انتصار الشباب

يكافح وحيد الملحن الشاب (فريد الاطرش) مع أخته المطربة نادية (اسمهان) في سبيل الرزق . يعثران على عمل بأحد الملاهي إلا أن المدير (بشارة واكيم) يطردهما لامتناع نادية عن مجالسة الرواد . يعانيان من العذاب والتشرد . تقع نادية في حب الثري محيي (أنور وجدي) الذي يتفق معها على الزواج ولكن والدته (علوية جميل) تعارض . أما وحيد فهو يحب أيضًا فتاة ثرية ويتفق مع أخيها على الزواج منها . يتزوج محيي من نادية غير عابئ بأمه وينجح وحيد في تقديم الأوبريت التي كان يحلم بإخراجه .

إخراج:

أحمد بدرخان (مخرج)

تأليف:

بديع خيرى (قصة وسيناريو وحوار) 

عمر جميعى (قصة وسيناريو وحوار)

تاريخ الإصدار: 24 مارس 1941 ﻡ

(The mark of Zorro (1940

Description: Diego Vega, the talented aristocratic military swordsman and rider returns from studies in Madrid to the Mexican California to reunite with his father, the Alcalde Don Alejandro Vega, and his mother. When he arrives in Los Angeles, he finds that his father has been replaced by the tyrannous Alcalde Don Luis Quintero who oppresses the people. Don Diego does not disclose his abilities with the sword and disguises pretending that he is a sophisticated fashionable gay man. However, when he secretly wears a mask and rides a black horse, he becomes the avenger Zorro that carves his mark for the fearfulness of his enemies.

(Five graves to Cairo (1943

Description: June, 1942. The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border- Corporal John Bramble, who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel...soon to be German HQ. To survive, Bramble assumes an identity which proves perilous. The new guest of honor is none other than Rommel, hinting of his secret strategy, code-named 'five graves'.Now the fate of the British in Egypt depends on whether a humble corporal can penetrate the secret.

(Cape Fear (1962

Description: Small-town lawyer Sam Bowden's life becomes torturous when Max Cady re-enters his life. Cady went to jail for 8 years after Bowden testified that Cady attacked a young woman. Now that Cady has been released, he begins to terrorize Bowden and his family, particularly targeting Bowden's daughter, Nancy. Initially, Cady uses his newfound knowledge of the law (learned in prison) to annoy the Bowdens, then poisons the family dog... Who's next ?

(Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

Description: The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot boards the Orient Express. One of the passengers requests his protection, but Poirot declines. The next day the passenger is found dead in his compartment and Poirot is asked to solve the case. The train is forced to stop due to a snow drift blocking the tracks. This gives him a few hours to figure out the murderer's identity before the local police take over the investigation. During his investigation, Poirot discovers that many of the passengers have some connection to a 5 year old case where an infant was kidnapped and murdered in which the mastermind escaped prosecution. This lead to the death (during childbirth) of the mother and the suicide of her father. This could be the vital clue to crack the case, but can he do it in time?

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North by Northwest

I haven’t seen that many Hitchcock movies so if they are all this good I’m probably in for a treat. I guess you might call this a suspence movie. It was pretty intense all the way through and mostly kept me guessing. I thought the last 10 minutes were a little cheesy and cliche but they didn’t ruin the movie. Recommended

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Path to Glory

I had never even heard of this movie but it was on the list and sounded interesting so I thought I’d check it out.

It’s about the French Army in WW1 and some generals who give no thought for the soldiers, almost like they are live stock.

It’s only 80 minutes and it’s pretty intense all the way through. It’s also directed by Stanly Kubrick if that helps you decide to check it out. Fully recommended.

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Doctor Zhivago

It’s been like 25 or 30 years since I told myself to watch this movie and I only got around to it now. I don’t remember how old I was but I remember when I was a kid asking my Mom what her favorite movie was and she said “Doctor Zhivago” and ever since I thought I should check it out. But, being another David Lean movie it’s 3 hours and 20 minutes long and every time I thought about watching I was like…ugh, 3+ hours? maybe some other time. Well, I guess I finally found that *other* time :-p

To be honest I just didn’t get it. In fact I didn’t enjoy it so much I’d almost call it bad.

The Good Parts: The Russian history. It takes place during the Russian revolution. Maybe this is the part that gets to people closer to that time. I don’t know how accurate the movie is but that part was interesting.

Another part I enjoyed was the contrast of 17 year old girl in the 1940s compared to a 17 year old American girl of 2006. Of course it’s a movie but if 17 years olds used to actually act that mature it’s no wonder getting married much earlier was not considered unusual.

The Music. I’m not sure if it was famous before this movie or not but I’m sure this movie helped make it a very common song.

The Bad Parts: Or, why I didn’t like it.

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Bridge over the River Kwai

This was a great movie. It’s a David Lean movie which means the bigger the screen the better. In fact if you can see it at a movie theater at some special showing that would be best.

It’s about a group of Britsh soliders that are prisoners of war and forced to build a bridge by their Japanese captors. Being Daivd Lean it’s also a LONG movie but it was great all the way through so I didn’t feel the 2 hours and 42 minutes.

Some people probably think the movie is racist since the Japanese General is portrayed as not so smart a leader and the British Colonel wants to show the Japanese how much smarter the British are. But, there are dilbert like bosses in all cultures "The Japanese General" and there are people who make kind of racist statements in all cultures "The British Colonel" so arguably while the Colonel says something to the effect of "let’s show the Japanese our superior British abilities" that doesn’t make the movie racist, only that particular character. And even then, if it was two football teams and the coach of the teamA said let’s show teamB how superior we are that wouldn’t be racist either. In this case the teams are the British and the Japanese.

It also has the very famous song the soliders whistle. It’s great to find the origin of songs that have become this ubiqutous.

When it was over I felt compelled to look up if any of it was true. Apparently there really was a Britsh troop forced to make a bridge over the river Kwai and part of it is still standing. The rest of the details though are apparently made up. It doesn’t matter though, it’s a great story.

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