''A Rumor of Love'' (aka ''The Love Rumor''; Arabic: إشاعة حب – ''Eshaet Hob'' or ''Ishayat hub'') is a 1960 Egyptian film by the director

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. The movie tells a story of a young man and the trouble he goes through to court the girl he is in love with. With the help of his uncle, the father of the girl, he manages to make her fall in love with him – but not after the entire town hears rumors about his womanizing ways. The film based on ''The Whole Town's Talking'', a play by

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and John Emerson.The Film's page on El Cinema.com
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Plot

Eshaet Hob starts with the introduction of a wealthy business man, Abdel Qader El Nashashgi ( Youssef Wahby), and his eccentric family – his outspoken wife, Bahiga (Ehsan Elsherif), his two nephews, Hussein ( Omar Sharif) and Mahroos (Abdel-Menam Ibrahim), and his beautiful daughter, Samiha (

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). Hussein, a lowly writer turned-manager in his uncle’s firm, is desperately in love with Samiha who in turn is infatuated with multilingual playboy, Luci (Gamal Ramses). Seeing as she is of marrying age, her parents plan to marry her off. Her father wants to set her up with Hussein, who is an upstanding gentleman with a promising future. On the other hand, her mother encourages her to become engaged to Luci. The difference in opinion leads to a dispute that prompts Samiha’s father to concoct a seduction plan with which Hussein would woo Samiha. Complicated, convoluted, and complex, the plan relies heavily on making Samiha jealous by "exposing" Hussein’s various relationships with different women, thus making him desirable to Samiha. Abdel Qader fabricates love letters and phone calls, with the help of Mahroos, claiming that they are from the Egyptian star Hind Rostom (

Hind Rostom Hind Hussain Mohammed or Nariman Hussein Murad, more commonly known by her stage name Hind Rostom, ( ar, هند رستم ; November 12, 1929 – August 8, 2011) was an Egyptian actress and is considered one of the seduction icons in the Eg ...

). Effectively jealous, Samiha, Luci and their friends search Hussein’s room for evidence of Hussein’s lady killer ways. Samiha’s father, acting enraged, threatens to throw Hussein out of the house they share declaring that Hussein was soiling the family’s reputation. Due to the gossipy nature of Samiha’s friends, the people of Port Saeed – the city that they live in – believe that Hussein is actually in a relationship with Hind Rostom. Trouble bubbles up when Hind Rostom visits the city to perform a show. Luci meets a friend of his at a club, who later turns out to be Hind Rostom’s overly jealous fiancé, Adel ( Adel Hekal). Spurned by Samiha’s feelings for Hussein, Luci decides to expose Hussein and Hind Rostom’s relationship to Adel, who gets furious at the deception. This results in a fight between Hussein and Adel, which culminates in Hind Rostom storming into the fight, intent on teaching her fiancé a lesson. With the help of a child performer, Hind Rostom deceives Adel, Samiha and Bahiga into believing that she had a child with Hussein. Samiha, heart-broken, ends her relationship with Hussein and listens to her mother’s advice about marrying Luci. Samiha receives a phone call from Hind Rostom explaining the ploy which patches up Samiha’s relationship with Hussein. After a couple of comedic moments, all secrets are aired out, finally leaving Samiha and Hussein to have their happy ending.

Cast

* Omar Sharif as Hussein *

as Samiha *

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 ...

as Abdel Kader El Nashashgy * Abdel Moneim Ibrahim as Mahrous * Ehsan Sherif as Bahiga * Ragaa El-Geddawy as Samiha’s friend * Gamal Ramses as Lucy *

as herself

Notes

External links

Eshaet Hob, ElCinema.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rumor of Love, A 1960 films 1960 romantic comedy films Egyptian black-and-white films Egyptian romantic comedy films Remakes of American films Sound film remakes of silent films

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