The Chaperone

2018
12
1h 48m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

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Elizabeth McGovern and Haley Lu Richardson in The Chaperone (2018)

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In the early 1920s, a Kansas woman finds her life forever changed when she accompanies a young dancer on her fame-seeking journey to New York City.In the early 1920s, a Kansas woman finds her life forever changed when she accompanies a young dancer on her fame-seeking journey to New York City.In the early 1920s, a Kansas woman finds her life forever changed when she accompanies a young dancer on her fame-seeking journey to New York City.

Director
- Michael Engler
Writers
- Julian Fellowes
- Laura Moriarty
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Michael Engler
Writers
- Julian Fellowes
- Laura Moriarty
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Videos2

Photos13

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Trivia
Although it is not identified as such, the musical that Norma and Louise attend is Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake's "Shuffle Along."

Goofs
In the film, Louise Brooks wears her hair long until her first dance lesson in New York, after which she cuts it into a bob, ostensibly to stand out from her classmates and/or to be more fashionable, as the flapper style popularized women having shorter hair.

In reality, Brooks had worn a bob since she was a child.

Quotes
Norma: Men don't like candy that's been unwrapped.

Crazy credits
After the first few credits, a few short clips from some of Louise's movies are shown.

Soundtracks
I'm Just Wild About Harry
Lyrics by Noble Sissle
Music by Eubie Blake
Sung by Lillias White

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Semi-biographical story of a 1920s dancer and silent film star.

It is significant that the title is "The Chaperone" and not "The Dancer."

My wife and I watched this at home on DVD from our public library. Before I saw the movie I had no idea who Louise Brooks was. From Kansas and in 1922 at the age of 15 she, along with a chaperone, went to NYC to try out for a dance troupe. While her life was a rocky road she indeed did go on to dance and star in a number of silent movies in the 1920s and 1930s.

While her memoirs did mention a chaperone to New York nothing is known of her, so for this movie one is created, Elizabeth McGovern as Norma, and much of the story focuses on her, her life back home, her experiences in New York trying to find out where she came from because she was adopted as an orphan.

Haley Lu Richardson, who really is an accomplished dancer, is in the role of Louise Brooks, with he bob black haircut looking pretty much like Louise did back then.

This is a good movie, very well made with interesting stories.