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Rudy Behlmer

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Rudy Behlmer
Born(1926-10-13)October 13, 1926
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedSeptember 27, 2019(2019-09-27) (aged 92)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationAuthor, film historian
NationalityAmerican
SubjectFilm
Notable worksMemo from David O. Selznick (1972)
Spouses
Sandra Lee Wightman
(m. 1959; div. 1966)
Stacey Behlmer
(m. 1992)
Children1

Rudolph Herman Behlmer (October 13, 1926 – September 27, 2019) was an American film historian and writer. Born and raised in San Francisco, California, he was an expert in the history and evolution of the motion picture industry.

Biography

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Behlmer began his career with KLAC-TV in Hollywood as a stage manager.[1] At the beginning of the 1960s, Behlmer started researching and writing articles and books on various aspects of film history. His first major success was Memo from David O. Selznick (1972), on the producer of Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca) (1940). It was followed by many other books about the Golden Age of Hollywood as well as numerous articles for newspapers and magazines, and home video and film music record booklets. He died on September 27, 2019, at the age of 92.[2]

Bibliography

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  • Jungle Tales of the Cinema (1960)
  • The Films of Errol Flynn (1969), with Tony Thomas and Clifford McCarty
  • Memo from David O. Selznick (1972)
  • Hollywood's Hollywood: The Movies About the Movies (1975)
  • America's Favorite Movies: Behind the Scenes (1982)
  • Inside Warner Brothers (1935-1981) (1985)
  • Behind the Scenes: The Making Of... (1990)
  • W. S. Van Dyke's Journal: White Shadows in the South Seas (1927-1928) (1996), edited and annotated
  • Henry Hathaway (2001)
  • Shoot the Rehearsal! Behind the Scenes with Assistant Director Reggie Callow (2010)

Audio commentaries

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References

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  1. ^ "The Early Betty White 1947–1973". WFMU's Beware of the Blog. WFMU. April 4, 2010. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Burlingame, Jon (September 27, 2019). "Film Historian and Author Rudy Behlmer Dies at 92".
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