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Rudy Behlmer

1926-10-13

The 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.

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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

7 average rating
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The Adventures of Errol Flynn

7.8 average rating
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

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Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

6.7 average rating
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A Streetcar on Broadway

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The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked

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The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

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Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

6.4 average rating
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Celebrating Dumbo

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Cinerama Adventure

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Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie

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The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster

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Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

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Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

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Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

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Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

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Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul

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Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

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Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

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A Streetcar in Hollywood

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