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,
Robyn Hitchcock In 2001 Hitchcock reunited and toured with Kimberley Rew, bassist Matthew Seligman, and Morris Windsor for the Soft Boys' re-release of their best-known album, 1980's "Underwater Moonlight". The following year they recorded and released a new album, "Nextdoorland", which was accompanied by a short album of outtakes, "Side Three". The reunion proved to be short-lived. The 2002 double album "Robyn Sings" comprised cover versions of Bob Dylan songs, including a live re-creation (performed in 1996) of Dylan's so-called "Live at the Royal Albert Hall" 1966 concert. Hitchcock celebrated his 50th birthday in 2003 with a concert at the Queen Elizabeth