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