Flirtation of Girls, The [ghazal al-banat] (1949) - (Naguib Al Rihani) undated rerelease Egyptian film poster F, NM $65 *
Size: 27" x 39"
Price: $65
Condition: Folded, Near Mint
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This is an undated rerelease promotional poster designed by Abdul
Ghani for the 1949 100-minute Anwar Wagdi black-and-white film The
Flirtation of Girls starring Naguib Al Rihani with screenplay by Anwar
Wagdi, dialogue by Naguib Al Rihani and Badi Kheiri and cinematography
by Abdelhalim Nasr. Plot summary: Hamam (Naguib Al Rihani) was an
Arabic language teacher suffering from persistent and almost laughable
bad luck and misfortune. Hamam got the opportunity to give lessons to
Laila (Laila Mourad), the daughter of a rich pasha who had failed
Arabic, and he fell in love with her. He knew she was the victim of a
playboy (Mahmoud El-Meliguy). Hamam went out with her one night, not
realizing she was going to meet the boy at a cabaret. The girl went
inside and Hamam became worred about her and asked a dashing pilot
(Anwar Wagdi) to help him get her out. The officer was dazzled by
Laila's beauty and stayed with them, although Hamam and Laila tried to
get rid of him. They hid in the home of the famous artist Youssef
Wahby (as himself). The artist spoke warmly to the girl and while
speaking with Hamam he realized he was in love with Laila while she
had no feelings for him and advised him to let her go if he loved her.
When they left the home of Youssef Wahby they found the officer
waiting for them. Love glowed between the girl and the pilot, but
there were tears of sadness and joy in the eyes of Hamam. This film
is analyzed in considerable depth in "The Golden Age before the Golden
Age: Commercial Egyptian Cinema before the 1960s" by Walter Armbrust
in Mass Mediations: New Approaches to Popular Culture in the Middle
East and Beyond ed. Walter Armbrust, University of California
Press, 2000. It is on film critic Ahmad Al-Hadari's 2007 list of the
100 most important Egyptian films.
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