Is old style acting actually better? It is t less realistically but more dramatic and more emotionally raw, a couple of examples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktXm7CRXbsE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPPJdOGshUM

Compare that to modern acting which tries it's best to look real including the ugly modern nasal Californian accent and lots of mumbling so you can't hear people properly