Eve of the Wedding [lailet al-henna] (1951) - (Shadia) Egyptian stone litograph film poster F, EX $65 *

Size: 27" x 39"

Price: $65

Condition: Folded Excellent (minor edge damage)

This film recounts the troubled circumstances leading to a marriage between a singer and her lover. The plot is complicated by a pregnancy, social objections to the woman's occupation as a singer that threaten to disrupt the marriage plans, parental objections and threats and manipulations from a cabaret owner who seeks to exert control over his popular singer as she ponders resignation from her job.