Vadim Uraneff (6 February 1895 – 5 April 1952) was a Russian actor and

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who helped

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and

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when it was hoped they would appear in '' The Song of Solomon''. He was also a

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who played Lucianus in ''

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. As theater critic, he explained in 1923: :The

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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. He translated the lyric drama ''Star (The) Woman'' from Russian alongside P. Colum. He directed the theatre drama ''Anathema'' by L. N. Andreev at the Apollo Theater, New York. He is buried at the

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Filmography

* ''

I Believed in You ''I Believed in You'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film directed by Irving Cummings and written by William M. Conselman. The film stars Rosemary Ames, John Boles (actor), John Boles, Victor Jory, Gertrude Michael, George ...

'' (1934) as Xandy vendor * '' Friends and Lovers'' (1931) as Ivanoff * '' The Medicine Man'' (1930) as Gus * '' Midnight Madness'' (1928) as Joe * '' Fazil'' (1928) as Ahmed. * ''

Once and Forever ''Once and Forever'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Phil Goldstone and starring Patsy Ruth Miller, John Harron and Burr McIntosh.Munden p.567 The film's sets were designed by the art director George Sawley. Cast * Patsy Ru ...

'' (1927) as Axel * ''

Little Mickey Grogan ''Little Mickey Grogan'' is a 1927 American comedy-drama film directed by James Leo Meehan and written by Dwight Cummins, Dorothy Yost and Charles Kerr. The film stars Frankie Darro, Lassie Lou Ahern, Jobyna Ralston, Carroll Nye, Eugene ...

'' (1927) as Crooked * ''

The Magic Flame ''The Magic Flame'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Henry King, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and based on the 1900 play ''Konig Harlekin'' by Rudolph Lothar. George Barnes was nominated at the 1st Academy Awards for Best Cinem ...

'' (1927) as the visitor. * '' The Flame of the Yukon'' (1926) as Solo Jim * ''

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'' (1926) as Kyrill Vronsky * ''

The Blonde Saint ''The Blonde Saint'' is a 1926 American silent romantic adventure film directed by Svend Gade. It was produced by Sam E. Rork and released through First National Pictures. Lewis Stone and Doris Kenyon star and young newcomer Gilbert Roland is f ...

'' (1926) as Nino * ''

The Silent Power ''The Silent Power'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank O'Connor and starring Ralph Lewis, Ethel Shannon and Charles Delaney.Connelly p.255 It was produced by the independent company Gotham Pictures. Synopsis The manager of ...

'' (1926) as Jerry Spencer * '' The Sea Beast'' (1926) as Pip

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Uraneff, Vadim 20th-century Russian male actors 1895 births 1952 deaths Russian male silent film actors Russian librettists 20th-century Russian translators Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States