Mark Vieira Movies

Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film.

A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934.

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...

A look at the life and films of the expressionistic movie and television director John Brahm.

An examination of "The Public Enemy" (1931) by film historians and critics.

An examination of "Little Caesar" (1931) by film historians and critics.

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered...

This documentary is featured on Warner Brothers' DVD for The Roaring Twenties (1939), released in 2005.

A biography of the short-lived character actor Laird Cregar.

Short documentary about the making of "The Petrified Forest."

This is a first installment of a soap opera showing the Castro as a Gothic, sleazy neighborhood where danger and duplicity lurk. Assorted characters...

Documentary covering the Warner Bros. James Cagney /Pat O'Brien classic "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938), hosted by film historian Rudy Behlmer.

An examination of "White Heat" (1949) by film historians and critics.