Rudy Behlmer

Rudy Behlmer

  • Birthday: 1926-10-13
  • Deathday: 2019-09-27
  • Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
  • Also know as: Rudolph Herman Behlmer

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

Becoming John Ford

2007

As Self

Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born

2005

As Himself - Author & Film Historian

Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption

2006

As Himself - Author-Film Historian

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

1993

As Self - Film Historian

Cinerama Adventure

2002

As Self

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

2005

As Self - Author and Film Historian

Production

Hollywood Without Make-Up

1963

As Director

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