Rudy Behlmer
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Rudy Behlmer

Oct 13, 1926 - San Francisco, California, USA

Rudy Behlmer (October 13, 1926 – September 27, 2019) was an American film historian and writer. He was an expert in the history and evolution of the motion picture industry. Behlmer began his career with KLAC-TV in Hollywood as a stage manager. At the beginning of the 1960s, Behlmer started researching and writing articles on various aspects of film history. One such project, a career piece on film producer David O. Selznick (Gone with the Wind, Rebecca), led to his book Memo from David O. Selznick (1972). It was followed by nine other books as well as numerous magazine articles and film music recording booklets. Behlmer also contributed to a wide variety of works about the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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Movie2002The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a MonsterSelf
Movie2006Censorship and DesireSelf
Movie2010Embracing Chaos: Making The African QueenSelf
Movie2000Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!Self - Host
Movie2000Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition UnearthedSelf - Host
Movie1993Ben-Hur: The Making of an EpicSelf - Film Historian
Movie2005The Adventures of Errol FlynnSelf - Author and Film Historian
Movie2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”Self
Movie2005Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?Self
Movie1992You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'Self - Film Historian
Movie2007Becoming John FordSelf
Movie2003Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'Self, Film Historian
Movie2006Jezebel: Legend of the SouthSelf
Movie2000The Opera Ghost: A Phantom UnmaskedSelf
Movie2003Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'Self
Movie2006Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi IconSelf
Movie2002Cinerama AdventureSelf
Movie2007The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to TalkSelf
Movie2005Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is BornSelf - Author & Film Historian
Movie2008A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'Self
Movie2012Casablanca: An Unlikely ClassicSelf
Movie2006Stagecoach: A Story of RedemptionSelf - Author, Film Historian
Movie2008Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century FoxSelf
Movie1991Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the MovieSelf
Movie2012Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New GenerationSelf
Movie1993Jack L. Warner: The Last MogulSelf
Movie2005The Music of 'Humoresque'Self
Movie2012Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard OfSelf
Movie2002What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'Self
Movie2005William Powell: A True Gentleman
Movie2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster FilmSelf
Movie2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code HollywoodSelf
Movie2008The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
Movie2008Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate SpymasterSelf
Movie2008Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'Self
Movie2008The Making of 'Rebecca'Self
Movie2006The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent BirdSelf
Movie2008In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical EpicSelf
Movie2002The Universe According to UniversalNarrator
Movie2009Victor Fleming: Master CraftsmanSelf
Movie20091939: Hollywood's Greatest YearSelf
Movie2004Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the JungleSelf
Movie2000The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert FeatureSelf
Movie2003The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The SeaSelf
Movie2000Backstory: 'All About Eve'Self
Movie1992King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."Self
Movie2005Elizabeth & Essex: Battle RoyaleSelf
Movie2001Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'Self
Movie2000Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'Self
Movie2006A Streetcar in HollywoodSelf
Movie2006A Streetcar on BroadwaySelf
Movie2006Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden PlanetSelf
Movie2006Bette and Joan: Blind AmbitionSelf
Movie2001Celebrating DumboSelf
TV Show1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest1

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Movie1963Hollywood Without Make-UpDirectorDirecting