Ah the style of the time was heavy dramatics. A holdover from the stage where you needed exaggerated expression to make up for the distance of the audience. St

Ah the style of the time was heavy dramatics. A holdover from the stage where you needed exaggerated expression to make up for the distance of the audience. Still I didn’t find it nearly as bad as other examples from that era. “A Street Car Named Desire” for example takes it to another level.