Salah Mansour
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Salaah Mansour (1923 – 1979) is an Egyptian actor born in Shebeen al-Kanaater – Kalyoubeyya (Delta of Egypt). He began his career in the theater school; he also participated in...Read more establishing the Ministry of Education School theater in 1938. After graduating in 1940, Salaah worked as editor at Rose al-Youssef magazine. He then joined the High Institute of Dramatic Arts under the supervision of the great Zaky Tolaymaat, before graduating in 1947. In 1954, he founded “Al-masrah al-horr i.e. The free theatre”along with his colleagues Abdul Mon’em Madbouly, Sa’d Ardash and Muhammad Reda. Mansour played various stage role like; “Malek al-shahhateen i.e. The king of beggars”, “Al-nass elly that i.e. Downstairs people”, “Bora’y ba’d al-tahseenaat i.e. Bora’y after modifications”, “Zokaak al-medakk i.e. Medakk alley”, “Rumulos al-‘azeem i.e. Rumulos the great” and “Zeyaarat al-sayyeda al-‘agouz i.e. Visit of the old lady”. Salaah Mansour began his film career in 1946 with the actor Baheega Haafez in “Al-zahra i.e. The flower”. He also participated in the film “Habeeb al-rowh i.e. XXX (1949)”with Anwar Wagdy and Youssef Wahby. In 1950, he played Henry Barakaat’s “Shaate’ al-gharaam i.e. Beach of love” with Layla Mouraad and Hussein Sedky. Among his famous films are; “Bedaaya wa nehaaya i.e. Dead among the livings”, “Ma’ al-thekrayaat i.e. With memories”, “Haareb men al-ayyaam i.e. Fugitive of time”, “Kandeel Om-Haashem i.e. The lamp of Om-Haashem”, “Al-bostagy i.e. The postman” and “Shay’ fee sadry i.e. Something in my heart”. Although he has been locked in second roles throughout his career, yet he won many awards for his performance. He is one of the most famous “Villains” of Egyptian cinema, he is the “’Omdet al-cinema al-Masreyya i.e. The Mayor of Egyptian cinema” after his great role of mayor in the film “Al-zawga al-thaaneya i.e. The second wife”, with Souaad Hosny, Shoukry Sarhaan and Sanaa Gameel. One can never forget her famous phrase “El-leila ya ‘omda i.e. Tonight O mayor”. Salaah Mansour won many awards for his roles in radio, cinema and theatre; best radio actor (1954),best actor for his role in the film “Lan a’taref i.e. I will not confess (1963)” and the film “Al-zawga al-thaaneya (1968)”. He was also awarded Egyptian order of Merit (1978). Salaah worked as a consultant, Department of Theatre Education at the Ministry of Education until his death.
Shore of Love
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Adel is a wealthy young man who lives in luxury and hangs out with dancers. On the beach of Marsa Matrouh, he meets school teacher Laila. They fall in love and get married. They return to Cairo to face the plots of Adel's ex- girlfriend and his aunt who wanted him to marry her daughter.Fil Hawa Sawa
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Thabet and Jamil are suffering from unemployment. They defraud a circus owner, so he sends his men to chase them. Jamil hides inside a box shipped to Cairo, followed by Thabet. In Cairo, they meet a girl whose parents have died. She lives with her aunt. The aunt hides from the girl the truth about her father’s wealth, so she works as a singer in a nightclub. The girl falls in love with Thabet. Her aunt learns the truth about this relationship and tries to ruin it, as she plans to marry her to her lover, with the two of them sharing the wealth of the girl fatherLost in Memories
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While playing his role in a movie, Sharif shoots his colleague and fiancée, Ilham, after an unknown person replaces the blank bullets with live bullets, which causes him an emotional shock. And her affection towards him develops into a deep love that increased her insistence on extracting him from his loneliness and his memories, and slowly the facts about that accident in which Ilham died are revealed.The Unmarried Mother
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(Nimra) is a girl who loves singing. She falls in love with the famous singer (Mounir),who is preparing a new operetta. He decides to hold a competition to choose a new singer to perform in front of him in the operetta. Nimra comes forward and wins. In order to make Mounir jealous, she agrees with his father to claim that they agree on... Marriage, will Mounir be deceived?The Two Orphans
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While returning at night, Hajj (Morsi) finds a baby girl on the side of the road. He takes pity on her, and takes her with him to his home to raise her with his daughter (Suniya). The relationship between the two girls strengthens over the years, until Hajj (Morsi) dies, and their paths of life separate. After a long and difficult quest, while Saniya falls in love with a rich man and plans to marry him, Nemat falls into the grip of a domineering woman who leads a number of beggars and pickpockets.Abou Rabiea
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Abu Rabi` agrees to be the guardian of the land that Hajj Ragheb wrote to his niece Yasmine, but Osman Bey and Murad his son try to seize this land in every way, such as arranging a wedge between Abu Rabi` and Yasmin, and Murad's attempt to make Yasmin fall in love with him, so will their scheme succeed?A Love Crime
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A lawyer defends his friend, but loses the document that proves his innocence at the bar and the friends gets convicted. The lawyer is involved in a relationship with a mistress and leaves his wife. When his mistress is murdered and his wife is accused of killing her, he tries to prove her innocence.