 The absence of a "Leon Popescu", a wealthy man ready to invest his earnings in film production, caused directors and the few actors passionate about the new art to seek financiers who were equally passionate and disinterested.This is how the young actor-director Jean Georgescu found a retiree in the year 1925 who, for more or less artistic reasons, invested his savings in the production of a film called "Năbădăile Cleopatrei" ("Cleopatra's Caprices").Ion Șahighian made his directing debut on this film, which starred Jean Georgescu, Ion Finteșteanu, A.