Rudy Behlmer
Acting · Born Oct 13, 1926 · Died Sep 27, 2019 (92) · San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Directed
Films
Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation
20127.0
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
20126.5
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
20126.7
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
20107.0
Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
20097.5
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
20097.5
In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic
20086.0
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
20086.9
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
2008
The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
2008
The Making of 'Rebecca'
2008
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
20088.0
Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'
2008
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
20086.1
Becoming John Ford
20076.3
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
20066.0
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
20064.8
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
20067.8
Jezebel: Legend of the South
20067.0
Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
20066.7
Desire and Censorship
20063.0
A Streetcar in Hollywood
20066.5
A Streetcar on Broadway
20066.5
William Powell: A True Gentleman
20057.5
Alias Nick and Nora
20057.0
The Music of 'Humoresque'
2005
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
20059.5
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
20057.7
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
20058.5
Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle
20049.0
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
20037.4
The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
20037.0
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
20037.0
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
20027.0
Cinerama Adventure
20027.7
The Universe According to Universal
20025.7
Celebrating Dumbo
20018.0
Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
2001
The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
20008.0
Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
2000
Backstory: 'All About Eve'
20009.0
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
20006.4
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
20007.0
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
20008.0
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
19997.7
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
19936.7
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
19937.7
King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
19928.0
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
19926.9
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
19916.5