The Archive · 1941

Brian Aherne

Brian Aherne is not the only film actor who has suffered from the limitation of being typed. Cinema audiences have accepted him as a romantic hero and his producers have consequently let him develop in a romantic channel. Aherne has accepted this, albeit unwillingly.

His soul has longed for a greater variety of expression, but he has felt compelled to put artistic temptation aside and stick to his heroic At length, however, either temptation or circumstance, has been strong or even too strong. His next

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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