Randolph Scott and John Qualen in “Captain Kidd” from 1945.

I like to watch those old shows on Turner Classic Movies. Lately I’ve been searching YouTube. I like YouTube. It’s a humongous repository of informational videos and other entertainment.

I get the free version. I don’t mind the ads. I consider that frugality, not being cheap. The way I look at it, saving money means I have more to spend on my wife.

I’ve found many wonderful old movies that are streamed on YouTube and other services like Free Western Movies, Free Movie Classics and Film Noir Movies. I like them because there’s no foul language or anything that will embarrass you if your mother is watching, too. Randolph Scott didn’t cuss when he killed the bad guy.

Science fiction is among my favorite kinds of movies. I rarely use the word genres. I think it makes you sound hoity toity. I also dislike calling a movie a “film.” Film is what goes in a camera. Movie is what you watch in the theater. Calling a movie a film is hoity toity, too.

Recently while looking for a movie I found a classic, “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.” It was made in the 1950s. I like sci-fi movies made in the 1950s. Many of those are allegorical to the Cold War. See “Red Planet Mars” starring Peter Graves.

A while ago I found “She,” the 1935 version with Randolph Scott and Nigel Bruce, the actor who would later play Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes movies opposite Basil Rathbone as Holmes. You can’t beat Rathbone and Bruce in a Sherlock Holmes movie. I think a silent version of “She” was made in 1925.

The original “Godzilla,” with English subtitles and not the American version with Raymond Burr, is out there, too. I don’t remember where.

I’ve found a few Tarzan movies from the 1940s with Johnny Weissmuller as the ape man. Weissmuller is top of the food chain when it comes to the jungle Tarzan movies.

Just the other day I watched “Jason and the Argonauts.” My cousin, my brother and I watched the movie in the theater when it came out. I was amazed at the special effects when the skeletons attacked Jason. It wasn’t until years later I learned the animation was the work of Ray Harryhausen.

Speaking of special effects, I watched “2001: A Space Odyssey” on a streaming channel. That is a great movie.

Stanley Kubrick was a great director. Check out the 1957 “Paths of Glory” by

Kubrick that starred Kirk Douglas and Adolphe Menjou.

If you like crime movies or film noir, a good one is “Whistle Stop” with George Raft and Ava Gardener. I liked “The Big Chase,” “Crimes Against Joe” and “Kansas City Confidential.” “Crimes Against Joe” is about an innocent man being framed by a psychopathic killer.

I’m not an encyclopedia when it comes to movies. I don’t know directors from cinematographers or choreographers. If you don’t like what I like, or vice versa, that’s OK.

But remember. Randolph Scott won’t embarrass you in front of your mother.

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