Tau 1898

One of the greatest of black art pictures. The conjurer appears before the audience, with his head in its proper place. He then removes his head, and throwing it in the air, it appears on the table opposite another head, and both detached heads sing in unison. The conjurer then removes it a third time. You then see all three of his heads, which are exact duplicates, upon the table at one time, while the conjurer again stands before the audience with his head perfectly intact, singing in unison with the three heads upon the table. He closes the picture by bowing himself from the stage.

Santa arrives at a house on Christmas Eve to deliver his presents for the children.

A skeleton dances joyously, often collapsing into a heap of bones and quickly putting itself back together.

An astronomer has a terrifying dream.

A blind man begging for change tries to outsmart a cop.

Soldiers ambush a house.

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish.

An illusionist makes a woman disappear in thin air.

A hypnotist tricks his patients.

Panorama during the ascent of the Eiffel Tower.

A parade in the Vatican.

Scene of the last supper.

The famous show makes a parade.

Directed by James H. White.

A lost film. Georges Méliès also directed a film entitled Faust aux enfers in 1903 that is frequently confused with this one, but it has little to do with the story of Faust.

Satan conjures a vision of a girl, for whom an old man signs a pact and is made young. This is a lost film from George Albert Smith

A group of young women and children enjoy a rowdy picnic in the countryside.

With the cameraman atop a moving train car the viewer is given a one minute glimpse of a French urban area.

Earliest known example of African American intimacy on screen.

St. Anthony is tempted by visions of women, including one that is transformed from the image of Jesus Christ Himself!