The Screen Sirens

We're celebrating our 100th episode by talking about some of the movies that have made the biggest impression on us over the last seven years.

Man meets Girl, and it's so hot in New York City, he can hardly control himself. That's the situation in "The Seven Year Itch," starring Marilyn Monroe.

Two women board a train to England from Bandrika -- or do they? Join us for Hitcock's "The Lady Vanishes."

Boy meets girl, boy asks girls to travel around the world, girl wonders whether he's worth it in "That Touch of Mink," starring Cary Grant and Doris Day.

The Marx Brothers go to Casablanca, and they round up the usual suspects for a raucous, ridiculous romp. 

After a whirlwind one-day romance, a couple must navigate married life and the perils of early parenthood in "Made For Each Other," starring Carole Lombard and Jimmy Stewart.

Brother and sister dancing duo Tom and Ellen sail to England and fall in love with two elegant English people in "Royal Wedding."

Santa Claus comes to Macy's - or does he? Join Mauren O'Hara, Natalie Wood, and us for some Christmas magic in "Miracle on 34th Street."

A stranger comes to town, tracking another, more sinister stranger who must be brought to justice for horrific war crimes, in Orson Welles' "The Stranger."

A traveling salesman has two families and a lot of angst in Ida Lupino's "The Bigamist."

No one can sleep tight at the Sleep Tite Pajama Factory when labor's exploited and the boss won't budge on a raise. Join "The Pajama Game" with us and Doris Day. 

Elvis returns to Hawaii a changed man -- and all he wants to do is sing, surf, and show off his state to a group of students and their teacher in 1961's "Blue Hawaii."

A famous actress and a chic diplomat have a secret affair -- but there's one problem in 1958's "Indiscreet."

The serene life of a gaggle of music professors is upended when a gangster's girlfriend comes to visit for "research." And that's how a song -- and love -- is born, in 1948's "A Song is Born." 

A father must navigate the wedding of his only daughter in the aptly named "Father of the Bride," staring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett and Elizabeth Taylor.

The fancy folks of Newport, Rhode Island sing, dance, and eventually get married, all to the tune of Cole Porter and Louis Armstrong, in "High Society."

Head to Ireland with John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara in John Ford's "The Quiet Man."

When a wealthy heiress sues a New York newspaper for libel, the paper strikes back with a charming reporter meant to lure her into the accused offense. Flyfishing, fast-talking hijinx, and romance ensue, in "Libeled Lady."

Head to the Stage Door Canteen with sailors, soldiers, and some of the biggest names in film, theatre and music of the 1940s, in "Stage Door Canteen."

The hills are alive with the sound of music, Catholicism, romance, and the rise of fascism, in 1965's "The Sound of Music."

Two men meet on a train. One of them has a murderous plan that proves dangerous for the other man, in Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train."

A cynical detective investigates the murder of a beautiful and ambitious ad executive in 1944's "Laura."

Mr. and Mrs. Smith are happily married - or are there? Join us (and our spouses) for Hitchcock's only screwball. 

Three sailors have 24 hours in the Big Apple so they spend it cavorting (and singing and dancing) with three women who have careers of their own, in 1949's "On the Town."

Head to Berlin with a baron, ballerina, an industrial magnate and more in "Grand Hotel."