Movies: Rudy Behlmer

The epic story of how the film The African Queen (1951), directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, was shot on real African locations, barely overcoming all kinds of hardships and disasters....

A documentary on the life and career of Victor Fleming, director of such iconic movies as The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind....

A documentary about the life of Errol Flynn, with recollections from friends and family....

A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry into the widescreen era....

The history of Frankenstein's journey from novel to stage to screen to icon....

This documentary focuses on 1939, considered to be Hollywood's greatest year, with film clips and insight into what made the year so special....

Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures take the audience from the early failed attempts by scientists and inventors, to the triumph of the talkies....

Portrait of film director John Ford, perhaps best known for re-inventing the Western, and generally considered one of America's greatest directors....

A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934....

An overview of the making of John Huston's 1948 classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."...

A documentary about the making of, and legacy of, the Forbidden Planet movie....

Documentary about the work of film director Michael Curtiz....

The story of how the classic epic "Ben-Hur" was made....

Documentary featured on the Classic Monster Collection and Monster Legacy Collection for The Mummy (1932)....

Narrator Rudy Behlmer guides a look through Universal's place in film history as a source of alien visitation, extraterrestrial life, and other Science Fiction staples. The piece further looks at the political and social implications, parallels, and ...

This documentary is featured on the DVD for Captain Blood (1935), released in 2005....

The behind-the-scenes story of how "Casablanca" became an American film classic....

Produced for Turner Classic Movies, this documentary looks at the early days of the gangster film....

An insider's account of Jack Warner, a founding father of the American film industry. This feature length documentary provides the rags to riches story of the man whose studio - Warner Bros - created many of Hollywood's most classic films. Includes e...

Documentary on Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 film "Rebecca" and the working relationship of Hitchcock and producer David O. Selznick....