What happened to Sabah the first time she stood in front of the camera?
Throughout my journalistic career, the late artist Sabah was one of the artists I interviewed the most. She once told me: “There are stops in my life that are firmly rooted in my memory that I will never forget, including when I stood in front of the camera to film my first shot in the film ‘The Heart Has One,’ produced by Assia Dagher and directed by Henry Barakat.”
My first shot was with the star Anwar Wagdi and I was supposed to carry the cake and give it to him as charity, thinking he was poor. I filmed the scene and the director shouted "Stop" and asked to redo the scene and I heard comments from those in the studio that I was a complete failure and some were regretting the money spent by the film's producer and Anwar Wagdi even made fun of me. But I told myself that I came to Cairo to succeed and when I redid the scene I got rid of my fear and acted with more enthusiasm and I was able to change the opinion of those in the studio about me and they praised me and encouraged me, even Anwar Wagdi said about me after he was upset by my presence... "She is like sugar syrup."
This image has been converted from the original medium format film, resulting in a sharp and detailed image.
By May Serbey Chehab, from the Book "Boulevard of Stars: The Golden Age of Arab Entertainment".
My first shot was with the star Anwar Wagdi and I was supposed to carry the cake and give it to him as charity, thinking he was poor. I filmed the scene and the director shouted "Stop" and asked to redo the scene and I heard comments from those in the studio that I was a complete failure and some were regretting the money spent by the film's producer and Anwar Wagdi even made fun of me. But I told myself that I came to Cairo to succeed and when I redid the scene I got rid of my fear and acted with more enthusiasm and I was able to change the opinion of those in the studio about me and they praised me and encouraged me, even Anwar Wagdi said about me after he was upset by my presence... "She is like sugar syrup."
This image has been converted from the original medium format film, resulting in a sharp and detailed image.
By May Serbey Chehab, from the Book "Boulevard of Stars: The Golden Age of Arab Entertainment".