Princess Leila [layla al-amiriya] (1948) - (Kouka) Egyptian two-piece stone litho film poster F, NM $250 *
Size: 47" x 35"
Price: SOLD
Condition: Folded, Near Mint
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This is a 47" x 35" two-piece Egyptian poster designed by Ragheb for
the 1948 Niazi Mostafa musical Princess Leila AKA layla
al-amiriya AKA Leila and Magnun written by Abol-Farag
al-Isfahani and starring Kouka as Leila. Plot summary: In a desert
village in 7th Century Arabia Qays ibn al-Mulawah [Yehia Chahine] fell
madly in love with his cousin Leila and incessantly recited poems
about her. His story spread through the village, but it was a
violation of tradition. Moreover, although Leila was happily spending
her days with Qays, Qays had a rival for her hand in a man named Ward
[Mahmoud El-Meliguy]. When the rival proposed her father [Ibrahim
Emara] agreed and married Leila to him without her consent. The
distraught poet took to wandering aimlessly, reciting poems and
hallucinating about his lost love, while Leila got sick and died.
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