In two past books that I have written, I focused on Forgotten Stars of the 1930s through the 1950s; that is, stars who were pretty big movie stars in their time but that most people today would not be familiar with them unless they were fans of classic Hollywood films of that era.
In this book, however, I am concentrating on my favorite 100 movies of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s. I have focused on American films only, with a few British films included. I am especially partial to film noir and mysteries, westerns, musicals, and swashbucklers, and this book contains plenty of those films.
