The Screen Sirens

Katharine Hepburn heads to Venice in "Summertime," a meditation on love in a watery city that reflects her character's weepy POV faced with compromising her morals or finally finding love.

Katharine Hepburn heads to Venice in "Summertime," a meditation on love in a watery city that reflects her character's weepy POV faced with compromising her morals or finally finding love.

Susan and Sharon are strangers who meet at summer camp - only to discover they are twins who were separated when their parents divorced years ago. Determined to bring their family together again, the girls hatch some cross-country hi-jinx.

Susan and Sharon are strangers who meet at summer camp - only to discover they are twins who were separated when their parents divorced years ago. Determined to bring their family together again, the girls hatch some cross-country hi-jinx.

What happens when your heist is thwarted by romance? In "The Lady Eve" Barbara Stanwyck falls for Henry Fonda, and he's smitten - until he discovers she's a card shark out for his money.

Two men take their chances on the run from the chain gang and find there's more binding them together than the physical chain connecting them in 1958's "The Defiant Ones," starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier.

Boy meets girl... but boy is a New York butcher from an Italian family that has high hopes for his future wife. That's the predicament of the title character in the gentle movie, "Marty" (1955).

Pick up the phone and call the party (line): we're headed to New York, where it's easy to be charmed by millionaires, ranchers, and interior designers. Get cozy with Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Thelma Ritter and Tony Randall in "Pillow Talk" (1959).

In this month's episode we frolic in the Connecticut woods with Katharine Heburn, Cary Grant, and a leopard (or two), all in the name of funding for museums. Catch "Bringing Up Baby" (1938) by its tail.

Here's a real recipe for holiday hijinx: toss in a little lie, mix in some men who always get what they want, add a strong hint of winter romance, sprinkle in some random babies, and flip! Celebrate "Christmas in Connecticut" (1945)with Barbara Stanwyck, Sidney Greenstreet and S. K. Sakall.