Colonel Heeza Liar, usually a purveyor of tales like Baron Munchausen, was the star of the first successful cartoon production house, J.R. Bray's operations. Although the cost of cartoon production remained high and Bray gave up animation with the coming of sound, he controlled a number of patents in the field, usually called the Bray Hurd patents, and lived very well off those for many years.
The war in Europe raging and the US out of it, Colonel Liar appears in this episode of the series as a war correspondent. He skulks about the battlefield, dodging cannonballs and interviewing French officers. It's not a terribly interesting cartoon, but given its age and importance in the evolution of screen cartoons, it's worth a look.
The war in Europe raging and the US out of it, Colonel Liar appears in this episode of the series as a war correspondent. He skulks about the battlefield, dodging cannonballs and interviewing French officers. It's not a terribly interesting cartoon, but given its age and importance in the evolution of screen cartoons, it's worth a look.
