Sarah Churchill and Fred Astaire are shown in character in a scene from the musical

Actress-singer Judy Garland and actor-dancer Fred Astaire talk during a studio luncheon in Hollywood, Ca., Feb. 10, 1949. (AP Photo)

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are shown in character on a studio set in Hollywood, Ca., Aug. 11, 1948. (AP Photo)

Fred Astaire is shown in character in the movie

To prepare instructors for his studios of ballroom dancing, Fred Astaire is engaged in teaching a staff of teachers who in turn will help him train other instructors and students of the dance. The well-known dancer, whose last motion picture was "Blue Skies," will open his studios on February 1. While his future instructors look on, Fred Astaire does a number with Jo Ann Giles in New York on Dec. 15, 1946. (AP Photo/Dan Grossi)

On the floor of the main ballroom of the Warwick Hotel in New York on Dec. 15, 1946 where Fred Astaire is currently training a staff of dance instructors for his studios of Ballroom dancing, the well-known stepper does a fox trot with one of his pupils (center foreground) while the other trainees watch and dance. (AP Photo/Dan Grossi

Fred Astaire's Triplicate stands in the winner's circle after his win in the $50,000 San Juan Capistrano Handicap in Arcadia, California on March 16, 1946 while his owner (second from right) receives the winner's cup from Leigh M. Battson, left, a Director of the Santa Anita track. Watching are Jockey J.D. Jessop and Trainer C. Phillips. (AP Photo/Harold P. Mamtosian

Among film notables whose successful participation has added interest to the racing season at Santa Anita is Fred Astaire whose one-horse stable has done all right so far and is being groomed for the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap. Astaire's horse is the four-year-old Triplicate which has already shown up in the winner's circle and has been nominated for the world's richest race on June 30th. Astrire is shown with Triplicate in Los Angeles on June 16, 1945 (AP Photo)

Dancer and actor Fred Astaire displays a collection of souvenirs, including an armband with the swastika symbol, he brought back from his trip to European fronts at the United Service Organizations (USO) Camp Shows offices in New York, Oct. 13, 1944. (AP Photo)

Famed American dancer Fred Astaire is pictured in his dressing room at the Olympia Theater in Paris where he is starring in "Paris Presents", a USO show for the troops, Oct. 9, 1944. (AP Photo/Dan Grossi)

American actor-dancer Fred Astaire, left, gets a welcome hug from his sister, Lady Adele Cavendish, on his arrival in London, England, Sept. 4, 1944. Astaire will entertain at the Rainbow Corner, an American Red Cross club where Lady Cavendish works. (AP Photo)

Fred Astaire is reflected in the mirror as he dances atop a bar in a scene from the movie

Actor-dancer Fred Astaire is shown in character in a dance routine atop a bar in the movie

Fred Astaire performs his firecracker dance number from the musical movie

Fred Astaire performs his firecracker dance number from the 1942 musical movie

Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire are shown in character as they dance in the 1942 musical comedy

Actor-dancer Fred Astaire and his wife, Phyllis, are shown at Santa Anita race track on opening day in Arcadia, Ca., on Dec. 28, 1940. (AP Photo)

Paulette Goddard and Fred Astaire dance together in the 1941 movie

Fred Astaire is shown in 1937. (AP Photo)

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance during rehearsals in their third film together,