Rudy Behlmer

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.

Known For

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie

Self

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Self - Author and Film Historian

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

Self

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

Self

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

Self

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

Self

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Self

Filmography

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

Year	TV Show	Role
1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest