Rudy Behlmer

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.

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 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.