Rudy Behlmer
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
as Self 2008
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
as Self 2010
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
as Self - Host 2000
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
as Self 2009
Cinerama Adventure
as Self 2002
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
as Self 2002
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
as Self - Host 2000
Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
as Self - Film Historian 1993
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
as Self 2008
You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
as Self - Film Historian 1992
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
as Self 2006
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Self - Author and Film Historian 2005
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
as Self 2007
Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?
as Self 2005
Becoming John Ford
as Self 2007
The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
as Self 2000
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
as Self 2003