Vadim Uraneff (6 February 1895 – 5 April 1952) was a Russian actor[1] and librettist who helped John Barrymore and Katharine Hepburn when it was hoped they would appear in The Song of Solomon.[2]

Vadim Uraneff
Born
Вадим Уранев

(1895-02-06)6 February 1895
Died5 April 1952(1952-04-05) (aged 57)
Duarte, California, United States
Occupation(s)Actor, librettist, mime and theater critic

He was also a mime who played Lucianus in Hamlet in the Ballet Russe.[3] As theater critic, he explained in 1923:

The [vaudeville] actor works with the idea of an immediate response from the audience: and with regard to its demands. By cutting out everything -every line, gesture, movement- to which the audience does not react and by improvising new thins, he establishes unusual unity between the audience and himself... Stylization in gesture, pose, misen-scène and make-up follows as a result of long experiment before the primitive spectator whose power as judge is absolute.[4][5]

He translated the lyric drama Star (The) Woman from Russian alongside P. Colum.[6]

He directed the theatre drama Anathema by L. N. Andreev at the Apollo Theater, New York.[7]

He is buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.[8]

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References

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  1. ^ Fortune, Danny (2014). "MIDNIGHT MADNESS Movie Lacks 'Midnight' and 'Madness'". Alt Film Guide. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  2. ^ Grogan, Christopher (2010). Imogen Holst: A Life in Music. Boydell & Brewer. p. 116. ISBN 9781843835998.
  3. ^ Dawson, Anthony (15 December 1997). "The 1920s: old ways meet the news stagecraft". Hamlet. Manchester University Press. p. 79. ISBN 9780719046254.
  4. ^ Jenkins, Henry (2007). The Wow Climax: Tracing the Emotional Impact of Popular Culture. NYU Press. p. 250. ISBN 9780814742839.
  5. ^ Gebdhart, Nicholas (22 March 2017). Vaudeville Melodies: Popular Musicians and Mass Entertainment in American Culture, 1870-1929. University of Chicago Press. p. 141. ISBN 9780226448695.
  6. ^ Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures. Vol. 19. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1923.
  7. ^ SEEP. Vol. 10. Institute for Contemporary Eastern European Drama and Theatre. 1991. p. 32.
  8. ^ interment.net
  9. ^ da Silva, George Batista (15 June 2016). Os Filmes De Laurence Olivier. Clube de Autores. p. 37.
  10. ^ McBride, Joseph (5 November 2013). Hawks on Hawks. University Press of Kentucky. p. 203. ISBN 9780813144313.
  11. ^ Shilling, Donovan A. (1 September 2013). Rochester's Movie Mania. Pancoast Publishing. p. 187. ISBN 9780982109045.
  12. ^ Holston, Kim R. (18 December 2012). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911-1973. McFarland & Company. p. 315. ISBN 9780786460625.
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