Overview
Rudy Behlmer
Known For
Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation
Today's top musical stars—including Paula Abdul, Usher and Glee's Matthew...
Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
The behind-the-scenes story of how "Casablanca" became an American film...
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of
Documentary about the work of film director Michael Curtiz.
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest...
The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
Documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Notorious' (1946).
Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
Documentary on Alfred Hitchcock and early spy and espionage films.
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.