This work incorporates a photograph of the actress and singer Leila Mourad (1918-1995) When Mourad passed away in Cairo 1995, she had already been retired from acting and singing for about forty years. Even so, an entire generation of loyal followers had not forgotten the seventy-seven year old star and her contribution to Arab cinema and music. She left a legacy of 27 films and nearly 1200 songs that were produced from the mid 1930s to mid 1950s, part of the period that music historian Victor Sahab called the golden age of the Arabic song. Alternatively known as the"Lady of Arab Cinema" and the "Cinderella of the Arabic Screen," she was one of the most popular singers of the time, second only to Umm Kulthum. She appeared on the music scene at the same time that radios were becoming popular in Egyptian . Such was her popularity that producers frequently used her first name in the film titles to attract crowds; names like "Layla Bint al-Fuqara" (Layla from a Poor Family), "Layla Bint el-Reef" (Layla the Country Girl). She disappeared from the public eye after her retirement, so that people would remember her only as she appeared in her films, beautiful and classy. She remained in total seclusion until her death, staying away even from a ceremony honoring her by the Cairo International Film Festival in 1992; her son received the award on her behalf.