Mark Vieira

Birth : 1950-10-28, Oakland, California, USA

Movies

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self
Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film.
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Himself
A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
Self
A biography of the short-lived character actor Laird Cregar.
Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm
Self
A look at the life and films of the expressionistic movie and television director John Brahm.
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self
Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures take the audience from the early failed attempts by scientists and inventors, to the triumph of the talkies.
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
Self
An examination of "Little Caesar" (1931) by film historians and critics.
The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
Self
Short documentary about the making of "The Petrified Forest."
White Heat: Top of the World
Self
An examination of "White Heat" (1949) by film historians and critics.
The Roaring Twenties: The World Moves On
Self
This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' DVD for The Roaring Twenties (1939), released in 2005.
Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public
Self
An examination of "The Public Enemy" (1931) by film historians and critics.
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
Self
Documentary covering the Warner Bros. James Cagney /Pat O'Brien classic "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), hosted by film historian Rudy Behlmer.
Complicated Women
Self - Interviewee
A look at actresses who starred in films with thought-provoking subjects made between 1930 and July 1934, before the Hollywood Production Code —the infamous Hays Code— was enforced.
Castro
Producer
This is a first installment of a soap opera showing the Castro as a Gothic, sleazy neighborhood where danger and duplicity lurk. Assorted characters include the innocent new boy in town, a streetwise detective, a pair of lesbian astronauts, a bitchy male couple, and an alcoholic landlord.