Henry Jines

Irvin C. Miller as Rastus & Henry Jines as Mose from Broadway Rastus (circa 1917)

Henry Jines was an American vaudeville actor. He starred in stage productions including Irvin Miller's Broadway Rastus , ^[1] and performed in blackface.

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

• Broadway Rastus (revue) (1917)
• Broadway Scandals (1921) ^[4]
• Swing It (1937) as Rusty ^[5]

See also

• Minstrel show
• Vaudeville

References

1. "Broadway Rastus". The New York Age. July 12, 1917. p. 6 – via newspapers.com.
2. Sampson, Henry T. (30 October 2013). Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   9780810883512.
3. Detweiler, Frederick German (1922). The Negro Press in the United States. University of Chicago Press. ISBN   978-0-7426-4265-2.
4. "Indianapolis Times 3 December 1921 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program".
5. "Henry Jines". playbill.com.

External links

• Auctioned photograph and accompanying biographical details from Worthpoint