Rudy Behlmer
October 13, 1926 (98 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2012 ·Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generationas Self
- 2012 ·Casablanca: An Unlikely Classicas Self
- 2012 ·Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Ofas Self
- 2010 ·Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queenas Self
- 2009 ·Victor Fleming: Master Craftsmanas Himself
- 2009 ·1939: Hollywood's Greatest Yearas Self
- 2008 ·In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epicas Himself
- 2008 ·Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Filmas Self
- 2008 ·The Making of 'Rebecca'as Self
- 2008 ·The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'as
- 2008 ·Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymasteras
- 2008 ·A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'as Self
- 2008 ·Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Foxas Self
- 2008 ·Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'as
- 2008 ·Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywoodas Himself
- 2007 ·The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talkas Self
- 2007 ·Becoming John Fordas Self
- 2006 ·Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planetas Self
- 2006 ·Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Iconas Self
- 2006 ·The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Birdas Self
- 2006 ·Stagecoach: A Story of Redemptionas Himself - Author-Film Historian
- 2006 ·Jezebel: Legend of the Southas Self
- 2006 ·Censorship and Desireas Self
- 2006 ·A Streetcar on Broadwayas Self
- 2006 ·Bette and Joan: Blind Ambitionas Self
- 2006 ·A Streetcar in Hollywoodas Self
- 2005 ·RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World'as
- 2005 ·William Powell: A True Gentlemanas
- 2005 ·The Music of 'Humoresque'as Self
- 2005 ·Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Bornas Self - Author & Film Historian
- 2005 ·Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royaleas Himself
- 2005 ·The Adventures of Errol Flynnas Self - Author and Film Historian
- 2005 ·Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?as Self
- 2004 ·Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungleas Himself
- 2003 ·Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'as Self
- 2003 ·The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Seaas Self
- 2003 ·Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'as Himself, film historian
- 2002 ·The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monsteras Self
- 2002 ·What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'as Self
- 2002 ·Cinerama Adventureas Self
- 2002 ·The Universe According to Universalas Narrator
- 2001 ·Celebrating Dumboas Himself
- 2001 ·Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'as Self
- 2000 ·The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Featureas Self
- 2000 ·Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'as Self
- 2000 ·Backstory: 'All About Eve'as Self
- 2000 ·Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthedas Self / Host
- 2000 ·Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!as Self / Host
- 2000 ·The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmaskedas Self
- 1993 ·Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogulas Himself
- 1993 ·Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epicas Self - Film Historian
- 1992 ·King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."as
- 1992 ·You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'as Self - Film Historian
- 1991 ·Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movieas Self
- 1968 ·The Dick Cavett Showas Self - Guest