...could advertise Mr. Griffith's responsibility for "the large or close-up figures, distant views . . . the switchback, sustained suspense, the 'fade-out',...plane which has won for it "^recognition as a genuine art^A Over the last few words, critics still quarrel. Even over Griffith's innovations there is some...

...represented first in Ramona, the 'switchback', sustained suspense, the 'fade out', and restraint of expression, raising motion picture acting to the higher...which has won for it recognition as a genuine art. "7 To dismiss this claim to a revolutionary role in film art as mere press agentry is too simple. Resume...

...followed by the most advanced producers , are: The large or close-up figures, distant views as presented first in Ramona, the "switchback," sustained suspense,...the "fade-out," and restraint in expression, raising motion-picture acting to a higher plane which has won for it recognition as a genuine art. — Advertisement,...

...linked by little gestures."11 Griffith stated in NYDM in 1913, "Restraint in expression" would raise "motion picture acting to the higher plane which has won for it recognition as a genuine art."12 Facial expressions were the replacement for the highly stylized and physicalized pantomimic...

...distant views as represented first in Ramona, the 'switchback,' sustained suspense, the 'fade out,' and restraint in expression, raising motion picture...which has won for it recognition as a genuine art." Because The New York Dramatic Mirror ad was a crucial moment in the later construction of the Griffith...