American Spoken Here
Genres
Overview
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short takes a look at the origins of North American slang.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
11 min
Release Date
1940-11-30
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
0
Vote Average
0
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)
5.0
Dreams
This entry in MGM's Passing Parade series looks at the meaning of dreams, including one by Abraham Lincoln that foretold his death.
1940-11-10 | en
5.5
Mr. Whitney Had a Notion
Historical short showing how Eli Whitney (best known for the invention of the cotton gin) played a significant role in the introduction of mass production techniques to the USA in the late 18th century.
1949-05-07 | en
4.0
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of John Peter Zenger, who in Colonial New York was tried for sedition based on what he printed in his newspaper.
1939-07-22 | en
6.5
The Great American Mug
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout the years.
1945-10-06 | en
6.0
The Story of Alfred Nobel
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite, and later established the Nobel Prize.
1939-02-18 | en
6.0
Forgotten Treasure
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short highlights the film preservation efforts of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Several scenes from early newsreels are shown.
1943-07-24 | en
6.0
Madero of Mexico
This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to bring democracy and land reform to Mexico.
1942-11-28 | en
6.5
Souvenirs of Death
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of how a Mauser pistol used on the battlefield by Germans during WWII makes its way into the hands of an American gangster.
1948-06-19 | en
5.0
Strange Testament
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Julian Poydras, whose encounter with a girl at Mardi Gras had a profound effect on his later life.
1941-11-15 | en
0.0
A Way in the Wilderness
This Passing Parade entry tells the story of Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929), a Hungarian immigrant who devoted his life to finding the cause of pellagra, a disease that killed hundreds of thousands in the southern United States. Although the medical community believed that the condition was caused by a virus, Goldberger proved that a healthy diet was the cure.
1940-06-22 | en
7.0
Stairway to Light
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philippe Pinel, who initiated enlightened, humane treatment of the mentally ill.
1945-11-03 | en
0.0
One Against the World
This short film presents the story of Dr. Ephraim McDowell, who came under scrutiny for his pioneering of surgical practices.
1939-08-19 | en
5.4
The Face Behind the Mask
This dramatized short film describes the historical mystery of France's "man in the iron mask". King Louis XIV imprisoned a man who was never identified, but who was forced to wear an iron mask for the length of his captivity, which ended only in his death. Several candidates for the identity of the man are investigated.
1938-03-19 | en
6.0
Angel of Mercy
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.
1939-05-20 | en
0.0
The Hidden Master
Shows how important luck can be in a person's life.
1940-04-20 | en
10.0
Esperanto
This film, directed by Dominique GAUTIER, takes the viewer on a worldwide excursion into the history and structure of the Esperanto language, introducing its present-day speakers. The words of these users of the language are reflective of a variety of activities and viewpoints, and in the film they are interwoven so as to reveal bit by bit how the utopia of its initiator, Ludwig ZAMENHOF, is concretised every day.
2011-01-24 | eo
8.0
The Film That Was Lost
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a look is taken at the problems of film preservation efforts in the 1930s and early 1940s.
1942-10-31 | en
0.0
The Seesaw and the Shoes
This short shows how two objects led to important discoveries. Children playing with a seesaw inspire French physician Rene Laennec to invent the stethoscope, and a pair of shoes made of caoutchouc lead Charles Goodyear to discover the process for vulcanizing rubber.
1945-05-05 | en
0.0
Flag of Mercy
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1942-01-31 | en
0.0
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a brief dramatized history of American democracy. It targets a perceived threat to democracy from board room and soapbox fascists who advocated a government based upon contemporaneous European models.
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