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| 1896 | ||||
| 5/11 - | The first public screening takes place in one of the halls of Tusun Pasha in Alexandria. [MORE] | |||
| 1912 | ||||
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Dans les rues d’Alexandrie (M de Lagarne) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1918 | ||||
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| Sharaf el Badawi (Honor of the Bedouin) (Italo Egyptian Cinematograph Company) (Feature) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| al-Azhar al-Moumita (Deadly Flowers) [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1920 | ||||
| 7/5 - | Cairo-based financier Talat Harb Pacha forms the Misr Bank with the intention of developing the Egyptian film industry. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1923 | ||||
| 12/6 - |
The Egyptian government passes the country’s first film censorship laws. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Mohammed Bayumi films the country’s first newsreel, capturing the only cinematic record of the return from exile of nationalist leader Saad Zaghlul. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1926 | ||||
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| 17/5 - | Youssef Wahbi causes controversy by announcing plans to make a film about the life of Mohammed. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1927 | ||||
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Lama Ibrahim’s Kubla fil Sahara (Kiss in the Desert) premieres in Alexandria. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 16/11 - |
Aziza Amir and Wedad Orfy release Laila, the first film from their new production company. It premieres in the Metropole Theatre in Cairo. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1930 | ||||
| 19/4 - | Influential director Mohammed Karim’s first film, Zeinab, premieres in Cairo. It is based on a novel by Mohammed Husayn Haykal Pasha. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1932 | ||||
| 14/3 - | Awlad el-zawat (Sons of Aristocrats) is Egypt’s first part-talkie. Directed by Mohammed Karim, it stars Amina Rizk and Youssef Wahbi, a star of the theatre who would later become known as Egypt’s Laurence Olivier. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 14/4 - | Egypt’s first talkie, Inshudat el fuad, is released. It is directed by Mario Volpi and Stephan Rosti. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1933 | ||||
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| – Mohammed Karim directs Al-warda al-baida (The White Rose), Egypt’s first musical. It stars Mohammed Abd al-Wahab. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| – Six films are produced in Egypt in 1933. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1934 | ||||
| 15/9 - | The Misr Bank, which has a cinematographic branch financing film production, begins to build new studios. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1935 | ||||
| 10/10 - | The inauguration of the final stage of Misr’s film studios in Giza takes place. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1936 | ||||
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Ahmed Badrakhan’s Wedad, the first film to be completed at the new Masr Studios, is released. It stars singer Om Koultoum in the title role. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Faten Hamama, the “Shirley Temple of Egyptian Cinema,” makes her screen debut in Mohammed Karim’s Yom said. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Egypt 1940: Other Films of Note |
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