Back to Home
Dream Me Up Scotty!
Documentary
Alex Norton discovers how showbusiness has handled the portrayal of the Scottish accent. For over 100 years audiences have struggled to understand our braw brogue: silent Harry Lauder films attempted an accent in the captions, and in Hollywood's golden era , everyone wanted to paint their tonsils tartan- but as examples from Katharine Hepburn, Orson Welles and Richard Chamberlain show, they couldnae. Then Disney made Brave and proved that it disnae have to be all bad!
Top Cast
Alex Norton
Presenter
You May Also Like
Who Are the Flat Earthers?
Hollywood Hobbies
Depositions
Hollywood Ghost Stories
If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast
We Want the Airwaves
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood
Kirk Douglas: Before I Forget
Dearly Departed