Beginning of the Serpentine Dance (1908): Cast

Four contemporary couples waltz in a living‑room under violinist Linder, their costumes shifting abruptly. A man enters, casts a spell and the scene vanishes. Turning into the devil, he takes the violinist to hell, creates a huge silk from a cauldron, and unfolds it to reveal a woman in a silk dress performing a serpentine dance. Other women join in synchronized ballet before all dissolve into flames.

• SD Director Segundo de Chomón

• ML Max Linder as The ballet master

• The War and the Dream of Momi 1917
• The Music Lesson 1909
• Sweet Dreams Intermingled With Nightmares 1908
• Paper Cock-a-Doodles 1908

Also known as

• La creación de la serpentina