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Sons Of Aristocrats
''Sons of Aristocrats'' is a 1932 Egyptian film directed by Mohammed Karim. It stars Youssef Wahbi and Amina Rizk. It is the first Egyptian sound film. The film was produced by Youssef Wahbi for Ramses Film and was released on April 12, 1932 by General Film Distributors. Plot Hamdi Bey abandoned himself to his lust and fell in love with a French girl, leaving his wife behind him. He was surprised by that girl cheating on him with her lover, so he shot her and was sentenced to prison. After the expiration of his prison term, he decided to return to Egypt again. Hamdi Bey met his inevitable fate, committing suicide under the wheels of a train. Cast * Youssef Wahbi * Amina Rizk * Rawheya Khaled * Sirag Munir * Anwar Wagdi * Hassan El Baroudi * Mansi Fahmi * Hassan Fayek * Badia Masabni * Dawlat Abyad * Colette D'Arville * Aziza Shawqi See also * Egyptian cinema * List of Egyptian films of 1932 A list of films produced in Egypt in 1932. For an A-Z list of films currentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Karim
Mohammed Karim (1896–1972) () was an Egyptian actor, film director, writer, and producer, and is considered one of the most prominent figures in Egyptian cinematic history. He is credited as the first Egyptian film actor. Biography Mohammed Karim was born on December 8, 1886, in Abdeen, Cairo. Karim's journey into cinema began in 1917 when he learned that Italy's first film company, the Italian Cinematographic Society (SITCIA), had come to Alexandria to make a film. Eager to be involved, he sent them thirty-six photos but was initially rejected due to his lack of proficiency in Italian and French. Six months later, after learning Italian, he sent eighty-six new photos and was given the chance for a screen test. On July 20, 1918, Karim debuted as an officer in ''The Honour of the Bedouin'' (''Charaf el Badawî''), followed by a small role in ''The Deadly Flowers'' (''el Azhâr el Momîta''). Career In the early 1920s, Karim traveled to Italy, where he appeared in small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youssef Wahbi
Youssef Abdallah Wahbi Qotb () (14 July 1898 – 17 October 1982) was an Egyptian stage, film actor and director, a leading star of the 1930s and 1940s and one of the most prominent Egyptian stage actors of all time, who also served on the jury of the Cannes Film Festival in 1946. He was born to a high state official in Egypt but renounced his family's wealth and traveled to Rome in the 1919 to study theatre, married with Elena Lunda. Besides his stage work, he acted in around 50 films in Egyptian cinema, starting with ''Awlad al-Zawat'' ('' Sons of Aristocrats,'' 1932) to "Iskanderiya... lih?" ('' Alexandria... Why?'', 1978). Early life Youssef Wahbi was born into an Egyptian family, from the Fayoum region. He was named after the place where he was born, ''Bahr Yussef'' and his father worked as an inspector in the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation. Career In 1926, Turkish filmmaker Vedat Örfi Bengü approached Wahbi to play the role of the Prophet Muhammed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amina Rizk
Amina Rizk (; April 15, 1910 – August 24, 2003) was a classic Egyptian actress who appeared in around 208 artworks including more than 70 movies between 1928 and 1996. She was calm in her later years, but described as a clown when she was young. Life Amina Rizk came from a poor rural area. She and her aunt, Amina Mohamed, moved to Cairo with their mothers; the pair were locked in the house after their first theatrical performance. She was popular for her roles as the kind-hearted mother in plays and films, appearing in major pictures such as '' Doa al karawan'' in 1959 in which she appeared alongside actors such as Faten Hamama and Ahmed Mazhar, and '' A'sefa Min Alhub'', in which she played the role of the Mother to Salah Zulfikar, and Bidaya wa nihaya, in which she played the role of the Mother to Omar Sharif Omar Sharif (, ; born Michel Yusef Dimitri Chalhoub ; 10 April 1932 – 10 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor, generally regarded as one of his country's greatest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Film Distributors
General Film Distributors (GFD), later known as J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors and Rank Film Distributors Ltd., was a British Empire, British film distribution company based in London. It was active between 1935 and 1996, and from 1937 it was part of the Rank Organisation. General Film Distributors was created in 1935 by the British film distributor C. M. Woolf (1879–1942) after he had resigned from Gaumont British and closed his distribution company Woolf & Freedman Film Service.The Independent 1 July 1999: Obituary: Sir John Woolf Retrieved 2011-09-02 In 1936, J. Arthur Rank and the paper magnate Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal, Lord Portal, convinced him to make it a daughter company to their General Cinema Finance Corporation, which had ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sound Film
A sound film is a Film, motion picture with synchronization, synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before sound motion pictures became commercially practical. Reliable synchronization was difficult to achieve with the early sound-on-disc systems, and amplification and recording quality were also inadequate. Innovations in sound-on-film led to the first commercial screening of Short film, short motion pictures using the technology, which took place in 1923. Before sound-on-film technology became viable, soundtracks for films were commonly played live with organs or pianos. The primary steps in the commercialization of sound cinema were taken in the mid-to-late 1920s. At first, the sound films which included synchronized dialogue, known as "talking pictures", or "talkies", were exclusively shorts. The earliest feature fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seraj Munir
Serag Munir (1901–1957) was an Egyptian film actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1930 and 1957. Selected filmography * ''The Leech (1956 film), The Leech'' (1956) * ''Al-Malak al-Zalem'' (1954) * ''Wafaa (1953 film), Wafaa'' (1953) * ''Lahn al-Kholood'' (1952) * ''Amina (1951 film), Amina'' (1951) * ''Kursi al-I`tiraf'' (1949) * ''The Adventures of Antar and Abla'' (1948) * ''Abu Zayd al-Hilali (film), Abu Zayd al-Hilali'' (1947) * ''Rossassa Fel Qalb'' (1944) * ''Red Orchids'' (1938) * ''Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything'' (1938) * ''Sons of Aristocrats'' (1932) External links * 1901 births 1957 deaths Egyptian male film actors Male actors from Cairo 20th-century Egyptian male actors {{Egypt-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Wagdi
Anwar Wagdi (, ; 11 October 1904 – 14 May 1955), born Anwar Wagdi Yehia Elfattal, was an Egyptians, Egyptian actor, screenwriter, Film director, director and Film producer, producer. Life Anwar was born in the Cairo district of Daher, Egypt, El Daher, Cairo. His father was of Syrian descent. Anwar's Egyptians, Egyptian mother, Mohiba Elrikabi, was from Cairo. Anwar Wagdy was married to Egyptian actresses Elham Hussein, Leila Mourad, and Laila Fawzi. He died at 50 in Sweden while seeking treatment for polycystic kidney disease. Career Anwar Wagdi began his acting career as an extra in 1922 in the Youssef Wahbi Theatre Company's production of Julius Caesar. He quickly leaped to stardom and played leading roles in and/or directed 92 Cinema of Egypt, Egyptian films between the 1932 and 1955. He achieved particular success partnering with his wife, Egyptian legend Leila Mourad. Yousef Wahbi directed his first film: "Defense" in 1934 and called "Anwar Wagdy" to take part in this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badia Masabni
Badia Masabni (, born ''Wadiha Masabni'' (; 1 February 1892 – 23 July 1974) was a belly dancer, singer, actress, night club owner and businesswoman considered as the developer of modern belly dancing, by bringing the Western and Hollywood-esque vibe into it, after living for several years in the Americas since the age of seven. Masabni also became known for opening a series of influential clubs in Cairo from the 1920s onward bringing Egyptian belly dance to the Western audience and popularizing it further through Egyptian cinema. As a result of her influential casinos she is credited with training and launching the careers of many Egyptian artists, especially the belly dance's stars Samia Gamal and Taheyya Kariokka. One of the most important bridges in Cairo, the Badia Bridge, is named after her and is located next to where she had her performance hall. Early life Badia was born in 1892 in Damascus, Ottoman Empire, one of seven siblings, to a Syrian father and a Lebanese moth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colette D'Arville
Colette D'Arville (1902 – 16 December 1944) was a French soprano and musical theatre actress who had an international career in operas, concerts, and musicals from the 1920s through the 1940s. Born Marie Marthe Cescosse, she began her career at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens from 1922 to 1927 with the stage name Colette Etchery, she changed her stage name to Colette D'Arville for her United States debut in the 1928 Broadway musical ''Here's Howe''. She was active with the Opéra-Comique in Paris during the 1930s, and periodically appeared in operas with American companies from 1931 to 1942 in addition to performing on American radio and in concerts and recitals. She was particularly associated with the title role in Bizet's ''Carmen''. While principally active in live performance on the stage and radio, she starred as Chichita in the 1935 musical film ''Tango Bar'' for Paramount Pictures. She was romantically involved with composer Deems Taylor and tenor Giovanni Martine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Egypt
The Egyptian film industry is today based mainly in Cairo, which is sometimes referred to as Hollywood on the Nile, Hollywood of the Middle East or Hollywood of the East, despite having its beginnings in the city of Alexandria in the early 20th century. A strong industry grew in Egypt with a high distribution rate among the Arab world, and Cairo produces around three-quarters of the Arab world's screen output. It has had a large effect on the Arab film industry since the early 20th century. Egyptian cinema is considered a pioneer among the Arab World. Since 1896, over 4,000 films have been produced in Egypt. Egyptian films are typically spoken in the Egyptian Arabic dialect. In 1936, Egypt held its first ever Egyptian cinema festival in Cairo, followed by another one in 1938. Since 1952, Cairo has held the Egyptian Catholic Center for Cinema Festival; it is the oldest film festival in the Middle East. In 1976, the capital held the annual FIAPF-accredited Cairo International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Egyptian Films Of 1932
A list of films produced in Egypt in 1932. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia, see :Egyptian films. See also * List of Egyptian films of 1933 References External links Egyptian films of 1932at the Internet Movie Database IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ... Egyptian films of 1932elCinema.com Lists of Egyptian films by year 1932 in Egypt Lists of 1932 films by country {{Egypt-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Films
The following is an overview of 1932 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1932 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events The Film Daily Yearbook listed the following as the ten leading headline events of the year. * Sidney Kent leaves Paramount Pictures and joins Fox Film. * Merlin H Aylesworth succeeds Hiram S Brown as president of RKO. * Jesse L. Lasky leaves Paramount and becomes an independent producer for Fox. * Sam Katz leaves Paramount. * James R Grainger leaves Fox and is succeeded by John D Clark, formerly of Paramount. * Publix and Fox decentralization of cinemas. * New industry program, including standard exhibition contract along lines of 5-5-5, proposed by Motion Picture Theater Owners of America and Allied. * Joe Brandt retires from Columbia Pictures, joins World-Wide, and later resigns again. * Two Radio City theaters open, under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
