Rudy Behlmer
Born in San Francisco, California, USA — Oct 13 1926• Died Sep 27 2019
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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 n…
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
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The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
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Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
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Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
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Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
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RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
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Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
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Cinerama Adventure
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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
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The Adventures of Errol Flynn
Self - Author and Film Historian
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
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Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
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What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
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Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
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Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
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Becoming John Ford
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Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
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Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation
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The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
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The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
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Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
Self - Film Historian
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
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The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
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Celebrating Dumbo
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The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
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Jezebel: Legend of the South
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A Streetcar on Broadway
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The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
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Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
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Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
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In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic
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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
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You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
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The Music of 'Humoresque'
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Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
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Censorship and Desire
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Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
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The Making of 'Rebecca'
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A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
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Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
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Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption
Self - Author, Film Historian
A Streetcar in Hollywood
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Backstory: 'All About Eve'
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Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'
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Hollywood Without Make-Up
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The Universe According to Universal
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Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
Self, Film Historian
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox
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Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born
Self - Author & Film Historian
Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle
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Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
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Credit Where Credit is Due
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King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
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Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
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