 Assi and Mansour also began writing musicals, plays with musical dialogs, and interpretations of patriotic themes that appealed to the Lebanese public.The musicals mostly focused on the village life, the innocence of growing up, the problems of love, parental care, and the mischief of youth.One of them was made into a feature movie, "Biyya'el Khawatem" ("Rings Merchant") directed by Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine.