TIL the phrase "Cut to the chase" comes from silent movies which often ended with a chase scene. When the film had boring, or to much dialogue executives would say this to the directors.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut_to_the_chase



Submitted January 24, 2015 at 08:11AM by Thebearman319 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2th481/til_the_phrase_cut_to_the_chase_comes_from_silent/