Why Do People In Old Movies Talk Weird?

[Meanderer]

It’s not quite British, and it’s not quite American – so what gives? Why do all those actors of yesteryear have such a distinct and strange accent?

 

[NancyNGA]

That was very interesting. Another puzzle solved.

 

[Meanderer]

The Rise and Fall of Katharine Hepburn's Fake Accent

Hepburn & Stewart in "The Philadelphia Story"

 

[Butterfly]

Very interesting. Thanks!