Col. Heeza Liar Plays Hamlet

Alternative title

Colonel Heeza Liar Plays Hamlet

Synopsis

Animation. Part of the animated series starring Colonel Heeza Liar, a teller of tall tales. The series was shown as part of Bray’s Paramount Pictorial screen magazine. In this edition the Colonel is invited to play Hamlet to the grave-digger of Charlie Chaplin for a million dollars a week. The graveyard scene drives the director into hysterics and the camera is wrecked. The Colonel then awakes from what has been a nightmare.

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Silent

Year of release

1916

Recording date

24 Aug 1916

Availability

No archive copy known, presumed a lost film.

Credits

Director

John Randolph Bray

Producer

John Randolph Bray

Animator

John Randolph Bray

Additional Details

Production type

Animation

Plays

Hamlet

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History

The series was produced 1913-7 and then from 1922-4.

Reviews

Moving Picture World (9 September 1916).

Production Company

Name

J.R. Bray Studios