Few have done more for faith-based and family-friendly cinema than Dr. Ted Baehr, a man who spent his life in Tinseltown.
Baehr, whose parents were famous actors Robert Allen and Evelyn Peirce, has had a long career in Hollywood and is the founder of Movieguide, a powerful website providing movie reviews for families, articles, and plenty of additional resources.
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He’s also the author of “Behind the Scenes of the Golden Age of Hollywood and Broadway: The Legacy of Robert Allen,” a book exploring his dad’s career and a powerful era of entertainment.
“My father — he starred in … 62 movies from 1926 to World War II,” Baehr said. “After World War II … he preferred Broadway. So he starred on Broadway from 1946, the year I was born, to 1986, and I led him to Christ, actually, seven years after I came to Christ.”
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Baehr said he became a Christian after being on the “left wing,” seeing his life transform in incredible ways. The book discusses Allen and Hollywood more broadly, offering powerful lessons that can help people better understand what’s happening in entertainment today.
The Movieguide founder told CBN News the film “industry is very unstable.”
“It’s always been unstable,” Baehr said. “And people don’t understand the whole history of the movie industry, how it works, why it works, and this gives you a background of what you need to do if you go into it.”
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As for his reflections on Allen, Baehr said his father’s legacy is worth exploring. And during a time when people don’t necessarily remember the stars of yesteryear, he believes the stories offer important lessons.
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