Rudy Behlmer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 13, 1926
- Died
- September 27, 2019 (aged 92)
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Known For
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
Cinerama Adventure
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
Hollywood Without Make-Up
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Filmography
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
Movie · as Self
Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation
Movie · as Self
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Movie · as Self
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Movie · as Self
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
Movie · as Self
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie · as Self
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Movie · as Self
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
Movie · as Self
Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox
Movie · as Self
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Movie · as Self
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Movie · as Self
The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
Movie
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
Movie · as Self
Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'
Movie · as Self
The Making of 'Rebecca'
Movie · as Self
In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic
Movie · as Self
Becoming John Ford
Movie · as Self
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Movie · as Self
Desire and Censorship
Movie · as Self
Jezebel: Legend of the South
Movie · as Self
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
Movie · as Self
Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption
Movie · as Self - Author, Film Historian
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Movie · as Self
A Streetcar in Hollywood
Movie · as Self
A Streetcar on Broadway
Movie · as Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Movie · as Self
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Movie · as Self
Credit Where Credit is Due
Movie · as Self
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Movie · as Self - Author and Film Historian
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
Movie · as Self
Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born
Movie · as Self - Author & Film Historian
The Music of 'Humoresque'
Movie · as Self
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Movie
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
Movie · as Self
Alias Nick and Nora
Movie · as Self
Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle
Movie · as Self
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
Movie · as Self, Film Historian
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Movie · as Self
The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Movie · as Self
Cinerama Adventure
Movie · as Self
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Movie · as Self
The Universe According to Universal
Movie · as Narrator
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
Movie · as Self
Celebrating Dumbo
Movie · as Self
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
Movie · as Self - Host
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Movie · as Self - Host
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
Movie · as Self
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Movie · as Self
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
Movie · as Self
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
Movie · as Self
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
Movie · as Self
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Movie · as Self - Film Historian
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
Movie · as Self
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
Movie · as Self - Film Historian
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
Movie · as Self
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Movie · as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep