Lucita Covera Explained

Lucita Covera
Other Names:Lucita Corvera, Lucita Corbera, Lucita Hall, Lucita Ward
Birth Name:Lucetta Reynolds
Birth Date:December 8, 1895
Birth Place:California, U.S.
Death Date:July 1979
Death Place:New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Occupation:Dancer

Lucita Covera (December 8, 1895 – July 1979), born Lucetta Reynolds, sometimes seen as Lucita Corvera Hall or Lucita Ward, was an American dancer in Broadway shows and other revues. She was described as the "Most Perfect Girl" in publicity.[1]

Early life

Though she was billed as a "Famous Spanish Dancing Star", and said to be from Barcelona,[2] or Madrid,[3] or Mexico,[4] or Argentina,[5] Lucetta Reynolds was the daughter of Mrs. F. A. Goble of Crescent Mills, California.[6] She danced at local events in childhood.[7] [8]

Career

Covera started her stage career in San Francisco.[9] In her early years, she had a hula act, a nautch act, and played a Zuni character in 1921.[10] [11] [12] Her stage credits as a dancer include appearances in Let's Go (1921), Sun-Kist (1921),[13] Vogues of 1924, Artists and Models (1924),[14] [15] The Merry World (1926),[16] and A Night in Paris (1926).[17] "She is graceful and agile and has a pleasing personality," commented one reporter in 1922.[18]

Covera's costumes were commented upon in print, her physique described as "the most perfect form",[19] and she was said to have "the largest collection of jewels possessed by any actress on the stage today", including a set of "hair pendants" she wore for different dances. She endorsed a footcare product in newspaper advertisements in 1925.[20] In 1929, she worked with Josephine Baker during her tour of South America.

In her later years, as Lucita Ward, she was an artist in New Orleans, selling her paintings to tourists in Jackson Square.[21]

Personal life

Lucetta Reynolds was married in 1914, to Clarence Stewart Hall. The Halls had a son, Howard Woodrow Hall,[22] born in 1915, and they lived in Plumas County.[23] The couple divorced in 1925.[24] Her second husband was an Englishman named Ward.[25] That marriage ended in 1954. Her son died in 1977, and she was listed among his survivors.[26] She died by suicide in New Orleans in 1979, at age 84.[27]

Notes and References

  1. News: January 30, 1922 . Most Perfect Girl in 'Sun Kist' Show at Grand Thursday . 12 . Dubuque Telegraph Herald . August 21, 2022 . NewspaperArchive.com.
  2. News: 1926-01-30 . Famous Spanish Dancing Star is with 'Artists and Models' . 8 . The Dayton Herald . 2022-08-20 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: 1925-10-04 . Stage . 53 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . 2022-08-20 . Newspapers.com.
  4. Gillette . Don Carlos . November 15, 1924 . Costumers . Billboard . 36 . 46 . 42 . internet Archive.
  5. October 1929 . Notas de Argentina . Cine-Mundial . 1036 . Internet Archive.
  6. News: 1914-11-26 . Crescent Mills Couple Married . 1 . Feather River Bulletin . 2022-08-21 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: 1910-02-24 . A Gay Social Event was the Fireman's Mask Ball . 1 . Feather River Bulletin . 2022-08-21 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: November 9, 1914 . W. S. Campbell, Indian Agent, Banquet Guest; Retiring Superintendent of Government School Is Honored . 5 . Sacramento Daily Union . August 20, 2022 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  9. News: 1925-06-14 . Soubrettes in Summertime Shows . 69 . Chicago Tribune . 2022-08-20 . Newspapers.com.
  10. Music at Fairmont and Palace . Pacific Coast Music Review . 10 . Internet Archive.
  11. News: 1919-11-10 . Tait's Downtown (advertisement) . 1 . The San Francisco Examiner . 2022-08-20 . Newspapers.com.
  12. News: November 4, 1921 . French Tax to Affect U. S. Films . B7 . Los Angeles Herald . August 20, 2022 . California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  13. News: 1921-09-24 . Lucita Covera . 6 . Wilmington News-Journal . 2022-08-20 . Newspapers.com.
  14. https://archive.org/details/sim_midweek-pictorial_1924-12-04_20_15/page/n27/mode/2up?q=covera "Actresses Featured in the Latest Broadway Productions"
  15. January 17, 1925 . On Second Sight . Billboard . 37 . 3 . 33 . Internet Archive.
  16. June 12, 1926 . Broadway Openings . Billboard . 38 . 8.
  17. News: July 17, 1926 . A Night in Paris New Edition in Rehearsal . 9 . The New Leader . August 20, 2022 . Internet Archive.
  18. News: March 3, 1922 . Fanchon-Marco Appear at Dayton . 4 . Piqua Daily Call . August 20, 2022 . NewspaperArchive.com.
  19. News: February 1, 1922 . Lucita Corvera . 22 . Racine Journal News . August 20, 2022 . NewspaperArchive.com.
  20. News: August 11, 1925 . How a Tiny Corn Kept Famous Dancer from Appearing on Broadway . 4 . Hammond Lake County Times . August 20, 2022 . NewspaperArchive.com.
  21. News: 1979-07-16 . Bullet ends artist's fears of enduring feeble old age . 8 . The Orlando Sentinel . 2022-08-21 . Newspapers.com.
  22. News: 1926-04-29 . Local Happenings . 1 . Plumas Independent . 2022-08-21 . Newspapers.com.
  23. News: 1916-06-01 . Arrest on Charge of Attempted Assault . 1 . Feather River Bulletin . 2022-08-21 . Newspapers.com.
  24. July 8, 1925 . Divorce Paradise . Variety . 79 . 8 . 5 . Internet Archive.
  25. News: Martin . Jenny . 1954-11-11 . They All Want to Marry an Englishman . 6 . Birmingham Gazette . 2022-08-21 . Newspapers.com.
  26. News: 1977-01-17 . Howard W. Hall . 11 . The Press-Tribune . 2022-08-21 . Newspapers.com.
  27. News: 1979-07-16 . Artist Keeps Funeral Appointment . 5 . The Town Talk . 2022-08-21 . Newspapers.com.

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