

The subscription rate for PBS Masterpiece is $5.99 per month with an Amazon Prime or Prime Video subscription. PBS MASTERPIECE has produced its first feature film,The Chaperone. Subscribe HERE to the FREE Media Play News Daily Newsletter!
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The movie also stars Campbell Scott, Géza Röhrig, Miranda Otto, Robert Fairchild and Blythe Danner. When a 15-year-old budding dancer from Kansas is invited to New York to take part in a summertime program at an esteemed dance academy, she is assigned a. The movie tells the story of the teenage Louise Brooks (Haley Lu Richardson), the 1920s silver screen sensation who as a 15-year-old student in Kansas earns an opportunity to study with a dance troupe in New York, and is accompanied by a local society matron (McGovern) who quickly has her hands full dealing with the rebellious teen.

Her mother has agreed to the trip only if Louise is accompanied by a chaperone, and the woman who volunteers for the job is Norma Carlisle ( Elizabeth McGovern), a Wichita society matron of scolding rectitude who still wears a corset and. 10.īased on Laura Moriarty’s bestselling novel, the film reunites the writer (Julian Fellowes), director (Michael Engler) and star (Elizabeth McGovern) of “Downton Abbey” for an immersive and emotional period piece. The Chaperone makes you want to see a major drama about Louise Brooks, but this movie is far from it. She soon gets her chance when she travels to New. PBS Distribution will begin streaming The Chaperone on the PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel Aug. Louise Brooks is a rebellious 15-year-old schoolgirl who dreams of fame and fortune in the early 1920s. The Chaperone ‘The Chaperone’ Premiering on PBS Masterpiece Prime Video Channel Aug.
