Rudy Behlmer

Rudy Behlmer

October 13, 1926 (98 years old) in San Francisco, California, USA

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

The Dick Cavett Show The Dick Cavett Show
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood
Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed! Now You See Him: 'The Invisible Man' Revealed!
The Adventures of Errol Flynn The Adventures of Errol Flynn

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