Rudy Behlmer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 13 October 1926 · San Francisco, California, USA
- Died
- 27 September 2019
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.
Known for
Acting 56
- 2012Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation as Self
- 2012Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic as Self
- 2012Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of as Self
- 2010Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen as Self
- 2009Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman as Self
- 20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year as Self
- 2008In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic as Self
- 2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film as Self
- 2008Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster as Self
- 2008The Making of 'Rebecca' as Self
- 2008The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
- 2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” as Self
- 2008A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck' as Self
- 2008Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox as Self
- 2008Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound' as Self
- 2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as Self
- 2007The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk as Self
- 2007Becoming John Ford as Self
- 2006Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet as Self
- 2006Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon as Self
- 2006The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird as Self
- 2006Credit Where Credit is Due as Self
- 2006Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption as Self - Author, Film Historian
- 2006Jezebel: Legend of the South as Self
- 2006Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition as Self
- 2006Desire and Censorship as Self
- 2006A Streetcar in Hollywood as Self
- 2006A Streetcar on Broadway as Self
- 2005William Powell: A True Gentleman
- 2005Alias Nick and Nora as Self
- 2005The Music of 'Humoresque' as Self
- 2005Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born as Self - Author & Film Historian
- 2005Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale as Self
- 2005The Adventures of Errol Flynn as Self - Author and Film Historian
- 2005Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? as Self
- 2004Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle as Self
- 2003Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' as Self
- 2003The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea as Self
- 2003Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' as Self, Film Historian
- 2002What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' as Self
- 2002Cinerama Adventure as Self
- 2002The Universe According to Universal as Narrator
- 2001Celebrating Dumbo as Self
- 2001Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement' as Self
- 2000The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature as Self
- 2000Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' as Self
- 2000Backstory: 'All About Eve' as Self
- 2000Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed as Self - Host
- 2000Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! as Self - Host
- 2000The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked as Self
- 1999The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster as Self
- 1993Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul as Self
- 1993Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic as Self - Film Historian
- 1992King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast." as Self
- 1992You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca' as Self - Film Historian
- 1991Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie as Self
Directing 1
- 1963Hollywood Without Make-Up · director