Alfred Hitchcock filmography the run. It also featured the first of his famous cameo appearances. Two years later he directed "Blackmail" (1929) which was his first sound film. In 1935 Hitchcock directed "The 39 Steps". Three years later he directed "The Lady Vanishes," starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave. Hitchcock's British films – and many of his early American ones – are often mistakenly believed to be in the public domain. In fact, all of his films are under copyright in the US and UK. Nonetheless, bootlegs of his work continue to be widely disseminated. In 1940, Hitchcock transitioned to Hollywood productions, the
Robyn Hitchcock re-packaged and re-issued in the United States by the respected Rhino Records label. For the rest of the decade he continued recording and performing as a solo artist, releasing several albums on Warner Brothers Records, such as 1996's "Moss Elixir" (which featured the contributions of violinist Deni Bonet and guitarist Tim Keegan), and the soundtrack from the Jonathan Demme-directed concert film "Storefront Hitchcock" in 1998. The 1999 release "Jewels for Sophia", also on Warner, featured cameos from Southern California-based musicians Jon Brion and Grant-Lee Phillips, both of whom often shared the stage with Hitchcock when he played Los Angeles nightclub