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Henry Jines was an American vaudeville actor. He starred in stage productions including Irvin Miller'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, Frank "Chinese" Walker, and Florence McClain February 1921.

Theater

• Broadway Rastus (revue) (1917)
• Broadway Scandals (1921)
• Swing It (1937) as Rusty

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

• American vaudeville performers
• Blackface minstrel performers