Hoofer Gene Kelly, left, Japanese star Pat Suzuki and composer Richard Rodgers smile from stage of the St. James Theater as they take curtain call after opening of "Flower Drum Song" in New York, Dec. 1, 1958. The musical is the latest Rodgers Hammerstein effort to reach Broadway. (AP Photo/John Lent)

Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse / Brigadoon 1954 directed by Vincente Minnelli

Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse / Brigadoon 1954 directed by Vincente Minnelli

Two U.S. soldiers who have bit parts in a movie being made in Germany are seen with the lead players in Munich, April 2, 1952. From left to right are Sgt. Harold L. Benedict of New York City, who has a small speaking role; Pier Angell, the feminine star; Cpl. Clyde M. Hendricks of Monrovia, Calif.; Gene Kelly, star, and Gordon Howard, an American actor who plays a supporting role. Some of the scenes for the film, titled "The Devil Makes Three," were shot near the Berghof, Hitler's summer home at Berchtesgaden in the Alps. (AP Photo/Heinrich Sanden, Jr.)

PHOTO: EAST NEWS/PHOTOS 12/AFP Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds Singin'in the rain. Stanley Donen

Actress Betsy Blair is flanked by actors Montgomery Clift, left, and Gene Kelly as they board an airplane for London at La Guardia Airport in New York City in Nov. 1948. (AP Photo)

THE THREE MUSKETEERS 1948 DIRECTED BY GEORGE SIDNEY Van Heflin, Gig Young, Lana Turner and Gene Kelly.

THE THREE MUSKETEERS 1948 DIRECTED BY GEORGE SIDNEY Lana Turner and Gene Kelly

THE THREE MUSKETEERS 1948 DIRECTED BY GEORGE SIDNEY Lana Turner and Gene Kelly

Gene Kelly, former dancing and acting star of stage and screen, visits the Clover Club in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Jan. 11, 1945 with his wife Betsy Blair, during his Christmas leave from boot camp where he is in training as one of Uncle Sam's sailors. (AP Photo)

Movie actors Edward G. Robinson, left, and Gene Kelly, center, greet Senator Harry S. Truman, Democratic vice-presidential candidate, backstage at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles Oct. 16, 1944, just before Senator Truman made a campaign speech. Kelly, a dancer and choreographer who splashed through puddles with athletic exuberance in ??Singing' in the Rain'' and kicked up his heels in ??On the Town'' and ??Anchors Aweigh,'' died Friday, Feb. 2, 1996. He was 83. (AP Photo)