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)
- RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” (2008)
- Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008)
- Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement' (2001)
- Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie (1991)
- Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008)
- Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster (2008)
- Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen (2010)
- Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet (2006)
- Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' (2003)
- Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon (2006)
- A Streetcar on Broadway (2006)
- Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' (2000)
- The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster (1999)
- Jezebel: Legend of the South (2006)
- Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (2003)
- Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation (2012)