The acting portrayed in the film The Great Train Robbery was similar to other movies during the time 1903. Films were becoming longer than what they were back in the late 1800’s. This film was known as the first “Western.” In this film, even though they’re were no words or sound beside the backround music, you could tell what emotions the actors were trying to portray. You could tell how frightened the engineer of the train was when the robbers were trying to take over his train. With our day and time the big difference between acting back then and now was the scenes in wihich people were killed in. The killings were very dramatic, but for some audiences this is needed to make the whole situation in the film known. With the shooting
