Lollypop Jones

Onnie "Lollypop" Jones (November 8, 1897 August 22, 1954)[1] was an American vaudeville entertainer and movie comedian, popular among African-American audiences in the 1940s.

Born in Madison, Georgia,[1][2] he worked as a singer, dancer and comedian in vaudeville. In 1927, he appeared in a traveling revue, Keep Movin'.[3] He also performed in nightclubs, including the Dew Drop Inn, in New Orleans [4][5] He made commercials for Jax Beer, and took the starring role in several movies including Midnight Menace (also known as The Hidden Menace), Lucky Gamblers, and Chicago After Dark.[6][7] In Midnight Menace (1946), Jones plays a version of himself in a 24-minute all-black musical comedy film.[8] These and many similar films were made on a low budget by the All-American News company in Chicago, and were shown almost exclusively in African-American movie theaters.[9]

Jones died in 1954, following a lengthy illness.[4]

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