Laila Helmy

Four greedy men are trying to win over Bahira Hanem. So she pretends to be poor to test the fifth man's feelings.

Qais recites poems about his love for his cousin Laila. Ghabeer, Qais' rival in Laila's love, commissions the poet Mamoun to compose obscene poems about Laila and publish them as Qais's. The poems reach Laila's father, who refuses to let Qais marry Laila, and marries her to Prince Ward.

Hassouna Hassan is a young rural man who leaves his town and goes to the capital in search of his artistic future. When he can't find his chance, he works in several jobs to pay rent for his room, and fall for his neighbor's daughter. But he is wary of his bad luck getting in the way of his love.