The Chaperone - 2018 - 6/10
“Inspired by true events” apropos for a film based on a fiction novel.
1922, Norma offers to chaperone 15 year old Louise Brooks to New York for Denishawn acting tryouts.
Both females are fleeing troubles in Wichita, both find something akin to rebirth.
The film is a character study of Norma Carlisle, so Brooks curiosity seekers be forewarned.
Norma’s story (based on Alice Mills) is pure fabrication, as she encounters 20’s taboos.
As for Louise, dismiss the intro, she was never a major star in the Silent era.
Those were Mary Pickford, Clara Bow, Gloria Swanson, Garbo, Theda.
Louise’s icon status came decades later, although it is now rivals Marilyn and Bettie Page.
For Brooksie, for readers, the Barry Paris biography.
Or 1979 New Yorker interview = https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1979/06/11/louise-brooks-tells-all
Or the Hefner funded documentary, Looking For Lulu.