Rudy Behlmer
Biography
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.
Top Filmography
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 // TV
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008 // MOVIE
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010 // MOVIE
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000 // MOVIE
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 // MOVIE
Cinerama Adventure
2002 // MOVIE
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
1999 // MOVIE
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
2000 // MOVIE
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993 // MOVIE
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008 // MOVIE
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
1992 // MOVIE
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006 // MOVIE
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005 // MOVIE
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007 // MOVIE
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
2005 // MOVIE