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Gawhara
''Gawhara'' ( ar, جوهرة) is a 1943 Egyptian film directed by Youssef Wahbi and produced by Gabriel Nahas. The film stars Youssef Wahbi, Nour Al Hoda, Hassan Fayek, Samia Gamal, and Zuzoo Shakib. It was produced by Nahas Films and released in 1943. Plot The most famous composer, Samir Wagdy (played by Youssef Wahbi), attempts suicide in the Nile following an emotional shock. He writes a note and leaves it beside his coat on the Corniche, but a poor girl named Felafel (played by Nour Al Hoda Alexandra Nicholas Badran, also known as Nour Al Hoda (; 24 December 1924 - 9 July 1998), was a Lebanese singer and actress, mostly known for her notable roles in Egyptian cinema. She recorded over one hundred songs and worked in over thirty films ...) who works collecting palm leaves meets him and convinces him to reconsider. He takes her to his villa and discovers that the press and the public believed that he committed suicide after finding the note he left on the Corniche. He takes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nour Al Hoda
Alexandra Nicholas Badran, also known as Nour Al Hoda (; 24 December 1924 - 9 July 1998), was a Lebanese singer and actress, mostly known for her notable roles in Egyptian cinema. She recorded over one hundred songs and worked in over thirty films. Biography She was born on 24 December 1924 in Turkey. In 1943, she worked in her first film '' Gawhara'', along with director-actor Youssef Wahbi Youssef Abdallah Wahbi Qotb ( ar, يوسف عبد الله هديب وهبي قطب) (14 July 1902 – 17 October 1982) was an Egyptian stage and film actor and director, a leading star of the 1930s and 1940s and one of the most prominent E .... Following the success of Gawhara, Hoda went on to work with Wahbi in the 1944 film '' Berlanti''. Filmography * '' Gawhara'' (1943) * ''Al-sharaf ghali'' (1943) * '' Berlanti'' (1944) * ''Amirat al ahlam'' (1945) * ''Al-anissa Busa'' (1945) * ''Majd wa demoue'' (1946) * ''Lastu malakan'' (1947) References {{Authority control Leban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samia Gamal
Samia Gamal ( ar, سامية جمال, born as Zaynab Khalil Ibrahim Mahfuz, 5 March 1924 – 1 December 1994) was an Egyptian belly dancer and film actress. Biography Born in the small Egyptian town of Wana in March 1924, Samia's family moved just months later to Cairo and settled near the Khan El-Khalili bazaar. It was many years later that Samia Gamal met Badia Masabni, the owner of a big Cairo nightclub back then. Badia offered Samia an invitation to join her dance company, which Samia accepted. Badia Masabni gave her the stage name Samia Gamal, and she began her dance career. At first, she studied under Badia and Badia's star dancer at the time, Tahiya Karioka. However she soon became a respected soloist and brought forth her own style. Samia Gamal incorporated techniques from ballet and Latin dance into her solo performances. She was also the first to perform with high-heeled shoes on stage. She starred in dozens of Egyptian films next to the famous Farid Al Attrach. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youssef Wahbi
Youssef Abdallah Wahbi Qotb ( ar, يوسف عبد الله هديب وهبي قطب) (14 July 1902 – 17 October 1982) was an Egyptian stage and film actor and director, a leading star of the 1930s and 1940s and one of the most prominent Egyptian stage actors of any era, 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 1920s to study theatre. Besides his stage work, he acted in about 50 films, 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 of Egyptian origin, 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 r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s Egyptian Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940s Arabic-language Films
Year 194 ( CXCIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Septimius and Septimius (or, less frequently, year 947 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 194 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus and Decimus Clodius Septimius Albinus Caesar become Roman Consuls. * Battle of Issus: Septimius Severus marches with his army (12 legions) to Cilicia, and defeats Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria. Pescennius retreats to Antioch, and is executed by Severus' troops. * Septimius Severus besieges Byzantium (194–196); the city walls suffer extensive damage. Asia * Battle of Yan Province: Warlords Cao Cao and Lü Bu fight for control over Yan Province; the battle lasts for over 100 days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |