Woman sings.

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).

Cléopâtre-Diane de Mérode (27 September 1875 - 17 October 1966) was a French dancer of the Belle Époque. She is seen here performing a traditonal Javanese dance.

Cléo de Merode dancing the gavotte in 1900.

Carlotta Zambelli dances for the camera.

A short film

Woman sings.

Singing "La Chanson du tambour-major"

Man plays piano

A ballet teacher trains a invisible group of dancers and gets angry about their incompetence. Early film with sound.

Woman dances with fan

woman dances

Hi-jinx with a clown photographer

A "lady" undresses for bed.

Woman dances the polka.

Man and woman dance.

Guy with a Handkerchief

Jeanne Chasles and Achille Viscusi dances.

Christine Kerf as the Greek muse Terpsichore, in 1900.