List of Egyptian films of 1937

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A list of films produced in Egypt in 1937. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia, see Category:Egyptian films.

TitleDirectorCastGenreNotes
Salama fi khayr
(Salama Is Okay)
Niazi Mostafa Naguib el-Rihani, Raqiya Ibrahim Comedy
Tita Wong Amina Mohamed [1] Amina Mohamed

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References

  1. Jill Nelmes; Jule Selbo (2015). Women Screenwriters: An International Guide. Springer. pp. 11–12. ISBN   978-1-137-31237-2.