Brian Aherne
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1902-05-02
Locus Natus: King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK
Et ut: William Brian de Lacy Aherne, Брайан Ахерн
Underground
A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Two men – gentle Bill and brash Bert – meet and are...
release : 1928.07.01popularis : 2.028
I Confess
Unable, due to the seal of the confessional, to be forthcoming with information that would serve to clear himself during a murder investigation, a...
release : 1953.02.13popularis : 9.779
King of the Castle
'A widowed lady, forced into marriage, grows to love her husband when he saves a child from the cliff.' (BFI Filmography)
release : 1925.08.01popularis : 0.886
Sylvia Scarlett
When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with...
release : 1935.12.25popularis : 7.404
My Sister Eileen
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen...
release : 1942.09.24popularis : 3.328
Lancelot and Guinevere
In and around the castle Camelot, brave Cornel Wilde (as Lancelot) and virtuous Brian Aherne (as King Arthur) vie for the affections of lovely Jean...
release : 1963.06.02popularis : 1.671
The Swan
Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant...
release : 1956.04.26popularis : 3.747
Beloved Enemy
In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is...
release : 1936.12.25popularis : 2.178
The Locket
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
release : 1946.12.20popularis : 4.316
A Bullet Is Waiting
A plane carrying a sheriff and a man indicted for manslaughter is wrecked on a lonely California beach and the prisoner manages to escape, after a...
release : 1954.09.04popularis : 3.263
Titanic
Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the...
release : 1953.04.11popularis : 20.778
Prince Valiant
A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.
release : 1954.04.05popularis : 10.174
The Lady in Question
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
release : 1940.08.07popularis : 3.846
Susan Slade
A pregnant teen allows her mother to pass her secret baby off as her own.
release : 1961.11.08popularis : 2.47
A Night to Remember
A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to...
release : 1942.12.10popularis : 3.963
Juarez
The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.
release : 1939.06.10popularis : 4.658
Skylark
As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business....
release : 1941.11.21popularis : 1.12
The Song of Songs
After her father dies, Lily moves to the city to live with her strict aunt. During the day Lily works in her aunt's bookstore, and at night she...
release : 1933.07.19popularis : 5.856
First Comes Courage
Merle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant. When his superiors begin to suspect her, the Allies...
release : 1943.07.29popularis : 1.121
Hired Wife
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once...
release : 1940.09.13popularis : 2.773
The Cavern
Adventure drama during WW2 in Italy where a mixed group of people get trapped inside a cave after a bomb raid. But can they co-operate? And will they...
release : 1964.06.26popularis : 1.107
Merrily We Live
Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep...
release : 1938.03.04popularis : 7.032
A Woman Redeemed
'A secret society uses a girl as a pawn in an attempt to secure secret plans.' (BFI)
release : 1927.08.31popularis : 0.978
Smart Woman
A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past.
release : 1948.04.30popularis : 2.855
Captain Fury
An Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a band of fellow escapees to fight a corrupt landlord.
release : 1939.05.26popularis : 6.72
Smilin' Through
John Carteret has long been depressed and lonely, because, at his wedding years ago, his bride, Moonyean, was murdered. He accepts into his house...
release : 1941.10.01popularis : 4.812
The Constant Nymph
Second of three versions of Margaret Kennedy’s novel about a sickly, sensitive Belgian schoolgirl, Tessa (Victoria Hopper), in love with...
release : 1933.12.01popularis : 1.75
The Great Garrick
A British actor insults a French acting group only to fall victim to a prank that might destroy his career.
release : 1937.10.30popularis : 2.505
Vigil in the Night
A good nurse ruins her career by covering up for her sister's careless mistake.
release : 1940.02.05popularis : 2.17
I Live My Life
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
release : 1935.10.04popularis : 6.364
Rosie!
An eccentric Los Angeles dowager decides to fight back when her two greedy daughters attempt to have her declared legally insane.
release : 1967.11.22popularis : 2.302
What a Woman
An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.
release : 1943.12.29popularis : 1.669
What Every Woman Knows
Aspiring young Scottish politician John Shand enters into an unusual agreement with the wealthy Wylie family -- if they fund his education, he must...
release : 1934.10.18popularis : 4.529
My Son, My Son!
A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not surprisingly, the son grows up to be spoiled...
release : 1940.03.21popularis : 1.961
Angel on the Amazon
An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the animals and fears none of them--and apparently has found...
release : 1948.11.01popularis : 2.155
The Fountain
Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned British officer, is paroled to the castle of Baron Von...
release : 1934.08.22popularis : 1.229
The Waltz King
A look at the life of Johann Strauss, Jr., beginning when, as a boy, he earns his famous father’s displeasure when he tries his hand at...
release : 1964.02.14popularis : 1.505
The Best of Everything
An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.
release : 1959.10.09popularis : 8.143
The Eleventh Commandment
An actress thwarts a blackmailer by taking the blame for her sister's compromise. Based on the play The Pillory by Brandon Fleming.
release : 1924.07.31popularis : 1.127
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned...
release : 1997.05.12popularis : 4.416
The W Plan
A tense WWI spy thriller in which Colonel Duncan Grant (British star Brian Aherne, in his first talking role), parachutes into Germany to gather...
release : 1930.02.25popularis : 1.891
Shooting Stars
The husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he discovers she is having an affair with the screen comedian...
release : 1928.02.06popularis : 1.504
Forever and a Day
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble,...
release : 1943.01.21popularis : 2.311
The Man Who Lost Himself
John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do...
release : 1941.03.21popularis : 3.67
Madame Guillotine
During the French Revolution, a revolutionary falls in love with and marries an aristocratic woman.
release : 1931.02.19popularis : 0.707