The chaperone / Masterpiece Films, PBS and Fibonacci Films present ; a 39 Steps, Rose Pictures, Anonymous Content, and Fibonacci Films production ; directed by Michael Engler ; written by Julian Fellowes ; producers, Victoria Hill, Rose Ganguzza, Kelly Carmichael, Elizabeth McGovern, Greg Clark, Luca Scalisi, Andrew Mann.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: MS61713 | PBSLanguage: English Publisher: [Arlington, VA] : PBS, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 9781531710866
- 1531710867
- Brooks, Louise, 1906-1985 -- Drama
- Women dancers -- Drama
- Young women -- Conduct of life -- 20th century -- Drama
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- Drama
- Middle-aged women -- Drama
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Drama
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951 -- Drama
- Director of photography, Nick Remy Matthews ; editor, Sofía Subercaseaux ; music, Marcelo Zarvos.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult DVD
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA Chaperon | Available | 33111009525920 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
It’s the roaring 20’s and Louise (Haley Lu Richardson) is caught up in the excitement of the jazz era, a 15-year-old budding dancer based in Kansas, who is invited to New York to take on a summertime program at an esteemed dance academy. Requiring a chaperone, she is paired with straight-laced society matron Norma Carlisle (Elizabeth McGovern). However, Norma has her own reasons for going to New York, reasons soon to be revealed. Based on the novel of the same name by Laura Moriarty. Directed by Michael Engler. ~ Clare Perez-Izaguirre Lopez, Rovi
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen; 5.1 surround.
English audio; English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Géza Röhrig, Victoria Hill, Miranda Otto, Andrew Burnap, Matt McGrath, Blythe Danner, Campbell Scott.
Director of photography, Nick Remy Matthews ; editor, Sofía Subercaseaux ; music, Marcelo Zarvos.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.
Based on the novel by Laura Moriarty.
Wide screen.
Rating: TV-14.
Society matron Norma Carlisle volunteers to accompany future Jazz Age star and free spirit Louise Brooks for a summer in New York. But why does she want to go? It's a story full of surprises, about who these women really are, and who they eventually become.