Rudy Behlmer
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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
2012Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
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2012Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation
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2012Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
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2010Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
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2009Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
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20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
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2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
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2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
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2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
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2008Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
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2008The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
2008Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'
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2008The Making of 'Rebecca'
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2008In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic
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2007Becoming John Ford
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2006Censorship and Desire
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2006Jezebel: Legend of the South
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2006Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
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2006The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
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2006A Streetcar in Hollywood
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2006A Streetcar on Broadway
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2006Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet
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2006Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
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2005The Adventures of Errol Flynn
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