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Rudy Behlmer

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92 Years Old

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.

Born

San Francisco, California, USA on 13th October 1926

Died

27th September 2019

All Credits

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