 The Hollywood Reporter announced on November 29, 1955, that Fred  Astaire would star in "Papas Delicate Condition," but on January  31, 1956, the same trade paper announced that Astaire would first  star opposite Audrey Hepburn and Kay Thompson in "Funny Face." Once  that film was completed in the summer of 1956, Astaires interest in  "Papas Delicate Condition" had evaporated and the project  languished until it was re