This is a 21.5" x 34" first printing of an Egyptian poster designed by
Marcel and printed by L'Art Graphique to promote the 1944 Niazi
Mostafa 105-minute black-and-white film Hassan and Hassan
[hassan wa hassan] starring Mohammed Al Kahlawi based on a screenplay
by Niazi Mostafa with story and dialogue by Abu Seoud El-Ibiary and
cinematography by Mostafa Hassan. The film was produced and
distributed by Nahas Film. Plot summary: One Hassan drove a taxi and
the other was a hustler. The hustler married the cousin of the brother
of the taxi driver so he could drain his assets with the delusion of
the existence of a profitable company. On the train the two of them
met Houria, a girl from a conservative family and they both loved her,
but she had a maid who was going to marry Hassan the hustler.
Houria's family was angry because her daughter was marrying a driver
and they beat him. The hustler tricked Houria's father and almost went
to prison but Hassan the driver intervened to save him, and he
persuaded the family to accept him.
