Biography
Rudy Behlmer (October 13, 1926 β 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
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Movies 62
self 62
TV Shows 2
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Director 1
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen (2010)
A Night at the Movies: The Gigantic World of Epics (2009)
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman (2009)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)
In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic (2008)
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008)
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006)
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon (2006)
Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption (2006)
The Music of 'Humoresque' (2005)
Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born (2005)
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale (2005)
The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)
Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock (2004)
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (2003)
The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (2003)
Jules Verne and Walt Disney: Explorers of the Imagination (2003)
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (2003)
Cinerama Adventure (2002)
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement' (2001)
Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All (2001)
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' (2000)
Backstory: 'All About Eve' (2000)
Backstory (2000)
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul (1993)
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic (1993)
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca' (1992)
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (1991)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
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GenderMale
Birthday1926-10-13
Deathday2019-09-27 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceSan Francisco, California, USA
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsRudolph Herman Behlmer, Rudy Behlmar
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