Colleen Moore Articles
Norma Talmadge, Constance Talmadge, Colleen Moore: The Silent Society's 25th Anniversary Movie Marathon
Colleen Moore in Alfred E. Green's Ella Cinders (top); Mabel Normand (bottom) The Silent Society of Hollywood Heritage will be celebrating its 25th anniversary in the company of silent-era superstars Norma Talmadge, Constance Talmadge, Colleen Moore, Viola Dana, and Mabel Normand. Never heard of them? Never seen them? Well, that's your loss. A loss that can be rectified on Saturday, April 2, at the Hollywood [...]
THE DEVIL'S CLAIM – Sessue Hayakawa
The Devil's Claim (1920) Direction: Charles Swickard Screenplay: J. Grubb Alexander Cast: Sessue Hayakawa, Rhea Mitchell, Colleen Moore, William Buckley In The Devil's Claim, Sessue Hayakawa plays an Indian (!) novelist who uses his experiences with women as inspiration for his novels. Next, he encounters a young American woman (Rhea Mitchell) who tells him a story about Satan-worshipping societies and evil talismans. Her real [...]
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 [...]