
Rudy Behlmer
Acting
Born 1926-10-13 · San Francisco, California, USA · Died 2019-09-27
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.
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Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation
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Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
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Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
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Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
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Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
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In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic
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Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
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The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'

Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
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The Making of 'Rebecca'
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RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
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A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck'
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Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox
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Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'
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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
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Becoming John Ford
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Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
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Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
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The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
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Credit Where Credit is Due
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Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption
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Jezebel: Legend of the South
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Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
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Censorship and Desire
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A Streetcar in Hollywood
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A Streetcar on Broadway
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William Powell: A True Gentleman

The Music of 'Humoresque'
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