"Yeah, Chemistry!"

Check out these classic movie pairings for a free lesson in chemistry:

1) Barbra Stanwyck sizzles as a man-baiting card shark in The Lady Eve (1941), and Henry Fonda is her hapless prey. Charles Pike: "You're certainly a funny girl for anybody to meet who's just been up the Amazon for a year." Jean Harrington: "Good thing you weren't up there two years."

2) Rock Hudson did have a career before Doris Day, appearing as a leading man in romantic melodramas. However, Pilllow Talk (1959) gave him a whole new lease on life as a light, romantic comedian, inheriting the mantle from Cary Grant. This was his and Day's first, and best, collaboration.

3) If anyone is still wondering why Marlon Brando was considered such a big deal, one look at Guys and Dolls (1955), when he was at his apex of cool, should answer all questions. He even sorta sings and dances. Here he is hitting on poor Jean Simmons, who doesn't stand a chance. Highlight: "I'll Know." Oh yeah, Frank Sinatra's in this too!

4) Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon make beautiful music together in Billy Wilder's Some Like it Hot (1959), as musicians on the lam from the mob, taking refuge in an all-girl band. That blonde's blonde, Marilyn Monroe, helps them in their resuscitation.


5) Naomi Watts finally emerged from the shadows of her BFF Nicole Kidman's Karl Lagerfeld skirts to become an a-list actress in her own right in Mulholland Drive (2001). Her beautiful co-star, Laura Elena Harring, was last seen wearing really expensive shoes at the Academy Awards.

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