Because you had to know! Part the Eighth

This is something that never occurred to me until I saw this article/video posted on Huffington Post:

Why People In Old Movies Seem To Talk Funny

Not interested in clicking the link?  Don’t worry, the article essentially presents this video by Brainstuff, which examines the above question and offers a fascinating explanation:

What is most intriguing, to me, apart from the fact that the accent was something created during that time and was not a “real” accent/form of speech, was how it may have been used because speaking this way allowed announcers/actors to overcome the technical limitations of audio equipment (in radios, theaters) of the time.

Fascinating stuff!

And now you know.