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American Spoken Here ()

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  • Release: 1940-11-30
  • Director: Basil Wrangell
  • Writers: Robert Lopez
  • Language: English
  • Stars: John Nesbitt , Barbara Bedford , Don Brodie , John Butler , Edgar Dearing , Harry Depp , George Guhl , John Harmon , Hank Mann , Steve Pendleton
  • Runtime: 11 min
  • Awards: N/A
  • AKA: Passing Parade No. 19: American Spoken Here (United States of America) , American Spoken Here (United States of America) , American Spoken Here
  • Plot: An off-screen narrator tells us that English is two languages, standard and slang. We watch several quick conversations spoken entirely in slang. Then, in reenactments of scenes from the past, actors illustrate the origins of some common expressions while the narrator explains them: minding one's P's and Q's, kicking the bucket, pin money, doing a Brodie, and, in a lengthy concluding segment, the derivation of "fink."
  • IMDB:tt0143103
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American Spoken Here Cast · · · ALL

Basil Wrangell
Director
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
Barbara Bedford
Corset Buyer (uncredited)
Don Brodie
Fast Talker (uncredited)
John Butler
Man on Subway (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Mike Fink (uncredited)
Harry Depp
Customer (uncredited)
George Guhl
Bartender (uncredited)
John Harmon
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Hank Mann
Drunk (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
Young Marksman (uncredited)
Ray Teal
Bartender (uncredited)

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