Egyptian Bellydancer Beba Ibrahim 1938

This is from the 1938 film Sha min la shai. This dancer is Beba Ibrahim. She was a dancer at Badia Masabni's club who only appeared in a handful of films. Badia Masabni fired her from her sala when she discovered that Beba Ibrahim was involved in a romance with Farid El Atrash who was also employed at Badia's club and they were living together. Badia strictly forbade romantic relationships between her employees and they were all well aware of this rule. This clip is a wedding scene. The bride is the niece of the Sultan and she has stubbornly refused to marry one of the generals in her uncles army. So as a punishment, the Sultan has forced her to marry one of his prisoners of war, played by Abdel Ghani el Sayed. This is why the bride looks so unhappy and the bridegroom looks stunned.