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