Hitchcock began work on his tenth film, Blackmail (1929), when its production company, British International Pictures (BIP), converted its Elstree studios to sound. The film was the first British "talkie"; this followed the rapid development of sound films in the United States, from the use of brief sound segments in The Jazz Singer (1927) to the first full sound feature Lights of New York (1928).; also see ; Blackmail began the Hitchcock tradition of using famous landmarks as a backdrop for suspense sequences, which includes an early example of a red telephone box being used for criminal activity, while the climax takes place on the dome of the British Museum. It also features one of his longest cameo appearances, which shows him being bothered by a small boy as he reads a book on the London Underground. In the PBS series The Men Who Made The Movies, Hitchcock explained how he used early sound recording as a special element of the film to create tension, with a gossipy woman (Phyllis Monkman) stressing the word "knife" in her conversation with the woman suspected of murder.; During this period, Hitchcock directed segments for a BIP revue, Elstree Calling (1930), and directed a short film, An Elastic Affair (1930), featuring two Film Weekly scholarship winners. An Elastic Affair is one of the lost films.
hitchcock began work on his tenth film blackmail (1929) when its production company british international pictures (bip) converted its elstree studios to sound the film was the first british "talkie"; this followed the rapid development of sound films in the united states from the use of brief sound segments in the jazz singer (1927) to the first full sound feature lights of new york (1928); also see ; blackmail began the hitchcock tradition of using famous landmarks as a backdrop for suspense sequences which includes an early example of a red telephone box being used for criminal activity while the climax takes place on the dome of the british museum it also features one of his longest cameo appearances which shows him being bothered by a small boy as he reads a book on the london underground in the pbs series the men who made the movies hitchcock explained how he used early sound recording as a special element of the film to create tension with a gossipy woman (phyllis monkman) stressing the word "knife" in her conversation with the woman suspected of murder; during this period hitchcock directed segments for a bip revue elstree calling (1930) and directed a short film an elastic affair (1930) featuring two film weekly scholarship winners an elastic affair is one of the lost films