Pictured is a 27" x 39" Egyptian poster designed by an unknown artist
to promote the 1983 Brian Trenchard-Smith film BMX Bandits
based on a screenplay by Patrick Edgeworth and Russell Hagg with
cinematography by John Seale, starring Nicole Kidman at the age of 16. Plot summary:
Three BMX biking enthusiasts discover a carton of walkie-talkies,
which leads them into an encounter with a group of bank robbers.
Cast and crew: Brian Trenchard-Smith, Patrick Edgeworth, Russell Hagg, David Argue, John Ley, Nicole Kidman, Angelo D'Angelo, Bryan Marshall, Brian Sloman, Peter Browne, Bill Brady, Linda Newton, Bob Hicks, Guy Norris, Chris Hession, Norman Hodges, Tracy Wallace
This film is based on a play by Oscar Wilde; when a politician decides to blow the whistle on a financial scandal he is restrained and threatened by a woman who is an insider in the affair. He is vulnerable because he has his own secrets he does not want revealed.
Cast and crew: Alexander Korda, Oscar Wilde, Lajos Biro, Paulette Godard, Michael Wilding, Diana Wynyard, Hugh Williams, C. Aubrey Smith, Glynis Johns, Constance Collier, Christine Norden, Harriette Johns, Michael Medwin, Michael Anthony, Peter Hobbes, John Clifford, Fred Groves, Michael Ward
In this Frank Capra classic, Mr. Deeds [Gary Cooper] is a small-town tuba player who inherits a
fortune and moves to the city, where he meets the reporter Babe Bennet
[Jean Arthur]. Babe wants to get close to the wealthy country boy so
she poses as a damsel in distress.
Cast and crew: Frank Capra, Robert Riskin, Clarence Budington Kelland, Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, George Bancroft, Lionel Stander, Douglass Dumbrille, Raymond Walburn, H.B. Warner, Ruth Donnelly, Walter Catlett, John Wray
Imdb plot summary by Paul Berk: "Nicole [Nathalie Baye] is a Parisian
streetwalker and Dede [Philippe Leotard] is her racketeer boyfriend,
on the outs with his mob bosses because of a dispute over Nicole. When
a police informant (balance) is murdered, the cops have to
scramble for a replacement. Deciding on Dede, they begin to put a
nasty squeeze on him and Nicole." This is one of my favorite French
films. The Paris district Belleville is one of the main characters.
Cast and crew: Bob Swaim, Mathieu Fabiani, Nathalie Baye, Philippe Leotard, Richard Berry, Maurice Ronet, Bernard Freyd, Christophe Malavoy, Jean-Paul Comart, Albert Dray, Florent Pagny, Tcheky Karyo, Raouf Ben Yaghlane, Galia Salimo, Sam Karmann, Robert Atlan, Luc-Antoine Diquero
Pictured is a 36" x 46.5" two-piece Egyptian poster designed by Hassan
Mazhar Gasour to promote the 1951 Omar Gomai film My Children
[awladi] starring Zaki Rostom based on a story by Omar Gomai with
cinematography by Abdel Aziz Fahmy. Plot summary: A woman dies
leaving her husband [Zaki Rostom (1903-1972)] with three daughters and nobody to
help with their upbringing other than a pretty maid; the maid tries to
use her charms to make the bereaved husband forget about his
sorrow. The maid's husband realizes his wife is interested in her
employer and divorces her. The maid then marries the bereaved husband
after telling him she iss pregnant with his child. The children
resent the marriage and one of the daughters kills the new wife.
Cast and crew: Omar Gomai, Abdel Aziz Fahmy, Rushdy Abaza, Zaki Rostom, Shadia, Zuzu Shakeeb, Madiha Yousri, Zeinab Sedki, Kamal Hussein, Mohammad Tawfiq, Abdel Aziz Ahmed, Gamalat Zayed, Beba Ibrahim, Aziza Helmy, Abdel Moneim Basyouni
Pictured is a 32" x 44.75" Egyptian poster designed by Marcel to
promote the 1958 Abbas Kamel 126-minute black-and-white film A Gift
from Heaven [rahma min al-sama'] starring Hind Rostom based on
screenplay and dialogue by Abbas Kamel with cinematography by Alvisy
Orphanily. Plot summary: Nabila, the wife of a wealthy man named Megdi
[Imad Hamdi (1909-1984)], died, leaving him alone with his young
daughter. While he was shopping one day he met a woman named Nawal
[Hind Rostom (1931-2011)] who looked and acted like his late
wife. Nawal was a nightclub dancer. His daughter and Nawal became
like mother and daughter, and Magdi's relationship with Nawal helped
him forget his sorrow because of the loss of his wife. As the story
develops Megdi's friend Dr. Monir [Mahmoud El-Meliguy (1910-1933)]
also forms a close relationship with Nawal, who is in fact the
film's "gift from heaven."
Cast and crew: Abbas Kamel, Alvisy Orphanily, Hind Rostom, Imad Hamdi, Mahmoud El-Meliguy, Ferdoos Mohammad, Nelly, Mohammad al-Tabei, Hussein Ismail, Mohammad Soleyman, Salwa Mahmoud, Ahmed Abouzeid
Pictured above are an undated rerelease poster (top) and a 33.75" x 45.5" Egyptian poster designed by
Stamatis Vassiliou and Marcel to promote the 1955 114-minute Hassan Al
Imam black-and-white film Flesh [al-gessad] starring Hind
Rostom based on screenplay and dialogue by El Sayed Bedeir with
cinematography by Alvisy Orphanily. Plot summary: Nemat was expelled from
school and became a nightclub dancer after her
mother left home. Her father was unable to get her to come back home,
and then lost his job when he was fired by his boss, Amin. Nemat heard
about this and went back home to stay with him and give up her work as
an entertainer. He went out to bring food for her but when he
returned she had already left home again to become the lover of his
old boss Amin. Nemat's father tried to kill his wife. He blinded her
but did not succeed in killing her and was put in jail for attempted murder.
Nemat met an attorney named Hussein, who was Amin's son. They were about
to marry, but Amin would have none of it and drove Hussein away Nemat's
health was destroyed in an accident that left her unable to dance. She was
diagnosed with a critical respiratory ailment and Amin left her, alone
and penniless. The father was released from prison and made amends
with his wife and daughter. Hussein went back to Nemat and promised
to marry her and pay for her medical care. She accepted his proposal
and put her life in his hands.
Cast and crew: Hassan Al Imam, Hind Rostom, Kamal Al-Shennawi, Fatma Rouchdi, Hussein Riad, Seraj Munir, Mokhtar Osman, Alvisy Orphanily, Hussein Al-Meliguy, Fifi Youssef, Mohamed Shawky, Souraya Fakhry, Abdel Hamid Badawi, Hussein Ismail, El Sayed Bedeir, Soad Ahmed, Souraya Hassan, Alia Fawzi, Mohsen Hassanein, Mohamed Sabih, Naim Mostafa, Abdel Moniem Seoudy, Ezzat Wahid, Soad Ahmed
