Rudy Behlmer Movies

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

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...

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...

Interviews and photos about the play on Broadway

Film historians examines the making of the 1938 "The Adventures of Robin Hood."

Documentary about how the creative energies of Darryl F. Zanuck and John Ford combined to forge an enduring masterpiece despite the challenges of...

An appreciation and the story of the making of the 1941 film "The Maltese Falcon."

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

A documentary about the making of the classic film "Casablanca."

Censorship issues with the film "A Streetcar Named Desire."

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

U.S. network TV special surveying the history of Robin Hood in popular culture, emphasizing the 1991 film "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves". Interviews...

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

A short documentary about Robby the Robot.

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

A documentary about the making of the 1950 film "All About Eve."

Darryl F. Zanuck ignores the protests of his peers and makes a movie about antisemitism called "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947).

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