![]() But here, she could be just about anyone on a fling far from home. Richardson has a super-silky, immaculately-cut black bob to fill in playing a character as iconic as Brooks otherwise she is about 80 there in terms of charisma and dancing skills, and around 70. Even though Brooks is hardly a familiar name anymore, she does provide some marquee value (for a few movie-lovers, at least). “The Chaperone” truly is a bait-and-switch story. While her charge is in dance class, she heads to the New York Home for Friendless Girls, i.e., the nun-run orphanage from which she was adopted. The Sisters are disinclined to help her, but luckily the place’s kind-hearted German handyman is. Fellowes said: I am absolutely delighted to be working with Masterpiece and Elizabeth McGovern on ‘The Chaperone,’ based on Laura Moriarty’s novel, which is captivating and beguiling and. However, the pleasure of Louise’s company isn’t what’s brought Norma east. It’s a place where men always want to buy her things, be it ice cream or gin – “just for the pleasure of my company,” as she puts it. The Chaperone's quick wrap-up suggests that Norma's snap decision to change her life (by breaking every rule that's guided her narrow existence) somehow results in a seamless transition from frustration and powerlessness to complete happiness and self actualization. Louise, of course, is a handful – a madcap hoyden with an independent spirit. If Norma is worried about her charge’s virginity, well, don’t. A neighbor, Norma (Elizabeth McGovern, who also co-produced), volunteers to take her. Barely 16, her family thinks she’s much too young to go there unaccompanied. Despite a thoroughly modern central character, this impeccably costumed, wishy-washy period piece feels like it emerged from a PBS storage trunk, wrapped in. Young Louise (Haley Lu Richardson, who’s pretty good but lacks the unique allure of the real Brooks) has been offered the chance to study dance in Manhattan with the prestigious Denishawn company.
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