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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Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation
2012·7.0
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
2012·6.5
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012·6.7
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010·7.0
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
2009·7.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009·7.5
In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic
2008·6.0
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008·6.9
The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
2008·0.0
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
2008·0.0
The Making of 'Rebecca'
2008·0.0
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008·8.0
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
2008·7.7
Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox
2008·0.0
Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'
2008·0.0
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008·6.1
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007·7.0
Becoming John Ford
2007·6.3
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006·7.0
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006·4.5
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006·7.8
Credit Where Credit is Due
2006·0.0
Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption
2006·0.0
Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006·7.0
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
2006·6.7
Desire and Censorship
2006·3.0
A Streetcar in Hollywood
2006·6.5
A Streetcar on Broadway
2006·6.5
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005·7.5
The Music of 'Humoresque'
2005·0.0
Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born
2005·6.7
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
2005·9.5
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005·7.7
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
2005·8.5
Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle
2004·9.0
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003·7.4
The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
2003·7.0
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
2003·7.0
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
2002·7.0
Cinerama Adventure
2002·7.7
The Universe According to Universal
2002·5.7
Celebrating Dumbo
2001·10.0
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
2001·0.0
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
2000·8.0
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000·0.0
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
2000·9.0
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
2000·6.4
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000·7.0
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
2000·8.0
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
1999·7.7
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
1993·6.7
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993·7.7
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
1992·8.0
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
1992·6.9
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
1991·6.5