Rudy Behlmer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 13, 1926
- Place of birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Died
- September 27, 2019
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 with Rudy Behlmer
- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood 2008 · ★ 6.1
- Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed 2000 · ★ 7.0
- Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen 2010 · ★ 7.0
- Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! 2000 · ★ 6.4
- Cinerama Adventure 2002 · ★ 7.7
- 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year 2009 · ★ 7.5
- The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster 1999 · ★ 7.7
- Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic 1993 · ★ 7.7
- You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca' 1992 · ★ 6.9
- Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film 2008 · ★ 6.9
- The Adventures of Errol Flynn 2005 · ★ 7.7
- The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird 2006 · ★ 7.8
- The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk 2007 · ★ 7.0
- Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? 2005 · ★ 8.5
- The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked 2000 · ★ 8.0
- Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' 2003 · ★ 7.4
- Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet 2006 · ★ 4.8
- Becoming John Ford 2007 · ★ 6.3
- Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' 2003 · ★ 7.0
- Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born 2005 · ★ 6.7
- A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck' 2008 · ★ 7.7
- Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul 1993 · ★ 6.7
- Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of 2012 · ★ 6.7
- The Universe According to Universal 2002 · ★ 5.7
- Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition 2006 · ★ 6.7
- Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon 2006 · ★ 6.0
- Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic 2012 · ★ 6.5
- Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie 1991 · ★ 6.5
- William Powell: A True Gentleman 2005 · ★ 7.5
- Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman 2009 · ★ 7.5
- The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea 2003 · ★ 7.0
- Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale 2005 · ★ 9.5
- A Streetcar on Broadway 2006 · ★ 6.5
- A Streetcar in Hollywood 2006 · ★ 6.5
- Celebrating Dumbo 2001 · ★ 8.0
- Desire and Censorship 2006 · ★ 3.0
- RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” 2008 · ★ 8.0
- Jezebel: Legend of the South 2006 · ★ 7.0
- Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation 2012 · ★ 7.0
- What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' 2002 · ★ 7.0
Movies directed by Rudy Behlmer
- Hollywood Without Make-Up 1963 · ★ 6.0