The Chaperone

Mar 29, 2019

1h 43m

★ 6.2

One trip can change everything

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Fibonacci Films

Anonymous Content

39 Steps

The Chaperone Trailers

Cast

Norma

Elizabeth McGovern

Louise Brooks

Haley Lu Richardson

Joseph

Géza Röhrig

Myra Brooks

Victoria Hill

Alan Carlisle

Campbell Scott

Mary O'Dell

Blythe Danner

Floyd

Andrew Burnap

Ruth St. Dennis

Miranda Otto

Ted Shawn

Robert Fairchild

Raymond

Matt McGrath

Young Greta

Daisy Pugh-Weiss

Norman Ross

Sean Hudock

An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of tension between the couple. Meanwhile, their high-society friends and associates, including the gruff Dan Packard and his sultry spouse, Kitty, contend with their own entanglements, leading to revelations at the much-anticipated dinner.

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