Movies Similar to Colonel Heeza Liar Foils the Enemy

Every Man His Own Cigar Lighter(1904)

Only 8 surviving seconds of a man getting great pleasure from smoking a cigar.

4.6

The Strenuous Life; or, Anti-Race Suicide(1904)

A married couple faces the demands of what Theodore Roosevelt called 'the strenuous life'.

4.6

Scarecrow Pump(1904)

A pump stands outside a farmhouse, just inside a picket fence. A boy comes out of the house and dresses up the pump handle and its post as a scarecrow, so that he can play a practical joke on a drunken acquaintance when he passes by. The boy then hides and waits for him, but things do not turn out quite as he planned.

4.6

Grow Up Already(2011)

After being dumped by his girlfriend Winnie, Andy Mott is determined to win her back -- the only problem is, he's got a LOT of growing up to do.

0.0

Burglary at Night(1904)

A man hides his valuables under his mattress before going to sleep, blissfully unaware of the two burglars on his roof.

5.5

Bob Kick, the Mischievous Kid(1903)

A boy is led into the frame by two nursemaids who give him a big ball to play with. For the remainder of the film heads appear and disappear, stage props blow up and turn into other objects or people, and finally Bob Kick disappears.

4.6

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The Extra Turn(1903)

This scene opens with a view of a stage setting and private box. After Miss Dolly Lightfoot has finished a clever dance, a card is placed upon the stage announcing an extra turn. An Italian vocalist appears and starts to sing. He is received with a shower of missiles. (Edison Catalog)

3.5

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A Scrap in Black and White(1903)

Shows a young black boy and a white boy in a lively set-to. They finally collapse in the centre of the ring after they have fought themselves to a stand-still. The referee proceeds to count them both out, and the seconds empty buckets of water on the fighters.

4.7

Stealing a Dinner(1899)

“Another exhibition by Prof. Leonidas' troop of cats and dogs. One of the dogs is shown stealing his dinner from the table in his master's absence. In order to cover his own crime, the dog places a cat on the table, where she is found when the master comes in.” (AMB Picture Catalogue, 1902)

2.2

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes(1928)

Gold digging blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy are searching for rich husbands. This film is believed lost.

0.0

A Gasoline Wedding(1918)

A rich man's daughter has more suitors than she's interested in, and he's going to marry her off -- even if she doesn't know about it.

5.3

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Cinema-Circus(1942)

Soviet propaganda cartoon from World War 2. Adolf Hitler, introduced by Charlie Chaplin's the Tramp, is ridiculed in three short skits.

4.6

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La poupée: Le curé et les mannequins(1899)

A clergyman is startled by a group of automatons.

5.3

Hattmakarens bal(1928)

The wealthy hat maker Cederström has two daughters, Marianne and Lotte. He has decided that Marianne should marry Melander even though she loves the poet Malm. Lotte on the other hand loves Melander.

5.5

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Joined Lips(1906)

The setting is a postoffice. A well-to-do lady has brought her maid to lick the stamps. A man, the maid's love interest, is taken by the sight and, as soon as he can, attempts to kiss her. Unfortunately the lovers forgot about the sticky residue…

4.8

The Express Sculptor(1907)

A sculptor creates several faces in a span of four minutes.

5.4

The Pumpkin Race(1908)

Early slapstick short from Louis Feuillade involving runaways, except that, instead of it being a runaway horse (see Griffith's THE CURTAIN POLE for an example), it is a cartful of what appear to be hundred-pound pumpkins that get away, rushing hither and yon, down sewers, up chimneys, pursued by the drayer, a couple of other people and a very unwilling donkey.

5.5

The Colonel's Account(1907)

This short film consists of a crazy old colonel being asked to entertain party guests about his exploits of daring. However, being a totally insane old coot, he runs amok acting out his war-time heroics--smashing and throwing everything in the room!

5.4

Sightseeing Through Whisky(1907)

John, who loves the bottle a little too much, is one of a group of sightseers. Too drunk to follow the party, the reeling drunkard remains on the site of a ruin where he starts having hallucinations.

5.1

Satan in Prison(1907)

The title is vital, since the bulk of the action consists of a well-dressed man magically producing a series of items to furnish a bare room, culminating in his summoning up a charming lady to share his meal. Hearing the guards approaching, the man reverses the process, ending with a bare room when the two men enter.

5.5