Naguib ElRihani

Writing

Naguib ElRihani

Born 1889-01-21 · Cairo, Egypt

The comedian Egyptian legend Naguib El Rehany was born in "Bab El Sheirya" on the 21st of January 1889. He was known as "KashKash Beeh". His father is a Moussalli Iraqi Chaldean Christian working in horses trading. He came to Egypt to marry a Coptic Egyptian woman with whom they had "Naguib". The talented actor has lived with the low standard and poor people. Yehia Haky has said about El Rehany "He was one of the foreigners that Egypt honored. He is one of the most famous stage actors in the 21st century". He started his life as an employer in "The Agriculture Bank" then he cooperated with "Badee Khairy" who wrote him the scripts of his plays. He filmed some of his movies in Paris. He married Badeaa Mosbany, owner of "Casino Badeaa" at the opera square. From his famous plays 30 Days in Jail, The Spoiled and Minus Five. He died before the release of his last film The Flirtation of Girls.

Acting credits

Mr. Omar poster
7.3

Gaber Effendi is a simple employee at Ezbet Omar al-Alfi's, expelled by the head of the family after Jabir discovers that there is fraud in the accounts of the estate. Gaber meets with Berlanti, the wife of Omar Bey's, noting a great similarity between him and her absent husband in India, Omar. Following the advice of a legal advisor, Omar Bey's family believes that he is still alive and living in India. By chance, Jaber Effendi goes to Omar's house and is seen by the family and gets married, but Omar finds out the truth and tries to exploit the resemblance to seize wealth, but ultimately fails.

Mr. Omar

1941

Abu halmos poster
10.0

Shehata works as an accountant in a store that sells birds, arrives to him a letter bearing the news of his acceptance to a new job as an accountant in endowment properties, it happens that a dancer claims that she has a child from the son of the endowment overseer and leaves him for him and everyone knows that there is a child called Helmous, and they don’t know him either a mother or father. The daughter of the head of the endowment takes advantage of this event and claims to be the mother of the child from Shehata.

Abu halmos

1947

The Flirtation of Girls poster
7.2

Hamam is a poor Arabic language teacher who gets sacked from a girls' elementary school for not being able to control mischievous students. He feels pessimistic about everything in life,but his freind,an employee working for a pasha finds him a job as a private teacher for his only daughter Laila in order to help her pass an exam. Laila treats Hamam like a friend and helps him to appreciate life and enjoy its qualities,and the man soon is drawn to her.

The Flirtation of Girls

1949

The Lady's Game poster
7.3

The film takes place in Cairo during the Second World War, where Hassan Abu Tabq (Naguib Al-Rihani) meets the girl Laybeh (Tahiya Karioca), and feelings of love develop between them while Hassan struggles, and things change little by little when a game comes in front of you with a great opportunity to portray a movie star. .

The Lady's Game

1946

Salama Is Fine poster
6.9

A courier is sent to deposit a cash amount to the bank but he arrives late. He goes to a hotel to spend the night and keeps the money in the hotel safe, but he gets confused with the Prince of Kandahar and who admires him and insists on keeping this confusion to reveal his enemies.

Salama Is Fine

1937

Yacout poster
6.6

The film is an Egyptian adaptation of a play by Marcel Pagnol, transposed into an Egyptian and Arab context. It follows the story of a shy, naive professor who allows himself to be exploited by an aristocrat or influential figures—depending on the interpretation—in a gambling scheme or a con. As the plot unfolds, the professor undergoes a moral transformation, coming to accept and eventually adopt behaviors that were initially alien to his nature. The narrative explores two central themes: the temptation of corruption and the clash of cultural codes—specifically between Western culture and the Arab/Cairene society depicted in the film.

Yacout

1934

Red Lipstick poster
7.0

Directed by Wali Eddine Sameh.

Red Lipstick

1946

His Excellency Kish Kish Bey poster
4.5

(Keshkesh Bey) loves raising Arabian horses, and so does his neighbor, and they compete in this regard. A letter comes to Keshkesh Bey, the mayor of Kafr El-Ballas, carrying an invitation to participate in a major horse competition. Keshkesh Bey is overwhelmed with joy and prepares his horses for the competition. His neighbor investigates the news and learns about the competition, so he decides to prevent his neighbor from participating.

His Excellency Kish Kish Bey

1931

Behind the camera

Hassan wa Morcos wa Cohen poster
8.1

No synopsis available yet.

Hassan wa Morcos wa Cohen

1960

The Flirtation of Girls poster
7.0

Replay a play for the movie Spinning Girls, the last of the works of the late genius Naguib Al-Rihani in 1949, which was shared by a championship of stars of that time, including Laila Murad, Anwar Wajdi, Youssef Wahbi and the musician Mohamed Abdel Wahab. His trip in her father's palace.

The Flirtation of Girls

2017

Abu halmos poster
10.0

Shehata works as an accountant in a store that sells birds, arrives to him a letter bearing the news of his acceptance to a new job as an accountant in endowment properties, it happens that a dancer claims that she has a child from the son of the endowment overseer and leaves him for him and everyone knows that there is a child called Helmous, and they don’t know him either a mother or father. The daughter of the head of the endowment takes advantage of this event and claims to be the mother of the child from Shehata.

Abu halmos

1947

Hassan, Morcos and Cohen poster
NR

Hassan, Morcos and Cohen are the owners of a drug store, and Abbas is the only worker in the store, who loves Hassan's daughter Belqis.they contract with him for a salary equal to twice his salary for a period of twenty years on the condition that those who give up their work in the warehouse pays a large compensation,this plan is drawn up by the three after they discover that Abbas has inherited a great fortune, and Abbas knew that money was the only weapon that puts them all at his mercy, including his beloved Belqis, the sign he used to use during his poverty.

Hassan, Morcos and Cohen

1954

Whine the live smile poster
NR

The millionaire loves the sister of the observer, claiming that he is a simple employee in the same millionaire company, the girl loves him and gets rid of him without knowing that this is the millionaire who flooded her family with money but the girl does not weigh the money Who is overwhelmed by her family and especially after moving to the neighborhood, but prefer to live in their apartment in the popular neighborhood, and ends the position that the workers lose the bet, and know the sister of the observation of the fact that the young man whom he loved and married,

Whine the live smile

1962

The Flirtation of Girls poster
7.2

Hamam is a poor Arabic language teacher who gets sacked from a girls' elementary school for not being able to control mischievous students. He feels pessimistic about everything in life,but his freind,an employee working for a pasha finds him a job as a private teacher for his only daughter Laila in order to help her pass an exam. Laila treats Hamam like a friend and helps him to appreciate life and enjoy its qualities,and the man soon is drawn to her.

The Flirtation of Girls

1949

The Lady's Game poster
7.3

The film takes place in Cairo during the Second World War, where Hassan Abu Tabq (Naguib Al-Rihani) meets the girl Laybeh (Tahiya Karioca), and feelings of love develop between them while Hassan struggles, and things change little by little when a game comes in front of you with a great opportunity to portray a movie star. .

The Lady's Game

1946

Salama Is Fine poster
6.9

A courier is sent to deposit a cash amount to the bank but he arrives late. He goes to a hotel to spend the night and keeps the money in the hotel safe, but he gets confused with the Prince of Kandahar and who admires him and insists on keeping this confusion to reveal his enemies.

Salama Is Fine

1937

The Honored Family poster
10.0

Sett Abuha is a young lady who lives in a local neighborhood and marries Salah. Growing dissatisfied with her lot in life, she leaves for Istanbul where she meets a wealthy man who turns her into a fine lady. Can she run away from her husband?

The Honored Family

1964

Yama Kan Fy Nefsi poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Yama Kan Fy Nefsi

1960

الدلوعة poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الدلوعة

1969

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

استنى بختك

1961

Yacout poster
6.6

The film is an Egyptian adaptation of a play by Marcel Pagnol, transposed into an Egyptian and Arab context. It follows the story of a shy, naive professor who allows himself to be exploited by an aristocrat or influential figures—depending on the interpretation—in a gambling scheme or a con. As the plot unfolds, the professor undergoes a moral transformation, coming to accept and eventually adopt behaviors that were initially alien to his nature. The narrative explores two central themes: the temptation of corruption and the clash of cultural codes—specifically between Western culture and the Arab/Cairene society depicted in the film.

Yacout

1934

If i were a stud (play) poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

If i were a stud (play)

1962

Red Lipstick poster
7.0

Directed by Wali Eddine Sameh.

Red Lipstick

1946

only five (play) poster
6.0

(Adel) the lawyer learns that there is a treasure buried in the wall of an old villa by means of a map he saw in a book he bought from Rupabiquia, and in the villa, an old woman lives with her arrogant brother and their maid. So the lawyer goes to them, wanting to work as a driver for them, to search for the buried treasure, which leads to him in many comical situations.

only five (play)

1963

كان غيرك اشطر poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

كان غيرك اشطر

1961

The Lady's Puppet poster
9.0

A story about the story of the poor man (Hassan) who learns about the beautiful girl (toy) by coming to his house, imagining that she is her uncle's house, and was surprised at his presence in the house where he rented it. A love story and get married, but lucky enough to be discovered by a film producer and become a famous star, so everything changes.

The Lady's Puppet

2000

His Excellency Kish Kish Bey poster
4.5

(Keshkesh Bey) loves raising Arabian horses, and so does his neighbor, and they compete in this regard. A letter comes to Keshkesh Bey, the mayor of Kafr El-Ballas, carrying an invitation to participate in a major horse competition. Keshkesh Bey is overwhelmed with joy and prepares his horses for the competition. His neighbor investigates the news and learns about the competition, so he decides to prevent his neighbor from participating.

His Excellency Kish Kish Bey

1931

The technical secretary poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The technical secretary

1968

الستات ميعرفوش يكدبوا poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

الستات ميعرفوش يكدبوا

1961

30 Days in Prison poster
5.5

Amshir works as a bodyguard in the cabaret owned by his Medhat al-Shamshiri, and a court sentences Medhat to a month in prison after he burned the mustache of a wealthy Upper Egyptian named al-Najawi. Amshir goes to prison instead of Medhat for money. in meanwhile Medhat relation with Azhar (al-Najawi girl) is revealed to Sohair (Medhat Fiance).

30 Days in Prison

1959