Alice Guy, French EditionIn the early twentieth century Gaumont was in the avant garde of film technology, innovating in particular in the field of sound and colour. They were synchronizing sound on disk with motion pictures representing a breakthrough in this area. Gaumont , with its "phonoscnes" and "filmparlants" presented a show, based in part on the world of vaudeville, song and monologue. This was a revolutionary technique of synchronization and amplification of sound.