A Cigarette and a Glass
1955
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Oct 25, 2023 · On 18 December 1936 London’s Daily News reported on the impending arrival of ‘another notable newcomer to English pictures’ – Princess Kouka. But unlike her peers, Princess Kouka was not arriving from Hollywood, but from Sudan.
Oct 25, 2023 · In the late 1930s a newcomer made her way onto British cinema screens: Princess Kouka. From Sudan, Princess Kouka, born Tahia Ibrahim Belal, had been spotted by film producer Walter Futter, who was determined for her to appear in his next film.
A dusky film star came to London last month straight from her native Sudan. She is Princess Kouka daughter of a sheik in El Fasha, a ...
Princess Kouka - from Sudan, North Africa - arrives at Claridge's Hotel, circa January 1936. Reported as the daughter of a Sheikh, she was in London to shoot her film debut alongside actor Paul Robeson in 'Jericho'.
May 14, 2016 · The daughter of a sheikh from the African Sudan. Princess Kouka arrives in London, 1937. After starring in the Jericho movie with Paul Robeson, she was in several Egyptian films and went by simply as Kouka. She played a character named “Gara” in a movie with Paul Robeson.
Jericho (1937) features a great performance by Paul Robeson. This film also introduces Princess Kouka of Sudan. She played in several Arabic films which many did not make it to the United States. Starring Paul Robeson, Henry Wilcoxon, Wallace Ford, Kouka, John Laurie, James Carew, Lawrence Brown, Rufus Fennell, Ike Hatch. During the Great War ...
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Princess Kouka of Sudan, who starred alongside Paul Robeson in the 1937 film Jericho. Kouka was born on March 7, 1917 in Cairo, Egypt as Tahia Ibrahin Belal. She was an actress, known for Rabha (1945), The Doorkeeper (1936) and The Black Knight (1954).
