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===Musicals===

Egyptian audience paid for tickets to watch musicals with the main reason of listening to their beloved singers. Singers such as [[Mohammed Abdel Wahab]], [[Umm Kulthum]] in the 1930s, [[Leila Mourad|Laila Mourad]], Abdel Aziz Mahmoud, [[Karem Mahmoud]], [[Nour Al Hoda|Nour Al-Huda]] and others in the 1940s, shaped the map of [[musical film]].

[[Theatre]] was the major force before film industry began attracting audiences, we can see singers singing over eights songs in one film. Laila Mourad and Mohammed Abdel Wahab were [[Bankable star|bankable stars]]. In the 1950s and 1960s, [[Abdel Halim Hafez]] was the main film star from the music industry, although, he quickly escaped from the musical genre and performed in [[drama]] and [[Romance film|romance]] film genres, such as the 1962 film ''The Sins'' by [[Hassan el-Imam]]. Musical genre declined in the Egyptian film industry in the 1970s and 1980s, however, several singers from newer generations became film stars such as; [[Mohamed Fouad]] and [[Moustafa Amar|Mostafa Amar]]. In the 2000s, [[Tamer Hosny]] is arguably the only singer in the film industry with over ten [[Feature film|feature films]] in a leading role.