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
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
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
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.
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
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
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