Whimsical Colleen Moore

Whimsical Colleen Moore as featured in the 1924 film FLIRTING WITH LOVE. She was born Kathleen Morrison on August 19, 1899, in Port Huron, Michigan. Director D.W. Griffith brought her to Hollywood in 1917. No sooner had she arrived in Hollywood than she found herself playing in five films that year, “The Savage” (1917) being her first. Her first starring role was as Annie in “Little Orphant Annie” (1918). She played leads in B pictures and Westerns, several opposite Tom Mix, but the movie that defined her as a "flapper" was the classic “Flaming Youth” (1923). By 1927 she was the top box-office draw in the US, pulling in a phenomenal sum of $12,500 a week. Moore successfully made the transition into the "talkie" era of sound films, though slowed down somewhat. Her final film role was as Hester Prynne in “The Scarlet Letter” (1934). She did make one final appearance in the TV mini-series “Hollywood” (1980). After she retired she wrote two books on investing and went so far as to marry two stockbrokers. Two of Moore's great passions were dolls and movies; each would play a great role in her later life. In 1928, with help from her former set designer, a dollhouse was constructed by her father, which was 9 square feet with the tallest tower 12 feet high. The interior of The Colleen Moore Dollhouse, designed by Harold Grieve, features miniature bear skin rugs and detailed furniture and art. Moore's dollhouse has been a featured exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago since October 30, 1949, where, according to the museum, it is seen by 1.5 million people each year and would be worth $7 million. Moore continued working on it and contributing artifacts to it until her passing on January 25, 1988, aged 88. Trivia – Moore had different colored eyes (Heterochromia); one blue / green eye and one hazel eye with brown flecks.

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