Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre
Poster by Francois Flameng with the artists who were presented in the sound cinema projections of the Phono-Cinema-Theater-System at the world exhibition in Paris.
Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre is the name of a French film production company and at the same time a system for presenting films with sound and color ( hand coloring ).
The system was developed by Henri Lioret and Clément Maurice Gratioulet at the end of the 19th century . It consisted of synchronizing the actors' voices, recorded on a wax cylinder , with the projected images. In particular, it allowed the presentation of short films during the World's Fair of 1900 in Paris. During this exhibition, the first public presentation of films that combined image and sound took place.