Colleen Moore Research Project

Colleen Moore in The Desert Flower. Photo: Courtesy of Jeff Codori

Those who truly know film history know Colleen Moore: the quintessential 1920s flapper whose bobbed hair was the fashion plate for millions of young women everywhere. What most people do not know is that there was far more to the actress than the fun-loving, zany image she left behind — an image that is mainly the product of a few surviving films of which hardly any are readily available.
In reality, Colleen Moore was a talented actress, equally accomplished in both drama and comedy. When I began researching Moore’s life, I found that there is a dearth of information available on her. Worse yet, much of what [...]

by Jeff Codori | February 21, 2007   
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