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

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The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster

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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk

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1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

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The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

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Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

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Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic

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The Adventures of Errol Flynn

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A Streetcar on Broadway

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King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."

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Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

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Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie

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In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic

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Cinerama Adventure

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The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked

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Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!

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Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

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You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'

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The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'

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Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

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