THE CHAPERONE

DRAMA  |  Unrated

Final week of shows - ends on Thursday! Louise Brooks, the 1920s silver screen sensation who never met a rule she didn’t break, epitomized the restless, reckless spirit of the Jazz Age. But, just a few years earlier, she was a 15 year-old student in Wichita, Kansas for whom fame and fortune were only dreams. When the opportunity arises for her to go to New York to study with a leading dance troupe, her mother (Victoria Hill) insists there be a chaperone. Norma Carlisle (Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey), a local society matron who never broke a rule in her life, impulsively volunteers to accompany Louise (Haley Lu Richardson) to New York for the summer.

STARRING

Miranda Otto, Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Blythe Danner, Campbell Scott and Victoria Hill

RUNTIME

1 hour 43 minutes

OFFICIAL MOVIE WEBSITE

pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/the-chaperone