Friday, April 21, 2017

The Sisterhood (1988) - (Rebecca Holden) Egyptian one-sheet

The Sisterhood (1988) - (Rebecca Holden) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Morteda Anise for the 1988 Cirio H. Santiago film The Sisterhood written by Thomas Mckelvey Cleaver and starring Rebecca Holden as Alee. Plot summary: In the post-apocalyptic world of 2021 the surviving women have been caught and enslaved by a fierce enclave of brutal men. The only hope of rescue for the captive women is a nomadic band of she-warriors known as The Sisterhood.

Cast and crew: Cirio H. Santiago, Morteda Anise, Thomas McElvey Cleaver, Rebecca Holden, Chuck Wagner, Lynn-Holly Johnson, Barbara Patrick, Robert Dryer, Henry Strzalkowski, David Light, Jim Moss, Anthony East, Tom McNeeley, Warren McLean, Willy Schober, Peter Schilton, Kenneth Peerless, Steve Rogers



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King of Kong Island (1968) - (Brad Harris) Egyptian one-sheet

King of Kong Island (1968) - (Brad Harris) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Moaty for the 1968 Roberto Mauri film King of Kong Island based on a story by Ralph Zucker and Walter Brandi, screenplay by Roberto Mauri and starring Brad Harris as Burt Dawson. Plot summary: Eva [Esmeralda Barros] is a naked girl known locally as "the sacred monkey" who has been raised in the jungles of Kenya by wild gorillas. Albert Muller [Marc Lawrence] is a mad scientist experimenting with the large apes hoping to transform them into military fighters by surgically implanting radio transmitters into their brains. Burt Dawson is a mercenary adventurer who goes into the jungle looking for a woman named Diana [Ursula Davis] after her abduction by gorillas.

Cast and crew: Roberto Mauri, Brad Harris, Paul Carter, Jim Clay, Esmeralda Barros, Marc Lawrence, Adriana Alben, Mark Farran, Paulo Mogalotti, Aldo Cecconi, Mario Donatone, Miles Mason, Gino Turini, Ursula Davis, Gianni Pulone



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Death in a Red Jaguar (1968) - (George Nader) Egyptian one-sheet

Death in a Red Jaguar (1968) - (George Nader) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster by an unknown artist for the 1968 Harald Reinl Europsy film Death in a Red Jaguar AKA der tod im roten Jaguar based on a novel by Gustav H. Lübbe, screenplay by Herbert Reinecker and starring George Nader as Jerry Cotton. Plot summary: San Francisco FBI agent Jerry Cotton takes on a gang of hired assassins getting their marching orders from Dr. Saunders, [Carl Lange] an evil psychiatrist who plants homicidal suggestions in the minds of his patients.

Cast and crew: Harald Reinl, Gustav H. Lübbe, Herbert Rejnecker, George Nader, Heinz Weiss, Daniela Surina, Friedrich Schutter, Carl Lange, Giuliano Raffaelli, Herbert Stass, Grit Boettcher, Gert Haucke, Karin Schroeder, Kurt Jaggberg, Charles Wakefield, Manuela Schmitz, Ilse Steppat, Britt Lindbert



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Teesri Manzil (1966) - (Vijay Anand) Egyptian film poster

Teesri Manzil (1966) - (Vijay Anand) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Ahmed Fouad for the 1966 Vijay Anand musical The Third Floor AKA teesri manzil written by Nasir Hussain and starring Shammi Kapoor as Anil Kumar / Rocky. Plot summary: Sunita [Asha Parekh] blames a drummer named Rocky for the suicide of her sister Roopa [Sabina] who has fallen from the fourth floor of a building. Sunita has never met Rocky, and when Anil Kumar offers to help she does not realize he is the same person she is blaming for her sister's death.

Cast and crew: Vijay Anand, Nasir Hussain,Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Raj Mehra, Prem Chopra, Laxmi Chhaya, Neeta, Sabina, Salim Khan, Rashid Khan, Ram Avtar, Haroon, Iftekhar, Indira Bansal, S.N. Banerjee, Bazid Khan



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Monday, April 17, 2017

Knight of Bani Hamdan فارس بني حمدان (Farid Shawqi) - (1966) Egyptian film poster

Knight of Bani Hamdan (1966) - (Farid Shawqi) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by an unknown artist to promote the 1966 97-minute Niazi Mostafa color film Knight of Bani Hamdan [fares bani hamdan] starring Farid Shawqi and Soad Hosny based on a story by Ali Al-Garim with screenplay by Abdel Hay Adib and dialogue by Mohammad Abouseif. Cinematography was by Wahid Farid. Plot summary: Abu Fares al-Hamdani (Farid Shawqi) was a famous Arab poet among the lords of the Al-Hamdania. He was also famous for his chivalry and bravery in the court of Prince Seif ad-Dawla. The people everywhere loved him. He fell in love with Naglaa al-Khaledia (Soad Hosny), an attractive performer in the prince's palace. This made the commander of the army jealous, and he competed with Fares for the love of Naglaa. The prince decided to appoint Abu Fares as successor to the governor of the city of Manih, while Farawia, the Hamdani army commander, began to hate him. Fares was taken prisoner and tortured by the Hamdani Empress Tifano. He learned Farawiya had made a plot on Rome's behalf to destroy the al-Hamdania government. In a wild escape Seif al-Dawlah avoided being murdered. He led the Arabs in the expulsion of Rome; then he met his love Naglaa and raised banners of victory.

Cast and crew: Niazi Mostafa, Farid Shawqi, Soad Hosny, Imad Hamdi, Leila Fawzi, Mahmoud Moursy, Adel Adham, Nadia El Guindy, Omar Zolficar, Wahid Farid, Ali al-Garim, Abdel Hay Adib, Mohammad Abouseif, Shams El-Barudy, Imad Hamdi, Omar Zulfikar, Ahmed Khamees, Nadia El Guindy



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Tomorrow Will Be Another Day غدا يوم آخر (Hind Rostom) - (1962) Egyptian one-sheet

Tomorrow Will Be Another Day (1962) - (Hind Rostom) Egyptian one-sheet

This is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by Stamatis Vassiliou for the 1962 Albert Naguib film Tomorrow Will Be Another Day based on story, screenplay and dialogue by Hassan Tewfik and starring Hind Rostom as Laila. Plot summary: Laila used to spend some of her time on the banks of the Nile. That was where she first met her husband Ahmed Abdel Salam [Imad Hamdi] and his friend Rafet, [Ahmed Ramzi] who had been in love with her for a long time. However Ahmed was the one she married; they had a baby girl. As the years went by Ahmed's sister Mona [Zahrat El-Ola] kept hoping in vain Rafet would develop feelings for her. In 1956 during the Suez Crisis Ahmed was summoned to defend the country. Laila received a report Ahmed had been killed but could not accept it. After five years Rafet went back to the home of his absent friend. Ahmed's daughter Nadia became close to Rafet, who was trying to get Laila to marry him. When Nadia became ill Ahmed cared for her. Laila finally agreed to the marriage to save her daughter. During the Suez fighting Ahmed had fled into the desert and survived with help from the Bedouins. When he finally got home he was shocked when he found his wife and Rafet together and shot Rafet, but not fatally. Ahmed was given a suspended prison sentence and went back to his wife Laila.

Cast and crew: Albert Naguib, Hassan Tewfik, Hind Rostom, Ahmed Mazhar, Imad Hamdi, Zahrat El-Ola, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Abdel Rahim El Zarkany, Abdel Aziz Fahmy



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Sunday, April 16, 2017

She Lived for Love عاشت للحب (Zubaida Tharwat) - (1959) Egyptian one-sheet

She Lived for Love

(1959) - (Zubaida Tharwat) Egyptian one-sheet

Shown here is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster made to promote the 1959 104-minute El Sayed Bedeir black-and-white film She Lived for Love ['ashat lil-hob] starring Zubaida Tharwat based on the novel The Ivy Vine [shagaret al-lablab] by Mohamed Abdel Halim Abdullah with dialogue by Salah Gowdet and cinematography by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: Hosny [Kamal Al-Shennawi] was troubled while he was growing by his observations of marital infidelity among his relatives. When he grew up and went to medical school he lived in an apartment above the apartment inhabited by a woman named Zainab [Zubaida Tharwat], fell in love with her and asked her to marry him. Then when she showed an interest in other men he decided not to marry her after all, thinking she was like the other women he had known in his youth. Under the influence of advice from Zainab's sister Rashida [Laila Taher] and his friend Khairat [Abdel Moneim Ibrahim] he eventually changed his mind and decided to marry her after all.

Cast and crew: El Sayed Bedeir, Zubaida Tharwat, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Laila Taher, Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Abdelhalim Nasr, Hermine, Mohamed Abdel Halim Abdullah, Saleh Gowdet, Mary Ezzedine, Salwa Mahmoud, Aziza Helmy, Abdallah Gheith, Wedad Hamdy, Kamal Hussein, Mohamed Shawqi, Hussein Assar, Abdel Aziz Hamdy



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