Virginia, loved your quote about FDR. I think my husband is that way about mysteries (I, however, will watch late '40s noir). He does like his '50s SciFi, though, prefering the B&W ones of those.
P.S. "My" Aunt Battie found three short articles from a Shanghai newspaper that are on my home page, which brings up the question: Which Chan films at least mentions Shanghai, beyond the obvious choices?!--VA