Rudy Behlmer is an American film historian and writer. Born and raised in San Francisco, California, he is 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, led to his book Memo from David O. Selznick. It was followed by nine other books as well as numerous magazine articles and film music recording booklets. Behlmer has also contributed to a wide variety of works about the Golden Age of Hollywood. 

October 13th, 1926 in   /  Died:   Sep 27th, 2019