Acting
Mark Vieira
Born
1950-10-28 (75)
Place of birth
Oakland, California, USA
Known for
Acting
Credits
15 titles
Known for
5.4Each installment focuses on a different era of American movie history, from the invention of the first moving pictures to the revolutionary, cutting-edge films of the 1960s.
Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood
2010
An examination of "White Heat" (1949) by film historians and critics.
White Heat: Top of the World
2005
7.5Short documentary about the making of "The Petrified Forest."
The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
2005
6.1A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
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.
Castro
1986
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.
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007
Film credits
2000s · 12 titles
An examination of "White Heat" (1949) by film historians and critics.
White Heat: Top of the World
2005
7.5Short documentary about the making of "The Petrified Forest."
The Petrified Forest: Menace in the Desert
2005
6.1A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
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.
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007
6.9Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film.
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
7.0A biography of the short-lived character actor Laird Cregar.
The Tragic Mask: The Laird Cregar Story
2007
7.8An examination of "The Public Enemy" (1931) by film historians and critics.
Beer and Blood: Enemies of the Public
2005
6.9Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had dimensions. Good girls had lovers and babies and held down jobs, while the bad girls were cast in a sympathetic light. And they did it all without apology.
Complicated Women
2003
8.5Documentary covering the Warner Bros. James Cagney /Pat O'Brien classic "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), hosted by film historian Rudy Behlmer.
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
2005
7.0This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' DVD for The Roaring Twenties (1939), released in 2005.
The Roaring Twenties: The World Moves On
2005
A look at the life and films of the expressionistic movie and television director John Brahm.
Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm
2007
7.3An examination of "Little Caesar" (1931) by film historians and critics.
Little Caesar: End of Rico, Beginning of the Antihero
2005