Rudy Behlmer
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.
Known for
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
2005
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
2006
Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
1991
Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
2000
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
2008
The Making of 'Rebecca'
2008
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
2008
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
2012
Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
2005
Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
2006
Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
2010
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008
Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
2006
Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'
2003
The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
1999
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
2008
In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic
2008
What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'
2002
Becoming John Ford
2007
Desire and Censorship
2006
Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation
2012
Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'
2003