Rudy Behlmer
Acting Born: 1926-10-13 San Francisco, California, USA
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
Celebrating Dumbo
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
The Making of 'Rebecca'
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
The Universe According to Universal
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
