Commentary: Leslie Caron to make rare U.S. appearance

August 22, 2008 Leslie Caron, one of the few who started out in Hollywood's so-called Golden Age still active in today's world of moviemaking (though not as active as Hollywood should be keeping her), does not make many visits to this side of the Atlantic from her home in Paris. The night after that, on Oct. 12, there will be a salute by the American Cinematheque at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, which will include a screening of Caron's 1953 musical "Lili," in which puppetry plays a major part. In addition to scheduled revivals planned for the upcoming Broadway season -- including "A Man for All Seasons," with Frank Langella, and "Guys and Dolls," from "Jersey Boys" director Des McAnuff and choreographer Sergio Trujillo and possibly starring Ewan McGregor, who toplined the recent hugely successful West End revival -- one redo has been scratched.

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