Henry Jines was an American vaudeville actor. He starred in stage productions including
Irvin Miller
Irvin Colloden Miller (February 19, 1884 – February 27, 1975) was an American actor, playwright, and vaudeville show writer and producer. He was responsible for successful theater shows including ''Broadway Rastus'' (1921), ''Liza'' (1922), ...
's ''
Broadway Rastus'', and performed in blackface.
Jines was from Atlanta, Georgia. In 1913 he had reportedly been writing vaudeville sketches and lyrics for about six years. The ''
St. Louis Argus'' reviewed a show he featured in with Frank Montgomery,
Blondie Robinson
Blondie Robinson, also sometimes written as Blondi Robinson, was an African American renowned vaudeville comedic act performer.
Biography
Details around his birth and early life are unknown but Blondie Robinson is thought to have been born in th ...
, Frank "Chinese" Walker, and
Florence McClain February 1921.
Theater
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Broadway Rastus (revue)
''Broadway Rastus'' was a 1915-1928 revue written by Irvin Miller. It toured for several years at various venues with casts including many successful performers. Miller performed in the show. Other cast members included Esther Bigeou and Henry ...
'' (1917)
*''
Broadway Scandals
''Broadway Scandals'' is a 1929 American Pre-Code musical film.
Cast
* Sally O'Neil – Mary
* Jack Egan – Ted Howard
* Carmel Myers – Valeska
* J. Barney Sherry – Le Claire
* Charles C. Wilson – Jack Lane
* Doris Dawson – Bobby
* ...
'' (1921)
*''
Swing It'' (1937) as Rusty
See also
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Minstrel show
The minstrel show, also called minstrelsy, was an American form of theater developed in the early 19th century. The shows were performed by mostly white actors wearing blackface makeup for the purpose of portraying racial stereotypes of Afr ...
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Vaudeville
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France in the middle of the 19th century. A ''vaudeville'' was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a drama ...
References
External links
Auctioned photographand accompanying biographical details from Worthpoint
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American vaudeville performers
Blackface minstrel performers
Date of birth unknown
Date of death unknown