6/10
The Infernal Cake Walk
9 May 2020
Sadly not much of a story here in this 1903 Georges Melies classic. We are introduced to a inferno and these demons and other people start dancing. In the end they conjure up the devil played by Georges Melies who gets down and boogies. Melies was trying to wow audiences introducing fire into the dance, making the devil's limbs move and reappear on his body and a great explosion at the end. Much more silly than frightening, but worth a look if you enjoy silent classics or would like to see a silly film from early within the 20th century. To let you be aware as well some of the actors are wearing what appears to be "blackface".
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