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    Rudy Behlmer

    1926-10-13 (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.

    Movies

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    Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic
    65 %|Mar 27, 2012
    Documentary
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    Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen
    67 %|Mar 23, 2010
    Documentary
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    Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman
    75 %|Sep 22, 2009
    Documentary, History
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    1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
    75 %|Jul 2, 2009
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
    69 %|Oct 21, 2008
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster
    0 %|Oct 14, 2008
    Documentary
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    The Making of 'Rebecca'
    0 %|Oct 14, 2008
    Documentary
    actor
    The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
    70 %|Sep 2, 2007
    Documentary, History
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    Becoming John Ford
    63 %|Jan 1, 2007
    Documentary
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    Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon
    70 %|Nov 14, 2006
    Documentary
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    The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird
    78 %|Oct 3, 2006
    Documentary
    actor
    Stagecoach: A Story of Redemption
    0 %|Jun 6, 2006
    Documentary
    poster
    Jezebel: Legend of the South
    0 %|May 30, 2006
    Documentary
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    Censorship and Desire
    0 %|May 2, 2006
    Documentary
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    A Streetcar in Hollywood
    65 %|Jan 1, 2006
    Documentary
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    A Streetcar on Broadway
    65 %|Jan 1, 2006
    Documentary
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    Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition
    70 %|Jan 1, 2006
    Documentary
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    William Powell: A True Gentleman
    75 %|Aug 2, 2005
    Documentary
    actor
    Captain Blood: A Swashbuckler Is Born
    65 %|Apr 20, 2005
    Documentary
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    Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale
    0 %|Apr 19, 2005
    Documentary
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    The Adventures of Errol Flynn
    78 %|Apr 5, 2005
    Documentary, TV Movie
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    The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
    60 %|May 20, 2003
    Documentary
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    Cinerama Adventure
    76.36 %|Aug 30, 2002
    Documentary
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    The Universe According to Universal
    50 %|May 21, 2002
    Documentary, Science Fiction
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    Celebrating Dumbo
    0 %|Oct 23, 2001
    Documentary
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    Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'
    0 %|Oct 21, 2001
    Documentary
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    The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature
    80 %|Nov 14, 2000
    Documentary
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    Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'
    0 %|Oct 14, 2000
    Documentary, Drama
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    Backstory: 'All About Eve'
    0 %|Sep 9, 2000
    Documentary
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    Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed
    70 %|Aug 29, 2000
    Documentary, Horror
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    The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked
    80 %|Jan 1, 2000
    Documentary
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    Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
    50 %|May 14, 1993
    Documentary
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    Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
    74 %|Jan 1, 1993
    Documentary, Drama
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    You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'
    65 %|Aug 26, 1992
    Documentary, Drama
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    Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie
    60 %|Jun 13, 1991
    Documentary, TV Movie

    Series

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    The Dick Cavett Show
    66.58 %|Jun 6, 1968
    Talk