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Rudy Behlmer

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1926-10-13

Deathday: 2019-09-27 (92 years old)

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.

Filmography

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Movies 60

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TV Shows 2

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Rudy Behlmer

Biography

Filmography

all 62

Movies 60

self 60

TV Shows 2

Narrator 1

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Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation (2012)

Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic (2012)

Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of (2012)

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen (2010)

Gone With The Wind: The Legend Lives On (2009)

Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman (2009)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year (2009)

In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic (2008)

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)

Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster (2008)

The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious' (2008)

The Making of 'Rebecca' (2008)

A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck' (2008)

Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox (2008)

Shoot It in Lone Pine! (2008)

Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound' (2008)

Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)

The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007)

Becoming John Ford (2007)

Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon (2006)

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006)

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird (2006)

Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption (2006)

Jezebel: Legend of the South (2006)

Censorship and Desire (2006)

A Streetcar in Hollywood (2006)

Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition (2006)

A Streetcar on Broadway (2006)

RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World' (2005)

William Powell: A True Gentleman (2005)

The Music of 'Humoresque' (2005)

Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born (2005)

Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale (2005)

The Adventures of Errol Flynn (2005)

Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? (2005)

Personal History: Foreign Hitchcock (2004)

Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle (2004)

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (2003)

The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea (2003)

Jules Verne and Walt Disney: Explorers of the Imagination (2003)

Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (2003)

The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (2002)

What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' (2002)

Cinerama Adventure (2002)

The Universe According to Universal (2002)

Celebrating Dumbo (2001)

Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement' (2001)

Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': Still the Fairest of Them All (2001)

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature (2000)

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' (2000)

Backstory: 'All About Eve' (2000)

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed (2000)

Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! (2000)

Backstory (2000)

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (2000)

Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul (1993)

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic (1993)

King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast." (1992)

You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca' (1992)

Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (1991)

The Dick Cavett Show (1968)

Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963)

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Information

Known ForActing

GenderMale

Birthday1926-10-13

Deathday2019-09-27 (92 years old)

Birth PlaceSan Francisco, United States of America

CitizenshipsUnited States of America

Also Known AsRudolph Herman Behlmer, Rudy Behlmar

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1926-10-13

Deathday
2019-09-27 (92 years old)

Birth Place
San Francisco, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Rudolph Herman Behlmer, Rudy Behlmar