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Rudy Behlmer
Born 1926-10-13San 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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New GenerationSelfCasablanca: An Unlikely ClassicSelfMichael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard OfSelfEmbracing Chaos: Making The African QueenSelfVictor Fleming: Master CraftsmanSelf1939: Hollywood's Greatest YearSelfIn the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical EpicSelfPublic Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster FilmSelfAlfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate SpymasterSelfThe Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'RoleThe Making of 'Rebecca'SelfRKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”SelfA House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'SelfKiller Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century FoxSelfGuilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'SelfThou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code HollywoodSelfThe Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to TalkSelfBecoming John FordSelfRobby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi IconSelfAmazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden PlanetSelfThe Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent BirdSelfCredit Where Credit is DueSelfStagecoach: A Story of RedemptionSelf - Author, Film HistorianJezebel: Legend of the SouthSelf