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Demonstrating how D.W. Griffith played a key role in reformulating the modern film's narrative techniques, this study charts the emergence of the realistic "verisimilar" style of acting used by Griffith, which replaced the "histrionic" style derived from the 19th-century stage.

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A Paperback by Roberta E. Pearson

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    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 11/2/1992 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780520073661, 978-0520073661
    ISBN10: 0520073665

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    Book Synopsis
    Demonstrating how D.W. Griffith played a key role in reformulating the modern film's narrative techniques, this study charts the emergence of the realistic "verisimilar" style of acting used by Griffith, which replaced the "histrionic" style derived from the 19th-century stage.

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