Rudy Behlmer
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Film
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Self
2006
Film
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Self - Author and Film Historian
2005
Film
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
Self
2008
Film
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
Self
2008
Film
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
Self
1991
Film
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Self
2010
Film
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self
2009
Film
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Self
2008
Film
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
Self
2006
Film
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
Self
2009
Film
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Self
2000
Film
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Self
2008
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Self
2007
Film
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
Self - Host
2000
Film
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
Self
2003
Film
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
Self, Film Historian
2003
Film
A Streetcar on Broadway
Self
2006
Film
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Self - Film Historian
1993
Film
The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Self
2003
Film
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
Self
2000
Film
Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation
Self
2012
Film
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
Self
2002
Film
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
Self
2001
Film
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
Self
1993
Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption
Self - Author, Film Historian
2006
Film
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Self
2012
Film
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Self
2006
Film
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
Self
1999
Film
Desire and Censorship
Self
2006
Film
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
Self - Film Historian
1992
Film
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
Self
2000
Film
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
Self
2000
Film
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
Self
2012
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
Self
2008
Film
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Self
2006
Film
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
Self - Host
2000
Film
Celebrating Dumbo
Self
2001
Film
Cinerama Adventure
Self
2002
Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born
Self - Author & Film Historian
2005
Film
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
Film
The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
2008
Film
A Streetcar in Hollywood
Self
2006
Film
The Making of 'Rebecca'
Self
2008
Film
Becoming John Ford
Self
2007
Film
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
Self
2005
Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox
Self
2008
Film
Jezebel: Legend of the South
Self
2006
Film
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
Self
2005
Film
In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic
Self
2008
Film
Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle
Self
2004
Credit Where Credit is Due
Self
2006
Film
Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'
Self
2008
Film
The Universe According to Universal
Narrator
2002
The Making of 'Rebecca'
Self
Film
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
Self
1992
Film
The Music of 'Humoresque'
Self
2005