Books written by Mark A. Vieira

Majestic Hollywood: The Greatest Films of 1939

Ingram, Rex, 24 Intermezzo: A Love Story, 148–151 Invisible Stripes, 134 J Jackson, Felix, 100, 202 Jaffe, Sam, 28, ... 20 Kipling, Rudyard, 27 Knight and the Lady, The, 192 Knowles, Patric, 90–91 Korda, Alexander, 28 Krasna, Norman, ...
Clifton's and Clifford Clinton: A Cafeteria and a Crusader

And the pictures. So many. They're like everything you remember about Clifton's - delicious. Like green Jell-O with whipped cream. (You gotta pay for the book, but it's worth every penny.)
Into the Dark (Turner Classic Movies): The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950

Deadline at Dawn RKO RADIO PICTURES RELEASED APRIL 3, 1946 Producers ADRIAN SCOTT SID ROGELL Director HAROLD CLURMAN Screenwriter CLIFFORD ODETS Source THE CORNELL WOOLRICH NOVEL Cinematographer NICHOLAS MUSURACA Stars SUSAN HAYWARD ...
Clifton's Clifford Clinton: A Cafeteria and a Crusader

Clifton's Clifford Clinton: A Cafeteria and a Crusader
Majestic Hollywood: The Greatest Films of 1939

Opposite:A portrait of Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard made for Elliott Nugent's The Cat and the Canary PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS In the 1930s there was a code of etiquette in movie theaters. Audience members did not wear hats, talk, ...
Forbidden Hollywood: The Pre-Code Era (1930-1934) (Turner Classic Movies): When Sin Ruled the Movies

This is the definitive portrait of an unforgettable era in filmmaking.
Into the Dark: The Hidden World of Film Noir, 1941-1950

Into the Dark is a ticket to a smoky, glamorous world. You enter a story conference with Raymond Chandler, visit the set of Laura, and watch Detour with a Midwest audience. This volume recreates the environment that spawned film noir.
In the Picture: Production Stills from the TCM Archives

Rock Hudson was fresh from Magnificent Obsession ; James Dean fresh from East of Eden ; and Elizabeth Taylor still fresh after twelve years at MGM , two husbands , and numerous broken hearts , all of which she explained away by saying ...
Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood

Illustrated with 275 film stills, many of them rare, the book captures the stunning visual artistry of the era.
Hurrell's Hollywood Portraits

This book presents in depth the work of George Hurrell, the photographer who more than anyone else was responsible for inventing the Hollywood "glamour" portrait - the essential publicity tool...
Harlow in Hollywood: The Blonde Bombshell in the Glamour Capital, 1928-1937

"Harlow in Hollywood" is the story of how a town and an industry created her, a story that's never been told before.
George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits 1925-1992

Collects more than four hundred photographs of Hollywood stars captured by George Hurrell, creator of the glamour shot, and looks at the photographer's up and down career.
George Hurrell's Hollywood: Glamour Portraits 1925-1992

Davis, The Glamour Factory, p. 167. jocose penny watcher... Schatz, The Genius of the System, p. 217. The Ford of the Movies . . . Ibid. Who wants to look . . . Silke, Here's Looking at You, Kid, p. 123. Sol Polito just worked .
Hollywood Horror: From Gothic To Cosmic

A narrative and pictorial history celebrates the gothic horror film genre, drawing on interviews with directors, writers, special-effects artists, and actors to cover such films as The Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Blob, and Psycho. ...
Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince

In addition, this is the first Thalberg biography to utilize both his recorded conversations and the unpublished memoirs of his wife, Norma Shearer.
Irving Thalberg: Boy Wonder to Producer Prince

Describes the life of the film producer who ran Universal Pictures at the age of twenty, founded MGM at twenty-four, and championed the careers of such iconic actors as Clark Gable and Joan Crawford. compelling reading and masterly in its ...
Hollywood Dreams Made Real: Irving Thalberg and the Rise of M-G-M

An in-depth study of the remarkable career of Irving Thalberg draws on recently discovered interviews and production records, an unpublished memoir by Thalberg's wife, Norma Shearer, and an array of...
Cecil B. DeMille: The Art of the Hollywood Epic

This lavish volume opens the King Tut's tomb of cinematic treasures that is the Cecil B. DeMille Archives, presenting storyboard art, concept paintings, and an array of photographic imagery.
Some Like it Hot: Me, Marilyn and the Movie

This is the definitive inside story of the much-loved and enduring film classic, 'Some Like it Hot'. The book includes many never-before-seen photographs taken during filming.
Greta Garbo: A Cinematic Legacy

Lavish depiction of the life and career of one of the 20th century's most enigmatic screen actresses.