Sound film "The Clue of the New Pin", a British Lion production using the sound-on-disc British Photophone system. In May, "Black Waters", a British and Dominions Film Corporation promoted as the first UK all-talker, received its initial trade screening; it had been shot completely in Hollywood with a Western Electric sound-on-film system. None of these pictures made much impact. The first successful European dramatic talkie was the all-British "Blackmail". Directed by twenty-nine-year-old Alfred Hitchcock, the movie had its London debut June 21, 1929. Originally shot as a silent, "Blackmail" was restaged to include dialogue sequences, along with a score and sound effects,
D. Howard Hitchcock and the Oakland Museum of California are among the public collections holding paintings by David Howard Hitchcock. Hitchcock is called the first homegrown artist in Hawaii with international recognition. The auction record for a painting by David Howard Hitchcock is $82,250. This record was set by "Windward Oahu, Hawaii", a 12 by 18 inch oil painting on canvas sold May 19, 2006 at Skinner Inc. (Boston). Painting of Pele D. Howard Hitchcock David Howard Hitchcock (May 15, 1861 – January 1, 1943) was an American painter of the Volcano School, known for his depictions of Hawaii. David Howard Hitchcock was