Henry Jines was an American vaudeville actor. He starred in stage productions including Irvin Miller's Broadway Rastus,[1] and performed in blackface.
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Jines was from Atlanta, Georgia. In 1913 he had reportedly been writing vaudeville sketches and lyrics for about six years.[2] The St. Louis Argus reviewed a show he featured in with Frank Montgomery, Blondie Robinson, Frank "Chinese" Walker, and Florence McClain February 1921.[3]
Theater
edit- Broadway Rastus (revue) (1917)
- Broadway Scandals (1921)[4]
- Swing It (1937) as Rusty[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Broadway Rastus". The New York Age. July 12, 1917. p. 6 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ Sampson, Henry T. (30 October 2013). Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810883512.
- ^ Detweiler, Frederick German (1922). The Negro Press in the United States. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-7426-4265-2.
- ^ "Indianapolis Times 3 December 1921 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".
- ^ "Henry Jines". playbill.com.
External links
edit- Auctioned photograph and accompanying biographical details from Worthpoint