Title
Cinema handbill for Egyptian film ‘Chadiat El-Wadi’
Year/Period
1949
Region
Egypt, Singapore and Malaysia
Material
Dimension
Image size: 18.4 x 25.3 cm
Accession No.
2009-01659
Collection of
The handbill advertises the opening of the Egyptian film ‘Chadiat El-Wadi’ (The Singer in the Valley) on 3 and 4 October 1949 at the Grand Theatre in Parit Buntar, Perak, Malaysia. The handbill is double-sided and has information in English on one side and Arabic on the other.Hailed as the "greatest and merriest musical extravaganza", the film starred noted Egyptian actors, Youssef Wahby and Leila Murad.
