![]() Copies of my book can be found on amazon and elsewhere. Louise Brooks Society blog : "Historical inaccuracies in The Chaperone - the new Louise Brooks-inspired film from PBS Masterpiece"Īnn Arbor Observer : "Louise Brooks Returns to Ann Arbor"īerkeleyside : " The Chaperone marks a return to Berkeley for Louise Brooks"Īdditionally, my 2017 book Louise Brooks, the Persistent Star contains my brief 2012 interview with the author of the novel on which The Chaperone film was based. In September, the beloved TV series made the leap to the big screen in a movie that continued the story of the Crawley family and their servants. Set in the same era as the beloved PBS show, The Chaperone follows the story of budding silent-era film star Louise Brooks ( Haley Lu Richardson ), who leaves Wichita for New York City in the company of Norma Carlilse, a middle-class married matron who acts as her chaperone. It's been a good year for Downton Abbey fans. But, just a few years earlier, she was a 15-year-old. ![]() Here they are:įilm International : "Never the Victim: Louise Brooks and The Chaperone" 'The Chaperone': New PBS Show Was Inspired by the Life of Actress Louise Brooks. Louise Brooks, the 1920s silver screen sensation, epitomized the reckless spirit of the Jazz Age. I have written a few articles looking at various aspects of the film - pro and con. Her stellar performance turns this sometimes languid film into an unintended Louise Brooks bio-pic. AugMasterpiece: The Chaperone explores the fictional relationship between a not-yet-famous Louise Brooks (Haley Lu Richardson, The Edge of Seventeen, Split) and Norma Carlisle (Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey ), a woman who is given the difficult task of looking after the free-spirited teen. The young actress who plays Louise Brooks is Haley Lu Richardson. It was produced, directed, written and stars various individuals associated with another PBS effort, Downton Abbey. The Downton Abbey star was so taken with Laura Moriarty's historical fiction book about Louise Brooks and her chaperone, she got inspired to make a move. ![]() She soon gets her chance when she travels to New. CastEdit Elizabeth McGovern as Norma (The Chaperone) Haley Lu Richardson as Louise Brooks Miranda Otto as Ruth St. It was released on March 29, 2019, by PBS Distribution. It had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on September 23, 2018. It stars Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Miranda Otto, Blythe Danner, Campbell Scott, Gza Rhrig and Victoria Hill. The Chaperone, the first ever theatrical release from PBS, tells the story of the middle age woman who accompanied a teenage Louise Brooks to New York City in the summer of 1922. Louise Brooks is a rebellious 15-year-old schoolgirl who dreams of fame and fortune in the early 1920s. The Chaperone is a 2018 period drama film, directed by Michael Engler, with a screenplay by Julian Fellowes, from the novel by Laura Moriarty. ![]()
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