why did actors in old black and white tv shows and movies talk funny and when did that end?
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That sort of “accent” was spoken in many acting classes in the US and subsequently used in movies was referred to as the “mid-Atlantic” accent. You hear it a lot in radio as well. Those actors kind of aged out of roles and as TVs became popular, that accent sort of just died out when it came to acting roles, and actors’ normal speaking voices became more “valuable”.
Like any trend in the modern era… once everyone catches on to it, another one takes its place.
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