Omar Sharif [1932-2015] was born in Alexandria Egypt. He is one of the world's most famous actors, with more than a half century of prolific cinematic production and success. His first film was Mortal Revenge [siraa fil-wadi] made in 1954 in Egypt by the late Youssef Chahine. His costar was the legendary Egyptian actress Faten Hamama, whom he married soon after the shooting. Sharif is the only Egyptian actor who has had a significant career both in and out of Egypt, but his Egyptian films are not as well known to non-Egyptians. Here are some posters for Egyptian films that featured Omar Sharif (known in Egypt as Omar al-Sharif): Struggle in the Valley aka Mortal Revenge [siraa fil-wadi] (1954) - (Faten Hamama) Our Best Days [ayyamna al-helwa] (1955) Dark Waters [siraa fil-mina] (1956) - (dir: Youssef Chahine) My Love's Fault [ghaltet habibi] (1958) Sleepless [la anam] (1958) - (dir: Salah Abouseif) Lady of the Palace [sayedat al-qasr] (1959) Scandal in Zamalek [fadiha fil-zamalek] (1959) Struggle on the Nile [seraa fil-nil] (1959) The Agony of Love [lawet al-hob] (1960) Dead among the Living [bedaya wa nehaya] (1960) My Only Love [hobi al-wahid] (1960) Rumor of Love [esha'a hob] (1960) - (Omar Sharif, Soad Hosny) There Is a Man in Our House [fi baitina ragul] (1961) Style A There Is a Man in Our House [fi baitina ragul] (1961) Style B There Is a Man in Our House [fi baitina ragul] (1961) Style C There Is a Man in Our House [fi baitina ragul] (1961) Style D The Mamelukes [al-mamalik] (1965) Ayoub (1983) - (Omar Sharif) The Puppeteer [al-aragoz] (1989) Style A The Puppeteer [al-aragoz] (1989) Style B War in the Land of Egypt [mowaten: masri] (1991) Laughter, Games, Seriousness and Love [dehk, we leab we gad we hob] (1993) Hassan and Morcos [hassan wa morqos] (2008) - (Adel Imam, Omar Sharif) Visit the Movie Poster Page!

The Hamid Naficy Iranian Movie Posters Collection at Northwestern University features films produced between 1966 and 2014. Here we look at artwork advertising films pre-Revolutionary Iran. In January 1979, Shah Reza Pahlavi left Tehran for an “extended vacation”. On 1 February 1979, Ayatollah Khomeini, made a dramatic return from exile in Paris. Two months later … Continue reading "Pre-Revolution Iranian Movie Posters – Bouffants, Bandits and Bikinis"