Rudy Behlmer
Acting
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.
Movies
Cinerama Adventure
2002
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
2012
The Music of 'Humoresque'
2005
A Streetcar in Hollywood
2006
Celebrating Dumbo
2001
The Universe According to Universal
2002
Censorship and Desire
2006
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
2009
The Making of 'Rebecca'
2008
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'
2008
Becoming John Ford
2007
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
2008
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
1993
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
1991
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
Jezebel: Legend of the South
2006
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
