Hassan Fayek
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Hassan Faayek Muhammad al-Kholy is an Egyptian actor, writer and colloquial poet born in Alexandria (1898). He started his career at the age of 16 where he wrote and directed the...Read more play “Farraan al-Bondokeyya i.e. The baker of Venice”. In 1916, Faayek joined ‘Azeez ‘Eid troupe than later on, he formed his own troupe and played “Malekat al-gamaal i.e. The beauty Queen” along with Hussein Reyaad, Abbaas Faares, Stéphane Rosti, Abdul Lateef Gamgoom, Ahmad Galal and Youssef Wahby joined too. During the 1919 revolution, Faayek became famous for presenting a number of humorous songs that attacked the British occupation and praised the resistance. “Hokm Karakowsh i.e. Karakowsh Rule”, “Al-donya lamma ted-hak i.e. When life laughs”, “Al-settaat ma-ye’rafoush yekdebo i.e. Ladies never lied” and “Ella khamsa i.e. Five to..” are among his famous stage plays. Faayek started his cinema career when he was 35 with “Awlaad al-thawaat i.e. Sons of Aristocrats”. He co-starred in comic roles, several of which were with Esmaeel Yasseen. He had a special charisma and was famous for his signature laugh; one can never forget his laughing scene in the film “Al-zowga 13 i.e. Thirteenth wife”. He never exaggerated but was always natural and spontaneous and that is why he had his own school of comic acting. In 1965, Hassan Faayek got paralyzed and could not go on with his career. He also suffered from the neglect of the authorities and his colleagues. However, the 1973 war reminded him of the good days of 1919. He phoned al-Akhbar newspaper and dictated them a humorous song about the war. He passed away in 1980.
Lie Upon Lie
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(Mounir Wagdy) is a reckless, reckless young man who lives in Cairo with a friend like himself. He is burdened with debts despite the hundred pounds that his uncle sends him every month. He resorts to many tricks and lies to extort money from his uncle. He falsely tells him that he has married one of the family girls. His debts increase and he is detained. He lost his belongings and was forced to move to a squalid room on the roof of a large building.Qamar Arba tashar
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The film's events revolve around Mohsen (Mahmoud Zulfikar),who secretly marries Qamar (Camellia) without his aristocratic family knowing about his marriage. One day, his father asks him to come home because he has chosen the daughter of a fish merchant to be his wife in order to save the family. Due to bankruptcy, and in order for the marriage of Mohsen and Qamar not to be exposed, Qamar is forced to travel as a nanny to work for Mohsen's father, and from the moment she is appointed, all the men in the house begin to pursue her in order to express their admiration for her.Lady Fairooz
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Fayrouz Hanem is a minor girl, but at the same time she is the owner of property that she inherited from her late father and mother. She has been appointed as a guardian for her money, and some poor people live in her property, but the guardian wants to evict them for not paying the rent, so Fayrouz sympathizes with them and stands next to them, and they therefore stand up to the guardian who He wants to steal the underage girl's money and steal it from her.Marriage Tale
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On the wedding night of Muhammad (Shukri Sarhan) and Adeela (Souad Hosni),a letter arrives to Muhammad stating that he has been promoted and transferred to work in Jabal Ataqa. Her mother, Aziza (Mary Munib),opposes her daughter going with him to his workplace, so Muhammad travels alone. Adeela confronts her mother and joins her husband. He also gets married. Her brother Hassan (Hassan Youssef) is married to his beloved Mona (Amal Farid),despite the objection of her mother, who wants her to marry one of her relatives. Events continue between the husband, wife, and mother-in-lawGawaher
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A stingy father deprives his daughter, Gawaher of everything, despite his wealth. When he is unconscious due to some news, the family thinks he is dead, and he's taken to the grave alive, where he meets two thieves and they make him think that he's already dead to steal his money.Bayieat altifah
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A rich young man makes a bet with one of his friends to transform a poor girl who sells apples into an aristocratic lady. After a long training, he succeeds and the girl becomes more the star of high society. He presents her in a big event, and he gradually realizes that he s in love with her.Om Ratiba
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Om Ratiba and her younger brother are suffering from their older brother Abd Al-Sabour's tyranny. Abd Al-Sabour, who's obsessed with sorcery and charlatanism, refuses her marriage to her neighbor and tries to convince them that he will return after his death to make sure they're following his orders.Khada ani Aby
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(Mamdouh Raafat) is a visual artist who draws in a way that no one understands. His fiancée (Kawthar Amin) stands next to him and encourages him, despite her father’s objection to her proposing to him. He seeks to marry her to a rich man. Mamdouh is forced to leave her and is forced to work with a nightclub owner who discovers that he has married From his former fiancée (Kawthar),and events continue.The Wedding Night
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(Ballabio) and (Naylonsha) are two single young men who work in a barbershop. They meet two girls and decide to marry them. They turn to a matchmaker in order to consummate the marriage, but she gets engaged to two very ugly other women, and they discover this on the wedding night, so they decide to run away.I Love You Only
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Mounir is a singer and a telegraph operator striving to become a famous artist. He meets the dancer Nadia, and they fall in love, but their romance is interrupted when Nadia's dancing coach informs Mounir of their past relationship. Mounir then meets a rich girl about to commit suicide and his life changes.Nasheed El Amal
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Ismail divorces his wife Amal, leaving her alone in the face of life's troubles along with her daughter Salwa. Fate drives her to meet Doctor Assem, who discovers her singing talent, and helps her find a job. But meanwhile, Ismail appears back in her life, with no intention to leave soon.Watch Out for the Wallet
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Abdo and Kiki meet in a hotel, and each claims to be rich, then they discover that the other is just a crook. They decide to work together, as they plan to weave their tricks on an Indian Maharaja, who is staying in the same hotel to seize the valuable jewelry he has.The Charming Bus Conductors
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A group of unemployed girls who are searching for any chance of employment, apply to the public transportation organization to work as bus conductors. But they find that the job is monopolized and controlled by men, and they start a life changing experience.Believing in God
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As a gambling thief is chased by the police, he sells his infant child to his old girlfriend who passes the boy as her own as the child s real mother raises her other daughter. Years go by and the son meets his sister. They fall in love without knowing that they are related.Bulbul Effendi
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When Kawakeb leaves the studio during filming, her body double Batta who looks just like her takes on the role. When Kawakeb s husband suffers from a heart attack after she tells more him that she is leaving with her lover, his daughter begs Batta to pretend to be Kawakeb.Love and Execution
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Amira s Samira Ahmed mother suffers from a severe illness and the family are in financial hardship while she is engaged to be married to Magdy Emad Hamdy . She goes to her father, who s married to another women, to ask him for money and finds him dead. She becomes accused of his murder.Habib Hayati
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Mamdouh inherits a huge wealth from his father, but he squanders it on nightclubs. When he s about to be bankrupt, his private secretary helps him out by giving him his wife s more savings. He tries to work in cinema, sells his precious ring, buys a taxi to work on and starting his life again.The Great Lady
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Munira is a widow, who decides to marry Ghazal, who is an artist in a club, her brothers oppose this marriage because they are after her wealth. The couple does not have children, Ghazal decides to adopt a son but he brings his son from his first wife who becomes a servant at the house until Munira finds out.A Criminal Record
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A young man who squandered all his wealth, joins a gang that counterfeit money. He falls in love with a singer, and marries her, but the police arrests him. When he comes out of jail ,he tries to take revenge on the gang leader who tried to marry his wife when he was imprisoned.Fatma
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Fathy and his poor nurse Fatma have an unregistered marriage. When his older brother finds out, he kicks him out of the mansion. Fathy goes to live with her in her neighborhood, but he soon abandons her after she becomes pregnant with his child, and her neighbors help her prove her son s paternity