

Rudy Behlmer
Acting
October 13, 1926
San Francisco, California, USA
September 27, 2019
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.
The Filmography


Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

Censorship and Desire

A Streetcar on Broadway

Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster

Cinerama Adventure

The Universe According to Universal

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked

Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
