The Making of a Lady (2012)

Directed by

Richard Curson Smith

Genre

drama, tv movie

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 25 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A poor young woman in Edwardian London agrees to a marriage of convenience with a marquis. She must navigate his family's expectations while finding her place in his household.

romanticperiodtenderwarmhopefulgentleleisurely

What happens

The Making of a Lady is a television film based on the 1901 novel The Making of a Marchioness by Frances Hodgson Burnett that uses a screenplay adaptation by Kate Brooke. The film premiered in 2012 on ITV in Britain and was subsequently broadcast on PBS in the United States in 2014. "The film tells the story of Emily Fox-Seton, a young, educated woman who has no money and few prospects. She’s smart and kind, but that does not seem destined to take her out of her rented flat in London, where she is three weeks behind on rent. Then a middle-aged marquis sweeps (politely walks) into her life and offers her a marriage of convenience—he needs a wife to satisfy his family, and she needs security." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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