The film has a pleasing symmetry in how the two women's stories are told: For Brooks, it's just beginning, but also for Norma, in a feel-good twist of irony that is so very Downtonesque. The only thing that excites her is tracking down her birth mother and pining for a late life renewal. Shocked by what she caught her husband (an excellent Campbell Scott) doing, and haunted by murky childhood memories, in which she was abandoned at a Catholic orphanage, waiting for adoption. When the opportunity arises for Louise Brooks (Haley Lu Richardson) to go to New York to study with a. Norma, with her nineteenth century sense of propriety, lives in quiet disappointment and repressed anger. Special 1h 47m 57s Video has closed captioning. The push-pull between Norma and Louise is a highlight. Masterpiece: The Chaperone Norma Carlisle (Elizabeth McGovern) accompanies future star Louise Brooks (Haley Lu Richardson) to New York. Brooks quickly becomes the star pupil at the Denishawn Dance School, holds court at a swank Speakeasy called the Velvet Cat, and resents being told what to do by Norma, whom she likes but doesn't necessarily respect. Richardson transforms wonderfully, capturing Lulu's energy and insouciance. The Chaperone is a co-production of PBS’s Masterpiece and Rose Pictures, in association with Anonymous Content. The Chaperone has the problem of being about someone who is interesting-adjacent. Set mostly in the early 1920s in the Interwar Era, a Kansas woman finds her life forever changed when she accompanies a young dancer on her fame-seeking journey to New York City. ![]() Louise (Haley Lu Richardson) can go to New York only if accompanied by a chaperone, and Elizabeth McGovern's Norma eagerly volunteers, for reasons later revealed. Brooks, an icon of the 1920s for popularizing the bob haircut, would go on to star in 25 films, including Pandora’s Box, Diary of a Lost Girl and Miss Europe before retiring in 1938. PBS MASTERPIECE has produced its first feature film,The Chaperone. Louise's cultured and elitist mother has big dreams for her daughter, which won't happen if she stays in Wichita. Little Women is AVAILABLE to STREAM PBS: Call the Midwife (Season 9) Premieres Sunday, March 29, 2020, 8:00 p.m. The creator of Downton Abbey wrote the screenplay for The Chaperone, a story ostensibly about legendary silent screen star Louise Brooks' first trip to New York. TONIGHT: The Chaperone, starring Haley Lu Richardson and DowntonPBS. Starring Emily Watson, Maya Hawke, Willa Fitzgerald, Kathryn Newton, Annes Elwy, Jonah Hauer-King, Julian Morris, Dylan Baker, Michael Gambon, Angela Lansbury, Mark Stanley.
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