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- An ex-con on the run from his criminal past hides out from those he ratted on by chaperoning a field trip to New Orleans.
- 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.
- The Chaperone tells the true, previously untold story of a lone school teacher who fought off an entire motorcycle gang while chaperoning a middle school dance in a church basement in 1970s Montreal, Canada. Told from the first person unscripted perspective of the school teacher and DJ who were there that night, The Chaperone recreates the whole scene using hand drawn animation, miniature sets, puppets, live action Kung Fu and explosions all done in stereoscopic 3D. With over 10,000 hand drawings (many of which were colored in crayon by hand), an original blaxploitation score and featuring a cast of over 200 people, The Chaperone is an unconventional approach to documentary shorts.
- Two discontented women accompany one another on their travels, becoming a little more than strangers.
- Carroll Fleming refuses to allow Chappie to court his daughter, which incurs his enmity. Chappie places an advertisement in the paper, stating that Fleming's daughter is desirous of marrying a handsome young man and that she will bring a handsome fortune as a dowry. All kinds of suitors appear. The father places an advertisement and is engaged. Father discovers him without his wig, and attempts to kick him out of the house, but instead Chappie locks him up in a cupboard and the police who have been summoned take the old man in charge while the young couple are being married. When he finds he has been outwitted, he gives the happy pair the usual blessing.
- O. Howe Gruffe, a business man, is a widower with a beautiful daughter. A young college chap, Charley Duncan, has fallen desperately in love with the daughter and she with him. O. Howe Gruffe finding them making love in his house, throws Charley out, and unmoved by the tears of his daughter, informs her sternly that she must never see Charley again without a chaperone. The daughter 'phones Charley and tells him he must secure a chaperone, then everything will be all right. Charley, at his quarters in the college grounds, is in the blackest depths of despair, when his roommate pounces into the room and Charley conceives the idea of dressing his friend up in woman's clothes and passing him off as "The Chaperone." Charley's friend consents to help him out of his dilemma, and laughs with glee at participating in such a good joke. After much difficulty the friend is dressed and they proceed to the home of Charley's heart's desire. Arriving there, Charley's presence angers O. Howe Gruffe, but upon being presented, leaves the young people to themselves, as he falls desperately in love with "The Chaperone." The Chaperone evades all the old man's advances and causes great consternation to Charley when the young lady's dress arrives, and she insists on the Chaperone helping her put it on. Charley has to confide in her who the Chaperone really is, and she flees to her room hastily. The Chaperone makes merry with O. Howe Gruffe, and Charley tells the Chaperone to get Gruffe's written consent to his daughter's marriage to Charley. The Chaperone agrees and when O. Howe Gruffe begs for a kiss, the Chaperone tells him that for his written consent to his daughter's marriage to Charley he can take it. O. Howe Gruffe gives it and claims his reward. As he embraces the Chaperone the wig falls off disclosing his identity. O. Howe Gruffe in anger demands the return of the agreement, but the Chaperone gives it to Charley, who takes his sweetheart in his arms, and the friend doffs his female garments, laughing at O. Howe Gruffe's rage.
- Dick Willis proposes to Myrtle Stern and is promptly put out of the house by her irate father, who advertises for a chaperon to guard his beautiful and willful daughter from designing beaux. Mrs, Brown Smith, a dashing widow, who, at the end of the season finds herself financially embarrassed, immediately applies. Her winning ways captivate Father Stern, who engages her at once. Myrtle resents the intrusion of a chaperon, but soon finds out that the widow has too many plans for her own to interfere with her love affairs. With Mrs. Brown Smith's help Dick and Myrtle elope. Father Stern finds the chaperon bound and gagged. As he is trying to console her for the outrageous treatment she has received the newlyweds return at a critical moment. Father explains that he just has asked the lady to be his wife. And this time it is the young couple who give him their blessing.
- The boys of the Junior "Frat" resolve to have a camping party, and each invite a girl. They are to be chaperoned by Harry's aunt, Mrs. Lester. When the girls arrive and everything is ready a telegram comes from Mrs. Lester, saying that she is detained at home by a severe attack of neuralgia and can't attend. The boys are in a quandary, and finally select Harry to impersonate a woman and pretend to be the chaperon. Although he sees his chances of love-making slip by, he consents and the party proceed to the camp by the river. They are attended by Professor Black, of the college, who has been very much attached to Mrs. Lester in bygone days, but is now nearsighted and does not detect the deception. The chaperon proves to be a great entertainer and wins the girls away from the boys by her stories, etc. The boys organize to teach Harry to behave, and administer a severe punishment to him, when, after being caught smoking, he induces the girls to try cigarettes. Harry, in his make up, while lighting a cigarette held in the lips of one of the boys, is silhouetted against the side of the tent, and the professor and girls seeing this from the outside, think that the chaperon is carrying on a clandestine love affair and break into the tent. They demand the expulsion of the chaperon and Harry is forced to declare his identity. The party is about to break up on this account, when the real chaperon arrives and everything ends happily, with the renewal of the professor's love story.
- A student fools his friends and girls by posing as a woman.
- The adventures of a girl in the Woods.
- Eddie and Lee are invited to a week-end party with their girls. At the last minute the chaperone disappoints them, so one of the boys masquerades as the chaperone, Miss Abergevezer Gevalt. Complications arise when one of the girls wants to sleep in Miss Gevalt's room. Of course, the youth is discovered when he has his wig off indulging in a smoke, but the affair is taken as a good joke and he is forgiven.
- Dick Martin, foreman of the Circle E ranch, tells Colonel Gray that his mother is coming to visit them for a short time. The Colonel thinks it's a fine opportunity to invite his three nieces from the city, as Dick's mother could act as their chaperone. The girls eagerly accept the invitation, and start for the ranch. In the meantime two letters are delivered at the ranch. One from the girls to their uncle apprising him of their visit, and the other to Dick from his mother, saying that she was obliged to postpone her intended trip. Phil, the Colonel's son, together with Jack, a college chum of his, and Dick are downcast, knowing full well that the Colonel would not permit the girls to come without a chaperone. Jack comes to the rescue by impersonating Dick's mother. The Colonel is delighted at the appearance of Jack arrayed as Mrs. Martin, and loses no time in making himself agreeable to "her," much to the amusement of the boys. The girls arrive and immediately take a great liking to the chaperone, which fact is not relished by Dick and Phil. For a while things are lively at the ranch, with Jack having many narrow escapes of being more than once on the point of being discovered. The girls in their kimonos insist on taking down Jack's false hair and put it up in curl papers. Jack, of course, has to use considerable diplomacy. A shaving mug and brush almost gives him away, and the smell of tobacco also get the girls on the scent. Jack wants to enjoy a game of cards with the boys, and manages to get into their rooms only to be interrupted by the Colonel. Jack, however, pacifies the Colonel by saying that "she" is there to lecture the boys, and accordingly takes cards, bottles and glasses and throws them out of the window. In the midst of the festivities the real Mrs. Martin comes. Pandemonium breaks loose. Jack in his haste to get away leaves his wig in the Colonel's hands. Later, when himself again, he is introduced to the ladies, who forgive him. Grace, one of the girls, who has shown a great liking for the chaperone, learns to love Jack, much to the latter's delight. Dick and Phil also meet their future partners, and the old Colonel transfers his affections to Mrs. Martin.
- Miss Charity Prim, principal of a select school for young ladies, decides to take five of her pupils on a vacation. She writes a letter notifying the local hotel keeper that she will arrive by auto. She arrives with her charges and is met at the hotel by a deluge of cowboys, whom she chases away. Miss Prim sees Hiram, the proprietor, and her maidenly heart flutters. The next day the girls are invited to attend a dance and, fearful of their chaperone, they attire themselves in the cowboys' chaps and clothes. That evening Hiram invites Miss Prim to attend the same dance. She accepts and on the way to the festivities, sees what she supposes to be a bunch of cowboys, and most fearful that they will disclose the fact of her going to the dance to the girls, she starts back to the hotel. The girls see her and, fearful that they will be disclosed in their disguise, also scurry back to the hotel. Louise, whose boots are too large, cannot run quickly and comes face-to-face with the chaperone. She assumes the attitude of a scarecrow, and the chaperone and Hiram seeing the scarecrow, suddenly have an idea. The chaperone will disguise herself as the scarecrow and thus get back to the hotel. As they are about to remove the coat from the supposed scarecrow, it suddenly becomes animated and dashes away through the field. Meanwhile the girls at the hotel are giving an impromptu party to the cowboys. Louise arrives breathless from her run and joins the party. The chaperone arrives and hearing the confusion enters the girls' room and orders the cowboys to leave at once. Louise, donning the garb of the scarecrow, gains the old lady's consent to continue the party. Shoving her into a seat, she gives her part of the feed. She gets Hiram and leads him into the room, and sits him beside the blushing chaperone.
- The annual Junior Prom is at hand, and the students of the Conserver Military Academy are making their arrangements for this famous function. Jack Carter and Ned Graves invite two out-of-town girls to be their guests at the festivities. The girls, Maud and Alice, accept the boys' invitation, with the understanding that Jack's Aunt Nellie will act as their chaperon. It is so arranged and preparations made accordingly. Shortly before Prom Day, Jack is notified that Aunt Nellie cannot be present. The boys are much put out at this bit of news and are about to call the engagement off, when suddenly a bright idea occurs to them. They arrange with Sammy Stone, one of their friends, to impersonate Aunt Nellie. Sammy consents and plays the part. Outside of several embarrassing situations that arise, the scheme works out all right until Sammy, in his elaborate ballgown, attempts to dance with one of the professors. His identity is discovered and he lands in the guard house. Here his friends visit him and offer their condolences to "one of our best little chaperons."
- Nothing works without the correct form: For most proteins, there are millions of ways in which these molecules, composed of long chains of amino acids, can be folded - but only one way is the right one. Researchers in the department 'Cellular Biochemistry' at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried examine how this origami in cells works and what happens if something goes awry. Franz Ulrich Hartl and his team are interested in both the underlying mechanisms and the structure of the molecules involved.
- Jim Ogden, secretly engaged to Madge Hemmingway, wealthy heiress, becomes sensitive over his lack of money and breaks the engagement. In a moment of pique she marries Count Van Tuyle. After six months she returns from Europe, minus her husband. Trying to forget her error, she goes to the country. Richard Coombs is the nearest neighbor of Madge's aunt, and he finds it necessary for his wife and himself to hasten to the city. A chaperon is needed immediately for their four daughters. By necessity they are forced to take Madge, who is still the runaway Countess Van Tuyle. Jim Ogden is on a canoe trip through the lakes and stops at the Coombs camp. This is the crowning embarrassment for the chaperon. Up to the time the cook, butler and chauffeur have quit and each one of the girls has opened a summer flirtation. However, Ogden persuades Madge to take a canoe ride. Their craft strikes a rock and the two are marooned on a little barren Island. Meanwhile the Count has followed his wife to America and with Madge's mother arrives at the camp. Becoming suspicious, he goes up the lake the next morning and finds his wife with Ogden. Madge escapes in his boat and leaves the two men to fight it out. Mrs. Coombs returns to find her four daughters engaged, the chaperon a sorry sight after her night on the lake and half of her servants gone. However, Mrs. Hemmingway solves everything and promises that she will effect a settlement with the Count to enable her daughter to marry Ogden.
- A couple elude an aunt forced to change clothes with a convict.
- To accompany a group of pretty girls on a beach outing, Bill dresses up as Aunt Lizzie and volunteers to be the girls' chaperon. A group of young men, let in on the disguise, toss Bill in the ocean.
- A suitor thwarts a savage dog and wins the girl owner.
- Makes a man feel like a big boob to have his girl's little sister's majesty capering around him on every second of his visit, sitting on the sofa when he wants to be spooney, and dogging his footsteps at every opportunity. She's not dancing attendance on him, either, mind you, for if that were the case, the proffered coins would easily relieve the couple of the curly-headed nuisance: but that is not the ease. The little Nemesis has got some "card up her sleeve," and when the couple in desperation plan to elope, the chaperonette (copyrighted), is, in the parlance of the day, "on the job." So much so that the sheriff is apprised of the fact, and while he is scratching the moss that covers his brains in the hope of finding an excuse to interfere in the elopement, it suddenly comes to him in the shape of a document from the authorities of a nearby city. Then we learn the reason why the kiddie had so persistently dogged sister's beau it was that indefinable something, intuition.
- 1952–196630mTV-G7.1 (22)TV EpisodeOzzie & Harriet volunteer to be chaperone's at a party for Rick's fraternity. But there seems to be some confusion as to where the party is going to be held at.
- Episode:(1984)
My Mother, My Chaperone/The Present/The Death and Life of Sir Albert Demerest/Welcome Aboard: Part 1
1977–19871hTV-G6.6 (78)TV EpisodePart 1 of 2. In London and Paris, a novelist (Lilli Palmer) keeps a tight rein on her daughter (Ana Alicia), who is attracted to a fellow passenger (Morgan Stevens); Judy's (Pat Klous) ex-husband (Marc Singer) tries to win her back; a woman (Loretta Swit) pay an English tart (Catherine Oxenberg) to test her husband's (Dennis Holahan) fidelity; a woman (Colleen Dewhurst) and her son (Peter Barton) are reunited with her actor husband (Trevor Howard). - Episode:(1984)
My Mother, My Chaperone/The Present/The Death and Life of Sir Albert Demerest/Welcome Aboard: Part 2
1977–19871hTV-G6.6 (74)TV EpisodeConclusion. In London and Paris, a novelist (Lilli Palmer) keeps a tight rein on her daughter (Ana Alicia), who is attracted to a fellow passenger (Morgan Stevens); Judy's (Pat Klous) ex-husband (Marc Singer) tries to win her back; a woman (Loretta Swit) pays an English tart (Catherine Oxenberg) to test her husband's (Dennis Holahan) fidelity; a woman (Colleen Dewhurst) and her son (Peter Barton) are reunited with her actor husband (Trevor Howard). - The only way for Davy to date General Vandenburg's daughter is to hold a chaperoned party. When everything else fails, Micky dresses up in drag as 'Mrs Arcadian', arousing the attention of both the General and Mr. Babbit, the landlord.
- Robbie and his friends plan a costume party. Bub decides to chaperon the party so it does not get out of hand.
- Robbie and Katie serve as chaperones for a group of high school students, including Chip, on a trip. Much to Chip's consternation, Robbie manages to foil every plan they come up with to sneak away, including removing the car's rotor from inside the distributor so it won't start.
- Jerry dates a Miss America contestant. Kramer tags along.
- 1999– 24mTV-Y78.3 (1.3K)TV EpisodeSpongeBob escorts Mr. Krabs' daughter to her school prom to cheer her up after she's dumped by her boyfriend; SpongeBob and Squidward vie for Employee of the Month.
- Andy may have hit the jackpot with the new lady in his life, but Jim may have screwed it up while agreeing to chaperon the lady's two daughters who accompany his own to a teen aged girls' concert and loses them all.
- Originally created as a skit for a bachelor party, The Drowsy Chaperone has traveled from Toronto to Los Angeles to Broadway, growing in size along the way without sacrificing its skewed view of classic musicals. This ATW Working in the Theatre seminar will explore Chaperone's journey from one-off entertainment into that rarest of musicals-one not based on a book, play or movie. The panel includes actor Edward Hibbert, composer/lyricist Lisa Lambert, actor Beth Leavel, author and actor Bob Martin, producer Kevin McCollum, author Don McKellar, producer Roy Miller, composer/lyricist Greg Morrison and director/choreographer Casey Nicholaw.
- During Lady Mantis' prom day, Jade is back, and if Pebbledash stays with her she gets the golden pass, but the rest of the bugs are a little confused to give Jade a second chance. The point is Louie is still afraid of her.
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- 2007– 1h 10mPodcast Episode
- Lory Alan and Mary Jo Catlett talk about an episode of SpongeBob The Chaperone.