheen based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Mohammad al-Basusi with cinematograpy by Mohamed Khalil. Plot summary: Samia [Elham Shaneen] married her colleague Salah [Hesham Selim] and they lived together in Salah's home with his parents. Salah worked in an attorney's office. Samia was harassed by her mother-in-law Hosnia [Khayria Ahmed]. Samia worked at a company owned by Moharram [Hussein El-Sherbini], a businessman, who wanted her, adding to the problems Samia was having because of Hosnia's harressment. Samia turned against Salah and demanded a divorce, which he gave her. Moharram offered to marry Samia and she agreed. Then she discovered Moharram's poor ethics, his relations with numerous women and his use of narcotics. Hosnia regretted the way she had treated Samia and asked her son Salah to bring her back. Salah met with Samia without realizing she had married Moharram; he learned about her difficult life with her husband. Salah started a law firm, became successful and got his own apartment. Moharram died and Samia inherited his wealth. Her friend Ezzat advised her to go back to Salah. She initially rejected this because she was enjoying her freedom, but she eventually changed her mind and went back to him.

Cast and crew: Mustafa Al Saiid, Elham Shaheen, Hesham Selim, Hussein El-Sherbini, Khayria Ahmed, Abu Lamaa, Nada, Mohamed Ahmed al-Masri, Wasila Hussein, Mona Darwish, Ezzat Sherif, Fatma Eid, Neda Mostafa, Aliah Hamed, Shafiq al-Shayeb, Bassam Ragab, Youssef Eid, Rashwan Mostafa, Matawei Eweis

---

---

Watch on YouTube

---

---

Visit the Movie Poster Page!

Chased by the Dogs [اللص والكلاب] (Shadia) - (1962)

Chased by the Dogs [al-liss wal-kelab] (1962) Egyptian 3-piece film poster

Pictured is a 35" x 41" three-piece Egyptian poster designed by Abdel Aziz to promote the 1962 124-minute Kamal El Sheikh black-and-white film Chased by the Dogs [al-liss wal-kelab] starring Shadia and Shukry Sarhan based on a story by Naguib Mahfouz with screenplay by Sabry Ezzat, dialogue by Ali El Zorkani and cinematography by Kamal Korayem. Plot summary: Said Mahran [Shukry Sarhan] worked as a house servant in a student's home. Because of his mother's illness he had to steal a watch from a student. Raouf Alwan [Kamal al-Shennawi] got involved, tried to save him and took him as a protege in crime. Said became a big thief. His assistant Alish [Zein El-Ashmawy] informed on him so he would be free to marry his wife Nabawiya [Salwa Mahmoud]. When Said Mahran got out of prison his goal was to take revenge against Alish and Nabawiya, but he killed some innocent people instead by blindly shooting at window silhouettes, because Alish and Nabawiya had fled their home. Said ran away and became a fugitive. Raouf, who had become a famous journalist, denounced Said in newspaper articles, turning public opinion against him. Said confessed what he had done to his former lover Nour [Shadia] and lived in her house. He also sought solace with a Sufi sheikh but found no relief. Although Nour tried help him, the police found his hiding place and killed him on the Mokattam Mountain during a chase.

According to film critic Sa'ad al-Din Tawfiq this is one of the top 100 Egyptian films. The title is literally translated as The Thief and the Dogs.

Cast and crew: Naguib Mahfouz, Shadia, Shukry Sarhan, Kamal El Sheikh, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Fakher Fakher, Samir Sabri, Salah Mansour, Kamal Korayem, Ali El Zorkani, Sabry Ezzat, Salwa Mahmoud, Salah Jahine, Adly Kasseb, Zein El-Ashmawy, Nazim Shaarawy

---

---

---

---

Visit the Movie Poster Page!

They're Driving Me Crazy [حايجننوني] (Ismail Yasseen) - (1960)

They're Driving Me Crazy [hayugananuni] (1960) Egyptian film poster

Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Studio Mahmoud Niqula Waliber to promote the 1960 104-minute Fatin Abdel Wahab film They're Driving Me Crazy [hayugannanuni] starring Samia Gamal and Ismail Yasseen based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Abdel Moneim Madbouly with cinematography by Ibrahim Adel. Ismail [Ismail Yasseen] has to send his sick son and his wife to Alexandria. During their absence he helps a police inspector [Tewfik El Dekn] investigate the murder of an actress [Karima] who had been his client in the hair salon where he worked. He helps expose the gang responsible for the crime and receives a reward for his efforts before his son and wife return from Alexandria.

Cast and crew: Ismail Yasseen, Samia Gamal, Tewfik El Dekn, Fatin Abdel Wahab, Karima, Wedad Hamdy, Mahmoud Azmy, Abdel Moneim Madbouly, Ibrahim Adel, Shafik Noureddin, Laila Fahmy, Ali al-Qandour, Abdel Hafiz Tatawi, Abdel Ghani al-Nagdi, Abdel Moneim Ismail, Anwar Mohammad, Nazi Shaarawy, Awatef Ramadan, Omar Afifi, Al-Tukhi Tewfiq, Abdel Ghani Naser

---

---

Watch on YouTube

---

---

Visit the Movie Poster Page!

There is a Man in Our House [في بيتنا رجل] (Omar Sharif) - (1961)

There Is a Man in Our House (1961) - (Omar Sharif) Egyptian oversize film poster

Pictured is a 32" x 42" Egyptian poster designed by Studio Adly to promote the 1961 153-minute Henry Barakat black-and-white film There is a Man in Our House [fi baitina ragol] starring Omar Sharif based on a story by Ihsan Abd al-Qudus with screenplay by Youssef Issa and Henry Barakat, dialogue by Youssef Issa and cinematography by Hesham Wadid Serri. Plot summary: Ibrahim [Omar Sharif] assassinates the prime minister who has been collaborating with the imperialists, then asks his friend Mohey [Hassan Youssef] to hide him. Mohey's father does not welcome the fugitive, but his sisters are happy to help Ibrahim contact his political friends. Ibrahim eventually escapes, rejoins the rebellion in Egypt and is killed in an attack on a British base.

This film is on film critic Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the 100 most important Egyptian films.

Cast and crew: Zubaida Tharwat, Henry Barakat, Ihsan Abd al-Qudus, Youssef Issa, Rushdy Abaza, Omar Sharif, Zahrat El-Ola, Hassan Youssef, Tewfik El Dekn, Hesham Wadid Serri, Hussein Riad, Nahed Samir, Abdel Khalek Saleh, Youssef Chaban, Abdel Moneim Bassioni, Khalil Badreddine, Zaki Abel Magid, Sherif Hamdya

---

---

---

---

Visit the Movie Poster Page!

"Jaws" Collector John Campopiano

I started collecting Jaws memorabilia when I was seven or eight years old. The first thing I acquired was either Jaws 2 or Jaws 3 on VHS -- I don't recall which. Soon thereafter I started pestering my parents to buy me the rest of the films. When I was just about ten years old our family took a trip to Universal Studios in Florida at which point I spent the entire time riding the Jaws ride over, and over, and over again. Now, I realize this wasn't the best ride in the park, but I just could not get enough. I was sure to leave with souvenirs from the Jaws shop that was situated just beyond the exit gate for the ride.

Once I started working summer jobs (but was still too young to be paying any bills) I would spend large chunks of my earnings on Jaws memorabilia -- hats, shirts, cups, toys, posters, games, you name it. It was right around this time that I discovered eBay and, well, the rest is history. Over the years I accumulated more and more stuff and even began connecting with other collectors from not just around the USA but the world. Some have become my closest friends.

Now it seems as though I have one of the largest collections of Jaws memorabilia around -- not THE largest, not by a long shot, but I would say my collection is in the top 10 or 15 largest in the world. These days I prize the posters and toys less and less and instead value the really obscure items that don't pop up much on the collector market: an original 1975 Jaws belt buckle issued by Universal Studios and a large chunk of the original Orca boat used on screen. My collection has brought me lots of joy over the years and has been the catalyst for the start of some lifelong friendships. I've also made many, many pilgrimages to Martha's Vineyard, where the film was shot, and met many of the cast members from all four Jaws films. Over the years I've also developed quite an appetite for hunting down and acquiring the many Jaws-inspired films that were made over the years. Among my friends I'm considered the "Jaws rip-off king." I even started a Facebook page dedicated to these films to act as a sort of library or database. What's more, each spring my friends and I get together for a day of Jaws rip-off screenings which they kindly allow me to curate!

And even though I'm not really actively collecting anymore, it's still fun to open boxes and just explore the collection that took me almost twenty years to amass.

1. My Collection

Richard Dreyfus and me in 2011

Me at Universal Studios ca. 1994

Me with Original, Screen-used Jaws props

Me Rocking My Orca Tshirt Ca. 2012

---

---

Visit the Movie Poster Page!