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

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Col. Heeza Liar Plays Hamlet". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av68552 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)