Rudy Behlmer

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Acting

Born

1926-10-13

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA
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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.

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Acting History

2012
Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation as Self
2012
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic as Self
2012
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of as Self
2010
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen as Self
2009
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman as Self
2009
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self
2008
In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic as Self
2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film as Self
2008
The Making of 'Rebecca' as Self
2008
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster as Self
2008
The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
2008
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” as Self
2008
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck' as Self
2008
Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox as Self
2008
Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound' as Self
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Self
2007
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk as Self
2007
Becoming John Ford as Self
2006
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon as Self
2006
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet as Self
2006
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird as Self
2006
Credit Where Credit is Due as Self
2006
Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption as Self - Author, Film Historian
2006
Jezebel: Legend of the South as Self
2006
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition as Self
2006
Censorship and Desire as Self
2006
A Streetcar in Hollywood as Self
2006
A Streetcar on Broadway as Self
2005
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
The Music of 'Humoresque' as Self
2005
Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born as Self - Author & Film Historian
2005
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale as Self
2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn as Self - Author and Film Historian
2005
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? as Self
2004
Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle as Self
2003
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' as Self
2003
The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea as Self
2003
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' as Self, Film Historian
2002
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster as Self
2002
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' as Self
2002
Cinerama Adventure as Self
2002
The Universe According to Universal as Narrator
2001
Celebrating Dumbo as Self
2001
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement' as Self
2000
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature as Self
2000
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' as Self
2000
Backstory: 'All About Eve' as Self
2000
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! as Self - Host
2000
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed as Self - Host
2000
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked as Self
1993
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul as Self
1993
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic as Self - Film Historian
1992
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast." as Self
1992
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca' as Self - Film Historian
1991
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie as Self
1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest