Rudy Behlmer
Acting • Born 1926-10-13 – Died 2019-09-27
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.
Filmography
56 credits
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
Movie • 2002
Self
Censorship and Desire
Movie • 2006
Self
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Movie • 2010
Self
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
Movie • 2000
Self - Host
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Movie • 2000
Self - Host
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Movie • 1993
Self - Film Historian
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Movie • 2005
Self - Author and Film Historian
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Movie • 2008
Self
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
Movie • 2005
Self
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
Movie • 1992
Self - Film Historian
Becoming John Ford
Movie • 2007
Self
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
Movie • 2003
Self, Film Historian
Jezebel: Legend of the South
Movie • 2006
Self
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
Movie • 2000
Self
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Movie • 2003
Self
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
Movie • 2006
Self
Cinerama Adventure
Movie • 2002
Self
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Movie • 2007
Self
Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born
Movie • 2005
Self - Author & Film Historian
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
Movie • 2008
Self
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
Movie • 2012
Self
Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption
Movie • 2006
Self - Author, Film Historian
Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox
Movie • 2008
Self
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Movie • 1991
Self
Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation
Movie • 2012
Self
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
Movie • 1993
Self
The Music of 'Humoresque'
Movie • 2005
Self
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Movie • 2012
Self
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Movie • 2002
Self
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Movie • 2005
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Movie • 2008
Self
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Movie • 2008
Self
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
Movie • 2008
Self
The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
Movie • 2008
Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'
Movie • 2008
Self
The Making of 'Rebecca'
Movie • 2008
Self
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Movie • 2006
Self
In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic
Movie • 2008
Self
The Universe According to Universal
Movie • 2002
Narrator
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
Movie • 2009
Self
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Movie • 2009
Self
Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle
Movie • 2004
Self
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Movie • 2000
Self
The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Movie • 2003
Self
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
Movie • 2000
Self
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
Movie • 1992
Self
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
Movie • 2005
Self
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
Movie • 2000
Self
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
Movie • 2001
Self
A Streetcar on Broadway
Movie • 2006
Self
A Streetcar in Hollywood
Movie • 2006
Self
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Movie • 2006
Self
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Movie • 2006
Self
Celebrating Dumbo
Movie • 2001
Self
Credit Where Credit is Due
Movie • 2006
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest