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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.
As actor
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'
The Making of 'Rebecca'
In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic
Becoming John Ford
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Censorship and Desire
Jezebel: Legend of the South
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
A Streetcar on Broadway
A Streetcar in Hollywood
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
Credit Where Credit is Due
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
