Bukra fil Mish Mish director Tal Michael. (Courtesy)
From left: David, Shlomo, and Herschel Frenkel, with the poster for a Mish Mish film. (Courtesy Menemsha Films)
A still from Bukra fil Mish Mish featuring the title character opposite real-life Lebanese singer Sabah. (Menemsha Films)
Thousands cheer Egypt s King Farouk, seen driving with then-prime minister Ali Maher Pasha in Cairo, May 11, 1936. (AP Photo/Staff/Len Puttnam)
Mish Mish Effendi, a character developed by the Frankel brothers in the 1930s. (Screenshot from Bukra fil Mish-Mish )
Even in Egypt, few today know about the three Jewish brothers who pioneered Egyptian cartoon animation back in the 1930s. On the international stage, they are today compared to a Middle Eastern version of the Disney brothers.