
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.

Elizabeth & Essex: Battle Royale

Angels with Dirty Faces: Whaddya Hear? Whaddya Say?

The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked

The Fantasia Legacy: The Concert Feature

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

The Maltese Falcon: One Magnificent Bird

The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster

Cinerama Adventure

William Powell: A True Gentleman

Victor Fleming: Master Craftsman

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic

Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen

Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed

Jezebel: Legend of the South

Robby the Robot: Engineering a Sci-Fi Icon

Singin' in the Rain: Raining on a New Generation

Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

The Dick Cavett Show

Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

Bette and Joan: Blind Ambition

You Must Remember This: A Tribute to 'Casablanca'

Welcome to Sherwood! The Story of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'

Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

Casablanca: An Unlikely Classic

Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul

A Streetcar in Hollywood

A Streetcar on Broadway

Becoming John Ford

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

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

Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie

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

The Making of 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

The Universe According to Universal

Amazing! Exploring the Far Reaches of Forbidden Planet

Censorship and Desire

RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

The Music of 'Humoresque'

What a Glorious Feeling: The Making of 'Singin' in the Rain'

Alfred Hitchcock: The Ultimate Spymaster

The Ultimate Romance: The Making of 'Notorious'

Guilt by Association: Psychoanalyzing 'Spellbound'

The Making of 'Rebecca'

Tarzan: Silver Screen King of the Jungle

Backstory: 'All About Eve'

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

Backstory: 'Gentleman's Agreement'

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

Celebrating Dumbo