LOTTICE HOWELL

Great beauty and a thrilling soprano voice carried Lottice Howell from her hometown of Moundville, AL., to stages throughout America and onto the silver screen.

She traveled to New York in 1918, and studied with Sergei Klibanski until her money ran out. Returning to the South, she taught school and saved her money.

On her next trip North, Miss Howell earned the part of Caro Nome in "Rigoletto", and then the lead in Mozart's "Impressario". She later turned to Vaudeville, appearing in the "Music Box Review". She worked under Irving Berlin in a show featuring Fanny Brice and The Marx Brothers, and appeared with Charlie Chaplin on the RKO Vaudeville Circuit.

In 1926 she appeared at the Plymouth Theater on Broadway in the play "Deep River", and followed that with the musical comedy "My Maryland" produced by Sigmund Romberg.

In October 1929, Miss Howell accepted an offer from MGM to go to Hollywood. There she starred as LaGoyita, the Spanish Vampire, in the film "In Gay Madrid", appearing opposite Ramon Navarro.

In 1942, Miss Howell returned to her home in Moundville. Her father, Eli Howell had died seven years earlier, and her aging mother was unable to manage the family properties alone.