Rudy Behlmer
Gender: Male
Birthday: 1926-10-13 - 2019-09-27
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As: Rudolph Herman Behlmer, Rudy Behlmar
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.
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Known For
1968The Dick Cavett Show
2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2005The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2006The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2000The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
1992You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
2010Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2006Desire and Censorship
2005Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
2006Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2003Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2006A Streetcar in Hollywood
1993Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
2008The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
2012