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.

Filmography

• 2008The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'
• 2006Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption — Self - Author, Film Historian
• 2005William Powell: A True Gentleman
• 2003Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' — Self, Film Historian
• 2002The Universe According to Universal — Narrator
• 1963Hollywood Without Make-Up — Director

Appearances as themselves (52)

• 2012Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic — Self
• 2012Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of — Self
• 2012Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation — Self
• 2010Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen — Self
• 20091939: Hollywood's Greatest Year — Self
• 2009Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman — Self
• 2008A House of Secrets: Exploring 'Dragonwyck' — Self
• 2008Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster — Self
• 2008Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound' — Self
• 2008In the Beginning: Quo Vadis and the Genesis of the Biblical Epic — Self
• 2008Killer Instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox — Self
• 2008Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film — Self
• 2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” — Self
• 2008The Making of 'Rebecca' — Self
• 2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood — Self
• 2007Becoming John Ford — Self
• 2007The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk — Self
• 2006A Streetcar in Hollywood — Self
• 2006A Streetcar on Broadway — Self
• 2006Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet — Self
• 2006Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition — Self
• 2006Credit Where Credit is Due — Self
• 2006Desire and Censorship — Self
• 2006Jezebel: Legend of the South — Self
• 2006Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon — Self
• 2006The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird — Self
• 2005Alias Nick and Nora — Self
• 2005Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say? — Self
• 2005Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born — Self - Author & Film Historian
• 2005Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale — Self
• 2005The Adventures of Errol Flynn — Self - Author and Film Historian
• 2005The Music of 'Humoresque' — Self
• 2004Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle — Self
• 2003Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' — Self
• 2003The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea — Self
• 2002Cinerama Adventure — Self
• 2002What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain' — Self
• 2001Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement' — Self
• 2001Celebrating Dumbo — Self
• 2000Backstory: 'All About Eve' — Self
• 2000Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley' — Self
• 2000Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed — Self - Host
• 2000Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! — Self - Host
• 2000The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature — Self
• 2000The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked — Self
• 1999The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster — Self
• 1993Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic — Self - Film Historian
• 1993Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul — Self
• 1992King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast." — Self
• 1992You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca' — Self - Film Historian
• 1991Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie — Self
• The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest