Media and entertainment
1,219 ads and videos in the library are for media and entertainment.
Most common in these ads
Goals
- Sell now 500 ads and videos
- Get people to show up 441 ads and videos
- Launch something new 154 ads and videos
Emotions
- Excitement 297 ads and videos
- Curiosity 109 ads and videos
- Desire 72 ads and videos
Patterns
- Event symbol poster 203 ads and videos
- Issue-as-product mood sell 150 ads and videos
- Celebrity endorsement 121 ads and videos
The ads
Unshudat al-Fuad film ad, al-Kawakib 1932
A great national Egyptian film that is musical, sung and spoken, made by names the reader already respects: Khalil Mutran's verses, Zakariyya Ahmad's songs, George Abyad on screen.
The war film "Steel for Victory" is sold on one local hook: many of its scenes were filmed at Homestead, a place its audience knows.
Amr ibn al-As printed play ad, al-Kawakib 1932
A printed play about Amr ibn al-As is sold as an immortal page of Arab glory and Egyptian unity, so the buyer takes home national pride along with the text.
Are You a Bromide? book jacket
Admit in the first line that this is a blurb, and the joke earns the jacket the right to out-hype every straight-faced puff in the trade.
Kas al-Azab film ad, al-Kawakib 1952
A kiss framed in a circle beside a girl standing alone and a stern man watching, under the title Cup of Torment: a love story that will cost someone dearly.
Peace has brought a new selling problem: trade ad for a market data book
The war's end means selling to individuals instead of nations, so doubled factory capacity will only be absorbed by makers who know exactly where the buying public lives.
Riwayat al-Hilal novel series ad, al-Kawakib 1953
A girl who wrestled with fate and won her happiness through patience and faith: the whole plot arc in five short lines sells Catalina before its title appears.
Klaw & Erlanger Ben-Hur stage poster
The stage Ben-Hur delivers the chariot race itself: two teams at full gallop before a packed Roman crowd, shown whole instead of promised.
Hawaa al-Gadida women's magazine issue ad, al-Kawakib 1956
The June issue of Hawaa al-Gadida is sold as a set of answers to the reader's private worries: her child, her make-up, her hair and her dinner table.
The Chap Book poster, Irish and American Bar, Rue Royale
The magazine sells by association: a quick, observed scene of smart regulars at a bar stands in for the readers it wants, and nothing is claimed.
Samir children's magazine ad, al-Kawakib 1956
Samir is such a hit that children wish every day of the week were Sunday, the day it comes out, and every issue brings a gift.
A herald trumpets the news over a fairy-tale town, so the poster itself announces that a hero is born and a storybook musical has arrived.
Qulub Ha'ira film ad, al-Kawakib 1956
The first Egyptian film shot in Photoscope, starring Kamal El Shenawy and Zahret El Ola, is billed as the company's greatest artistic success.
"A touch of brimstone" comedy play poster
One drawing of a man between two women states the love triangle, and the words only add that it is a comedy of backstage life.
Riwayat al-Hilal novel series ad, al-Kawakib 1964
A crime you can feel before you read it: black strokes burst like a stab or cracked glass, and along them run the words detective story and Agatha Christie.
"African Vinneyard" play debut poster
A play seen nowhere else yet: the world premiere of African Vineyard, announced beside a tall woman carrying the vineyard's harvest on her head.
Mickey magazine games booklet ad, al-Kawakib 1963
More than 30 games in one gift: the count comes first, so the 40-millime issue reads as a whole box of play for a child.
Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra American music festival poster
An evening of American composers, Griffes to Gershwin, played by the local symphony for 40 cents, with Alice climbing through the looking-glass to picture one piece on the bill.
Hawaa magazine Umm Kulthum issue ad, al-Kawakib 1963
Everyone knows Umm Kulthum became the Star of the East; the issue promises the part nobody has told: how the village Quran reciter got there.
Beethoven series concert poster
Beethoven's own brooding face sells a whole season: his symphonies, concerti and overtures on alternate Sunday evenings, from 25 cents a seat.
al-Tariq film advertorial, al-Kawakib 1964
Al-Tariq is billed as the greatest Egyptian film in 10 years, and one surprise sells it: Shadia, known as a singer, dances in it and does not sing.
Klaw & Erlanger "Ben-Hur" stage poster
The stage Ben-Hur is sold on the one scene readers already picture from the novel: the chariot race, shown in full colour as what the ticket buys.
Samir magazine new character Shaqawa ad, al-Kawakib 1965
The new character's name means mischief, and the drawing acts it out: little Shaqawa fires a rifle whose smoke launches her brother Hadi into the air.
"Bird of paradise" by Richard Walton Tully, play poster
A dancer under a palm tree promises a trip to the tropics, and the Belasco is selling that escape now.
Samir children's magazine Mawlid special issue ad, al-Kawakib 1965
Samir celebrates the Prophet's birthday with its readers by putting out a special issue, drawn as two boys playing with the Mawlid sugar horse.
Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra poster, Frank Foti conducting
A symphony concert announced like a royal proclamation: a Renaissance herald trumpets the orchestra's name on his banner, for one night at the beach park at 25 cents.
Riwayat al-Hilal Agatha Christie novel ad, al-Kawakib 1965
A giant question mark punched through the plot summary shows the story is there but cannot be finished on the page: only the novel completes Agatha Christie's appointment with death.
Canada's Great Industrial Fair broadside, Toronto
Toronto's fair is the continent's grandest show of industry and entertainment, the dates are fixed, and the railways will take you there cheaply.
Mickey magazine gift issue ad, al-Kawakib 1965
A frame and 8 colour pictures are counted as 9 gifts in one issue, and the page shows them already hung like a child's bedroom wall.
Detroit Federal Theatre "It can't happen here" poster, Sinclair Lewis
The title's complacent claim that fascism can't happen here is answered on the same sheet by a jackbooted soldier standing over an American map and an open date, 19??.
Wa Islamah film ad, al-Kawakib 1961
A national epic in one figure: a woman raising a green banner over a red sky and a charging army, promising a spectacle on the scale of history.
Du Page County centennial music festival poster, Wheaton
A county centennial music festival sold together with the railroad that gets you there: one giant note against a rising sun, then easy travel at low fares.
Orient Film Distributing Company 1962-1963 season ad, al-Kawakib 1962
The distributor claims the biggest production in Arab cinema for 1962-1963 and proves it with a film strip of eleven titles, each carrying its stars, director and producer.
Elmer Rice's "Judgment Day" play poster
A courtroom drama announced as already running: blindfolded Justice with her scales, the title on a red band, and the single word NOW.
Agazet Nos el-Sana film ad, al-Kawakib 1962
A light musical in natural colour that puts the Reda folk-dance troupe on screen for the first time, sold on the joy of its dancing and laughing stars.
Federal Dance Theatre "Salut au Monde" poster
Whitman's greeting to the whole world is sold as one massed group of dancers in black, brown and tan, moving together under a title that wraps around them.
Time Out - Official Trailer / تايم أوت - الإعلان الرسمي
A stranger who calls himself Cupid tells the heroine that the one man who cannot stand her must love her or she dies, then shows the chaos of her trying.
إكسبو 2020 دبي | كن معنا في الحدث الأروع في العالم
Expo 2020 is sold as a front-row seat on the future: glimpses of light, motion and invention, each one a reason to be among the first to see it.
مسلسل "تشيللو" في عرضه الأول خلال شهر رمضان المبارك 2015
A wife's speech about love without trust teases the drama Cello, and the only way to learn how it ends is Mozaic TV, a new episode every Ramadan day.
روح العيد | سيرك دو سوليه في موسم جدة
A world-famous circus arrives for one month in Jeddah, and the spot lets the acts build the appetite before a poster gives the venue, dates and booking site.
A children's musical play sold by a roll call: the voiceover names the cast one by one over their clowning faces, then reads out the booking numbers.
إعلان الدوري السعودي مع وليد الفراج 2007
The promo stitches goal calls, a yellow card, pundit analysis and a dispute awaiting the referee into one soundtrack, promising every layer of the Saudi league on screen.
الإعلان الرسمي المنتظر l ظل l شاهد VIP
The series Zell is sold on one line of tension, law is one thing and justice another, set over an investigation, a smiling man in black and women in tears.
Al Nassr puts Cristiano Ronaldo and its squad in bisht and thobe for the ardah, showing the global club as part of a Saudi celebration.
Karam feels reborn by a new love and is pulled between that passion and his responsibilities, and the teaser leaves the choice hanging until the series starts.
اعلان فيلم - الانسه مامى Al Anesa Mammy /-Trailer Movie
A woman who swore she would never marry suddenly finds herself pregnant, surrounded by children and a paunchy husband: Yasmin Abdulaziz's comedy for Eid al-Adha.
اعلان لكل الموهبين ، اضحك مع اخر اعلان مصرى
A casting call that names every ambition out loud, acting, singing, songwriting, performing, to men and women alike, then offers one door: Egypt's biggest talent search.
اضبطوا مواعيدكم يوم الاثنين مع عرض الاثنين باثنين
Twins who agree on nothing agree on Monday movies at two riyals, so the offer name الاثنين باثنين plays on Monday, the pair and the price.
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