Film

Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre

1900 · 1h 19m · Documentary

Current stars of theatre and variety captured on film, some with synchronized sound and hand tinted color.

IMDb

5.6

The Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre was a special pavilion at the 1900 Paris World's Fair which featured filmed performances presented with sound via wax cylinder recordings. Many of these short films were also presented in hand-tinted color. The performances ranged from theatre (Coquelin the eldest, Gabrielle Réjane, Sarah Bernhardt, Félicia Mallet), opera & operetta (Mariette Sully, Emile Cossira, Jeanne Hatto, Mily-Meyer, Désiré Pougaud), to café concert & music hall variety (Footit et Chocolat, Mason and Forbes, Little Tich, Brunin, Polin, Jules Moy) and dance (Blanche and Louise Mante from the Paris Opera, Carlotta Zambelli, Michel Vasquez, Rosita Mauri, Jeanne Chasles, Achille Viscusi, Christine Kerf, Cléo de Mérode).

Cléo de Mérode

Benoit Constant Coquelin

Sarah Bernhardt

Harry Relph

Carlotta Zambelli

Mariette Sully

Jules Moy

Gabrielle Réjane

Emilie Mily-Meyer

Frederic Brunin

George Foottit

Rafael Padilla

Mason and Forbes

Suzanne-Charlotte Reichenberg

Désiré Pougaud

Blanche Mante

• Clément MauriceDirector
• Marguerite VrignaultDirector
• Émile ReynaudDirector

Release date

April 28, 1900

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 19m

Genres

Documentary