Sunday, June 19, 2016

Bahbouh Effendi بحبوح افندي (Ismail Yasseen) - (1958) Egyptian one-sheet

Bahbouh Effendi بحبوح افندي (1958) - (Ismail yasseen) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 29" Egyptian one-sheet poster designed by Hassan Mazhar Gasour and Mohammad Aziz for the 1958 Youssef Maalouf film Bahbouh Effendi بحبوح افندي with screenplay and dialogue by William Basili, cinematography by Bruno Salvi and starring Ismail Yasseen as Bahbouh Effendi. Plot summary: Babouh Effendi left the country to go to Cairo with his partner in the livestock trade, the teacher Awis (Fouad Shafik). There they lived frivolously passing their time in nightclubs. They met a girl (Zahrat El-Ola) who worked in a nightclub, and they saved her from a gang. They went home with her, which caused problems for her with her neighbors, but Bahbouh married the girl the next morning after discovering that she was honorable and that she had been obliged to go to the nightclub due to circumstances beyond her control.

Cast and crew: Ismail Yasseen, Zahrat El-Ola, Fouad Shafik, Reyad Al Kasabgy, Youssef Maalouf, William Basili, Bruno Salvi, Gamalat Zayed, Said Khalil, Abdel Nabi Mohammed



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Saturday, June 18, 2016

Planet of Dinosaurs (1977) - (James Whitworth) Lebanese one-sheet

Planet of the Dinosaurs (1977) - (James Whitworth) Lebanese one-sheet

This is a 27.5" x 39" Lebanese one-sheet poster by an unknown designer for the 1977 James K. Shea film Planet of Dinosaurs based on a story by James Aupperle, screenplay by Ralph Lucas and starring James Whitworth as Jim. This film is most notable for the quality of its stop motion dinosaurs, which is where most of its small budget went. Plot summary: Somewhere in the unspecified future, the spaceship Odyssey is forced to crash land on a planet far from earth, with similar atmospheric conditions. The members of the crew hope they will be found and rescued, but while they are waiting they discover the planet is inhabited by dinosaurs very much like the ones that inhabited Earth in prehistoric times.

Cast and crew: James Whitworth, Ralph Lucas, Ken Hoff, Jim Aupperle, Pamela Bottaro, Harvey Shain, Charlotte Speer, Chuck Pennington, Mary Appleseth, Michael Thayer, Louie Lawless, Derna Wylde, Michael Lee



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Friday, June 17, 2016

Hidden Fire آتش پنهان (dir: Habib Kavosh) - (1990) Iranian film poster

Hidden Fire (1990) - (dir: Habib Kavosh) Iranian poster

This is a 26.25" x 37.5" Iranian poster by an unknown designer for the 1990 Habib Kavosh Persian language film Hidden Fire starring Ali Akbar Bahadori. Plot summary: Jacob, a Lebanese Jew, was shot dead at a private gathering along with a number of his companions by a group of people dressed as Palestinian combatants. Jacob's sister and his daughter Sara survived. When the Palestinian combatants realized the aim of the Israelis in this episode was to incite public opinion against their struggle they exposed the ones who were behind it. After participating in an unsuccessful terrorist operation against Abu Khalil and his Son Abu Ali, Sara realized that her Israeli fiancee had planned and carried out the plot to kill her father. The Israeli soldiers retaliated and arrested a group of Palestinian leaders, including Abu Khalil. After that incident two Palestinian combatants destroyed the Israeli Command Staff in a suicide operation. This film is official Iranian propaganda in the political aftermath of the massacre at Sabra and Shatila Camp in West Beirut in September 1982.

Cast and crew: Habib Kavosh, Ali Akbar Bahadori, Amir Baranlooyi, Adib Ghadoore, Mohammad Reza Haghgoo, Monia Ja\ malpoor, Farhang Mehrparvar, Farhad Mohabbat, Ali Asghar Nejat, Farshnaz Shademani, Mosoomeh Taghipour



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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

War of the Shaolin Temple (1980) - (Chien-Chang Chen) Hong Kong one-sheet

War of the Shaolin Temple (1980) - (Chien-Chang Chen) Chinese one-sheet

This is a 19.5" x 27" Hong Kong poster for the 1980 Da Chiao Lin film 13 Poles from Shaolin AKA War of the Shaolin Temple starring Chien-Chang Chen. Set in the 13th Century, this film tells a story about a fighter named Wang Ng who retrieves the Sung emperor's seal from a Manchu general and hides at Shaolin Temple. Before long the Manchus follow him there for a mass of one-on-one fights to the death at the temple.

Cast and crew: Da Chiao Lin, Chien-Chang Chen, Chien-Ho Chen, Chi Ping Chang, Yi Kuel Chang, Chia Kai Chen, Tien-Chi Ching, Sheng Chiang, Chan Kian Ching, Alan Chung San Chui, Fei Lung Huang, Wen-Yui Hui, Chang Sheng Ko, Lung Yin Li, Tso-Yung Li, Mark Long, Shaolin



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A Man to Respect R1987 Kirk Douglas Egyptian one-sheet

A Man to Respect (R1987) - (Kirk Douglas) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Sami based directly on the design for the original Italian two-sheet, for a 1987 rerelease of the 1972 Michele Lupo film A Man to Respect AKA Hearts and Minds AKA The Master Touch AKA Un uomo da respettare based on a story by Roberto Leoni and Franco Bucceri, screenplay by Nico Ducci, Michele Lupo and Mino Rolli and starring Kirk Douglas as Steve Wallace. Plot summary: Steve Wallace is a safe cracker who has just served two years in prison. Now that he's out, he's feeling pinched financially and needs to do another job, which he does with the help of his wife Anna [Florinda Bolkan] and a gymnast named Marco [Giuliano Gemma].

Cast and crew: Roberto Leoni, Sami, Franco Bucceri, Michele Lupo, Kirk Douglas, Giuliano Gemma, Florinda Bokan, Wolfgang Preiss, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Romano Puppo, Bruno Corazzari, John Bartha, Allen Stanley, Vittorio Fanfoni, Luigi Antonio Guerra, Herbert A.E. Bohme, Peter Kuiper, Paul Muller





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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Triple Cross (1992) - (Cynthia Rothrock) Egyptian one-sheet

Triple Cross (1992) - (Cynthia Rothrock) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Al-Khodri for the 1992 Ackyl Anwari film Triple Cross AKA Angel of Fury based on a story by Deddy Armand, screenplay by Christopher Mitchum and starring Cynthis Rothrock as Nancy Bolan. Plot summary: Security specialist Nancy Bolan has been hired to deliver a valuable computer, but she has adversaries and her boyfriend Mark [Chris Barnes] has other plans for the computer.

Cast and crew: Christopher Mitchum, Cynthia Rothrock, Chris Barnes, Ackyl Anwari, Deddy Armand, Peter O'Brian, Zaenal Abidin, Roy Marten, August Melasz, Tanaka, Minati Atmanegara, Jureck Klyne, Kiki Amir, Robby Sutara, Karen Sukarno, Hamid Sopeng, Eddy Hansudi, Rita





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Top Squad (1988) - (Sibelle Hu) Egyptian one-sheet

Top Squad (1988) - (Sibelle Hu) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster by an unknown designer for the 1988 Wellson Chin film Top Squad AKA Ba wong fa AKA Lady Enforcers AKA The Inspector Wears a Skirt AKA Tyrant Flower written by Kam Fu Cheng and starring Sibelle Hu as Madame Wu. Plot summary: Madame Wu is assigned to the Hong Kong Police Academy to train a squad of female police commandos, who later join forces with an all-male squad to bring in a gang of thieves who have gathered at a convention.

Cast and crew: Cynthia Rothrock, Wellson Chin, Kam Fu Cheng, Jackie Chan, Ann Bridgewater, Sibelle Hu, Regina Kent, Kara Hui, Ellen Chan, Sandra Ng Kwan Yue, Joanna Chan, Peil-ling Lee, Ming-Si Lai, Anthony Carpio, Dennis Chan, Tat-kwong Chan, Vanessa Chan, Wah Cheung



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