Career: Astaire continued to achieve success on his own on the stage, before making his Hollywood debut in Dancing Lady (1933). He starred with Ginger Rogers for the first time in Flying Down to Rio (1933). Despite being reluctant to become part of another dance team, Astaire went on to star with Rogers in 10 films, including The Gay Divorcee (1934), Roberta (1935), Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), Swing Time (1936) and Carefree (1938). Astaire also starred alongside Bing Crosby in Holiday Inn (1942) and Blue Skies (1946), Rita Hayworth in You'll Never Get Rich (1941), Leslie Caron in Daddy Long Legs (1955), and Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face (1957). Astaire's last musical film was Francis Ford Coppola's Finian's Rainbow (1968). He received his only Academy Award nomination for his role in The Towering Inferno (1974). He died on June 22, 1987 at the age of 88.

Career: Lawford signed a contract with MGM and made his Hollywood debut in a minor part in the film Lord Jeff (1938). His first significant role came in A Yank at Eton (1942), where he played a snobbish bully. His first leading role came in Son of Lassie (1945). He starred with Frank Sinatra for the first time in the musical It Happened in Brooklyn (1947). He went on to have supporting roles in a number of other MGM films. His first film after leaving MGM was It Should Happen to You (1954) alongside Jack Lemmon and Judy Holliday. In 1959, Frank Sinatra invited him join the Rat Pack. Ocean's 11 (1960) was the first project to feature all five main Rat Pack members, Lawford, Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr and Joey Bishop. Later films included The Longest Day (1962) and Advise & Consent (1962). When a planned visit to Sinatra's home by President John F Kennedy broke down, Sinatra blamed Lawford, who was Kennedy's brother-in-law at the time, and Lawford was never associated with the Rat Pack again. Lawford went on to star in more films and made appearances in a number of TV shows, including The Doris Day Show, Fantasy Island, and The Love Boat. Lawford died in Los Angeles on December 24, 1984 at the age of 61, from cardiac arrest.