A quartet of singing and dancing stars of past and present can't resist tapping a few toes as they got together at MGM Studio in Culver City, Calif., March 28, 1974, for the announcement of a new film made up of great scenes from MGM musicals of the past. Left to right: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis Jr. The film will be called "That's Entertainment." (AP Photo/Jeff Robbins)

Gene Kelly and his wife Jeanne Coyne arrive for the premiere of "Hello Dolly", in New York, Dec. 16, 1969. (AP Photo)

Arriving for the premiere of "Sweet Charity" are Gene Kelly and his wife, Jeanne Coyne, March 28, 1969. (AP Photo/David F. Smith)

Production designer John De Cuir, left, and director Gene Kelly look over a model of a New York elevated station of the 1890 era in the shop at 20th Century Fox studious in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Nov. 2, 1967. The model is one mammoth set they are building for the movie version of "Hello, Dolly." It will cost more than $2 million and stretch across the lot nearly half a mile. (AP Photo/George Brich)

Old-time dancer Gene Kelly spends much more time directing than dancing these days. But he does make an occasional appearance as a dancer, and he keeps in trim with exercises in Hollywood, July 3, 1967. (AP Photo/Ed Widdis)

Gene Kelly directs the 20th Century-Fox movie "A Guide For The Married Man,", now in production in Hollywood, Dec. 29, 1966. In cap and gesturing, he shows Jack Benny and his screen wife, Virginia Wood, how to play a scene. (AP Photo/David F. Smith)

Gene Kelly takes time out from taping a TV special, "New York, New York" to see what the other end of the camera looks like, Oct. 8, 1965. Directing the shooting is Charlie Dubin, looking over Kelly's head. Man at far left is a CBS cameraman. (AP Photo/Robert Kradin)

Attending the Screen Producers Guild 12th annual Milestone Awards dinner are, from left, Julie Andrews, Fred Astaire, Shirley Jones and Gene Kelly at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Hollywood, Ca., March 1, 1964. (AP Photo)

The American dancer Gene Kelly visits the Senegal Theatre Group in Dakar, Senegal, Jan. 8, 1964. (AP Photo)

Shirley MacLaine and Gene Kelly dance in a scene from the movie

Dancer Gene Kelly and actress Shirley MacLaine go through a routine, Aug. 27, 1963, part of a movie called "What A Way To Go!", which appears to be satirizing all that the movies once held dear. "I'm having a ball," said Kelly, back to his beginnings as choreographer-dancer. "This kind of thing is easy to satirize. But you know, those musicals were kind of wonderful, too." (AP Photo/Don Brinn)

Jun 24, 1963; New York, NY, USA; Actress SHIRLEY MACLAINE was born on April 24, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia, and the sister of actor Warren Beatty, she got her start on Broadway and has an ongoing 50 year film career. Pictured with actor GENE KELLY on a TWA flight to Los Angeles. (Credit Image: ? KEYSTONE Pictures USA)/ eyevine

Arriving for the West Coast premiere of "Cleopatra" at Pantages Theater in Hollywood are dancer/actor Gene Kelly and his wife Jeanne Coyne, June 19, 1963. (AP Photo)

Planting himself between the camera and the stars, director Paul Stanley gets a close-up of Leo G. Carroll, left, and Gene Kelly, as they rehearse for the TV series being filmed in Hollywood, June 28, 1962. (AP Photo/David F. Smith)

The "Cinematheque Francaise" gave a reception for actor director Gene Kelly, right, who received special homage at the Cinematographic Museum, Oct. 18, 1961. The celebrated painter Marc Chagall is at left. (AP Photo/Jean-Jacques Levy)

Gene Kelly, American choreographer, dancer and movie actor received the order of the Legion of Honor at the Opera in Paris, following the first performance of his ballet, "Pas de deux", July 7, 1960. Kelly, proudly wears his cross of the Legion of Honor. Woman at left is unidentified. (AP Photo)

On the set, Yves Montand, Marilyn Monroe, Gene Kelly / Let's Make Love 1960 directed by George Cukor

Three European dancing stars will be among the guests TV's "Gene Kelly Pontiac Special". Kelly is in rehearsal on April 14, 1959 with Claude Bessy, prima ballerina of the Paris Opera Company; Gert Anderson, prima ballerina of the Royal Swedish ballet, and Judith Dornys, starring dancer of the Berlin Opera. Kelly is singing-dancing star of the show, and also producer, director, and choreographer. Claude Bessy of France and Gene Kelly rehearse a choreographic blow as Gerd Anderson (left) and Judith Dornys of Germany watch. (AP Photo/Harold Filan)

One of the European dancing stars, Judith Dornys of Germany, rehearses with Gene Kelly, April 14, 1959 in preparation for his TV musical special. (AP Photo/Harold Filan)

Dancer Gene Kelly, left, actress Pat Suzuki, and composer Richard Rodgers smile as they take a curtain call on opening night of