That's Entertainment, Part II together for the first time since the 1946 film "Ziegfeld Follies", and for only the second time in their careers. (It was the last time 76-year-old Astaire danced on film, though the veteran actor continued to make film and TV appearances into the 1980s; Kelly would go on to appear in the 1980 musical "Xanadu".) According to film historian Robert Osborne, in specially-filmed introductions produced for Turner Classic Movies, it was Astaire who suggested to Kelly that the two take advantage of this potentially last-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform together, something Kelly actually wishes for out loud during his narration of
Fred Norbert Kelly Fred Norbert Kelly Fred Norbert Kelly (June 29, 1916–March 15, 2000) was an American choreographer, dancer, actor and director. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1916, Kelly was the youngest of five children. Kelly began his dance career at the age of four performing with his older siblings known as The Five Kelly's, including famed American actor and dancer Gene Kelly. He began to teach dance at thirteen years old at the family owned Gene Kelly Studio after learning to tap dance from legends such as Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Hal Leroy. Kelly would later go on to have a successful