Abu Al-Saud Al-Ibiari

📜 Abu Al-Saud Al-Ibiari

Egyptian Screenwriter

 

🧑‍🎨 Personal Information

Full Name: Abu Al-Saud Ahmed Khalil Al-Ibiari

 

Date of Birth: November 9, 1910

 

Place of Birth: Cairo, Khedivate of Egypt

 

Date of Death: March 17, 1969 (aged 58)

 

Place of Death: Cairo, United Arab Republic

 

Other Names:

 

Molière of Evil

 

The Laughing Mountain

 

The Flowing River

 

Joker of Films

 

Gold Mine

 

The Boys

 

Magdy Al-Ibiari

 

Ahmed Al-Ibiari

 

Yousry Al-Ibiari

 

Number of Children: 4

 

Years Active: 1930 – 1969

 

Languages: Arabic

 

🎬 Career and Professional Life

Wrote scripts for most comedy films starring major stars like:

 

Ismail Yassin

 

Mohamed Fawzi

 

Farid Al-Atrash

 

Some of his most famous films include:

 

🎥 If I Were Rich (1942)

 

🎥 The 13th Wife

 

🎥 The Seventh Wife

 

🎥 The Magic Hat

 

🎥 Nashalat Hanem

 

🎥 Afreetat Hanem

 

🎥 Too Young for Love

 

🎥 His Excellency the Ambassador

 

🎥 Very Crazy Youth

 

🎥 The Millionaire

 

🎥 Eve and the Monkey

 

🎥 Looking for a Scandal

 

🏡 Early Life

Born in Bab El-Sha'riya district, Cairo

 

Loved reading and writing from childhood, started writing popular poetry (Zajal)

 

First poem published in Al-Awlad magazine

 

His father opposed his writing career, so he paused publishing for some time

 

Completed primary education and developed a passion for cinema, which influenced his artistic awareness

 

🎭 Monologues and Theater

Influenced by the great playwright Badi'a Khairy

 

Wrote his first successful monologue titled A Bit from the Ladies

 

Created comedic sketches for Badi'a Massabni's troupe

 

Authored his first play Beware of Talking in 1933

 

Used popular slang he heard in streets and cafes in his writing

 

🎥 Cinema

Shifted his career after the comedy section was canceled in Badi'a Massabni's theater

 

Collaborated with actor Bishara Wakim, wrote his first film If I Were Rich in 1942

 

Worked with famous stars like Aziza Amir, Anwar Wagdy, Mary Queeny, Farid Al-Atrash

 

Wrote most of Ismail Yassin’s films and founded a successful theater troupe with him

 

Famous dialogues include:

 

"O frying pans of melting ghee" (If I Were Rich)

 

"Next to you, I become Marilyn Monroe" (Sugar Hanem)

 

"Afarkoush son of Bartkoush" (The Magic Lantern)

 

Wrote dramatic films for Faten Hamama like:

 

The Two Orphans

 

Lady of the House

 

People Wronged Me

 

Morals for Sale

 

Discovered singer Laila Lubna and gave her her stage name

 

Gave first starring roles to Adel Imam and Mervat Amin in Looking for a Scandal

 

🎶 Songs

Wrote more than 300 famous songs, including:

 

"O Najaf with the light, O Master of Grooms" (Abdel Aziz Mahmoud)

 

"One Two" (Shadia)

 

"Say Hello" (Laila Mourad)

 

"My Heart is My Guide" (Laila Mourad)

 

"Going to the Prophet" (Laila Mourad)

 

"With Us is a Riyal" (Fairuz)

 

"Love Has Days" (Mohamed Fawzi and Shadia)

 

And many more sung by great singers

 

🎞️ Selected Famous Films:

1943: If I Were Rich

 

1944: The Magic Hat, The Money

 

1947: My Heart is My Guide, The Two Husbands

 

1950: The Seventh Wife, People Wronged Me

 

1954: Ismail Yassin’s Afreet

 

1964: Running from Marriage

 

1968: Eve and the Monkey

 

1973: Looking for a Scandal

 

🎭 Selected Plays:

My Darling Coco

 

The Lady Wants That

 

My Fiancé’s Ghost

 

All Men Are Like That

 

My Husband is a Liar

 

Second Year of Marriage

 

The Hypocrite for Rent

 

⚰️ Death

Died on March 17, 1969 in Cairo

 

Left a huge artistic legacy in cinema, theater, and songs