This is an original year printing of a 9.25" x 6.75" 12-page Egyptian
program for the 1946 Fouad El Jazairly 100-minute black-and-white
film Scheherezade [shahrzad] starring Hussein Sedki based on a
screenplay by Fouad El Jazairly with cinematography by Mohamed Abdel
Aziz. The film was produced by Modern Egypt Films and distributed by
Montakhebat Behna. Plot Summary: The young sultan Shahriar announced
his desire to marry, then chose a bride who betrayed him. This
transformed his attitude towards women. He declared women were only
good for enjoyment and did not deserve wealth. He then declared he
would marry a virgin every night, then kill her at dawn after he had
enjoyed her. After his swordsman had killed many of them he chose a
minister's daughter named Scheherezade who had decided to save other
girls from this oppressive sultan. She told him a story that did not
end by dawn so he did not kill her, hoping the story would end the
next night. However when she finished the story the next night he let
her start another. This continued for 1001 nights. She was able to
win Shahriar's heart and save herself as well as all the other women
in the kingdom. This made her an immortal legend.
