When she was a girl, my mother used to be mistaken for Louise Brooks and so I have always felt a sort of investment in her, but I was unprepared for this heartbreaking tale of what-might-have-been.”īut most of the drama in “The Chaperone” takes place against the backdrop of the tumultuous times of the early 1920s, years before Louise Brooks was a household name.
“I have seldom read so lyrical a tale of self-destruction. In 2011, the UK newspaper The Guardian asked their writers which books had most impressed them during the course of the year: Julian Fellowes choose a non-fiction book about a dancer-turned-actress: Louise Brooks: A Biography, by Barry Paris.Ĭalling Brooks “that queen of the silent screen,” Fellowes explained Learn more about the movie, and watch the trailer below. Joining McGovern and Richardson in the period drama are cast members Victoria Hill, Campbell Scott, Geza Rohrig, Blythe Danner and Miranda Otto. See our recommendations of what to watch on PBS for the rest of the year. “The Chaperone” premieres on PBS stations nationwide on Sunday, November 24, and airs again Thursday, November 28 at 9PM.
Haley Lu Richardson stars as Louise Brooks. Michael Engler, who directed four episodes of “Downton Abbey,” and is at the helm of the “Downton” movie, directs the new film. Like “Downton,” the new period movie takes place in a fast-changing era. To help keep this site running: Willow and Thatch may receive a commission when you click on any of the links on our site and make a purchase after doing so.īased on Laura Moriarty’s best-selling American novel of the same name, “The Chaperone” reunites “Downton Abbey’s” writer-director Julian Fellowes with Elizabeth McGovern (Lady Grantham). PBS MASTERPIECE has produced its first feature film,”The Chaperone.” 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.
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