Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-09
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A1I|4kM oeNAte mas Its llmitafionn
- AZ well rs its limits, ana In
sumurun" she has nearly. II not quite
ss.eined the one while realizing the other
Ine art Of interpretive dancing. OF which
MISS Norman is distinguished exponent,
- one or the most difficult. It's require
menis extending far beyond the mere
physical into that. twilight sone OF express
sion, wherein subtlety turks. and conceal
ment serves to pique the imagination into
qu'ckness and stirs the thought TO supply
"hat u not fully revealed. And this
Quality IL distinctly lacking in ''sumurun'
~ produced by Miss Hoffman. IAttle, n
shytning' is left for the imagination to
suppy' All the passion OF the tale is ex-
h'o'ted IN ts grossness. none OF the
scenes getting beyond the mere sensual
tH OF the yarn that is subject OF the
illustration. Miss Hoffman has unques-
uonaeiy given much patient and some
wen directed effort to the end Of doing
an UNIQUE thing for vaudeville. and has
succeeded 20 Tar as mere novelty Is con-
oerned' But as a contribution to the art
oI 'ne tneater her effort has been wasted.
her greatest failure has been IN the mat
Ter OF suggestion; It may be the original
Neinhardt production OF "sumurun" had
IN u the essential quality OF appeal to
something that lies back OF mere vision.
This would be possible with plenty OF
time, nut II is denied TO one who must
tell the story in tho brief space allotted
70 an act In vaudeville theater
Mnen one recalls the 'atmosphere" OF
ismet, or even the cruder effects OF
omar' the Tent-Maker,' one may real
lns Just how Tar short OF yerisimiiitude
une norman effort falls. as to the mere
point OF creating the Illusion essential
a. oacksround on which TO project the
details OF her pictures. Her own share
OF the dancing is done with charming
abandon, she giving herself over without
reserve to the Characterization OF a lls.
some but wanton temptation. The,
others stalk or trip. as the action war
rants. through the pantomime. seldom
II ever reaching the pitch AT which n
should be taken. Much OF this failure is
directly due 10 the haste with which a
must all be exhibited. under the condi.
tions that are inexorable In vaudeville.
fairly safe prophecy viii be that Miss
Hoffman's next venture viii include
something less unwieidy and more re-
sponsiye than ''sumurun"
0He OF Hetle mems OF news that came
with tie New Year was the announce
ment IT the death OF Tomahso salvinI on
JanuaFy ! ct Florence. Italy. aged Il
years salvinh at the height OF his fame
played IN omah7 in 1890 giving us sam.
son ipnd La Morte Civile," at the old
Boyd tneater, Those who were present
viii very readily recall the magnificent
presence. the commanding carriage and
the wonderfg3 voice 81 this man vvhe
was then hailed s,i the foremost Iiyinr
actor lake Bernhardt. salvlni never
troubled TO learn 10 speak English. but
unlike her. he was supported on his tou,
By an English speaking company. which
gave 70 his performances something OF 4
bllinsual quality that might have becom,
grotesque. had IL not been for the shee
force with which the great actor domi
mated the situation. salvini had retire.
from the staga. his latest conlmunica
tion with ths public being the pubhcatio,
q his memoirs few years ago He Ia,
VEN an aolor since he Was IS followin1
his fathers profession. but forbidding
TO his younger son. Aiexandsr. whom n
destined for ths life OF . coffee broker
Young GAlvini could not resist the cal
Of the blood and was fast winning a
Eay as a romance actor when he wa
BVertaken BY death back In the sos N
wllI be well recalled locally for HIS per
fofmaneea Of Don Caesar IN Don Caesa
Dc Be1an." d'Artagnan In The Thre