Colleen Moore

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Colleen Moore, long forgotten today, was one of the biggest stars of the late 1920`s and her film success saved her studio "First National" from bankruptcy. She was born Kathleen Morrison in August 1900, entered films with D W Griffith in 1917 but did not find success until 1923 when she starred in "Flaming Youth". This was the first flapper movie and started a whole new trend in the fashion world, particularly her Dutch Bob hairstyle.

Films that followed included "Irene" and "Ella Cinders" (1926) and "Lilac Time" (1928) co starring a young Gary Cooper and probably her best known film. She made half a dozen talkies and performed creditably in "The Power And The Glory" (1933) co starring with Spencer Tracey. Colleen retired from the screen in 1934 becoming very wealthy playing the stockmarket. She published her autobiography in 1969 entitled "Silent Star", was interviewed for the TV series Hollywood in 1980 and remarried in her 80`s. Colleen died in January 1988.