ARB 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Talaat Harb, Banque Misr, Cinema Of Egypt
13 May 2017
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Aleppo, beirut, and cairo were the triangle/centre for arab revinesssence and culture for many years. Within the arab world, egyptian cinema has always dominated the screen with its proli c production of mass audience lms on the same lines as those of hollywood. Total number of arab feature lms over the past 100 years did not exceed 10,000, of which 7,000 are egyptian: compared to the american movie industry that has upwards of 200,000 feature lms. Egyptian cinema aimed to entertain and compromise in order to satisfy the audiences. Like hollywood, egyptian cinema also strived on its very famous stars. 1917-1927: egypt produced short lms between 1917 and 1927, but a handful of feature every couple of years. 1928-1932: two feature lms per year; two movies with sound in 1932. 1925: misr bank under mr. talaat harb invests in cinema established the misr. Company for cinema and performance (sharikat misr li cinema wal tamthil).
