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
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Col. Heeza Liar Plays Hamlet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68552 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)