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Coming by 2012!
It's just around the corner!
 The Colleen Moore Biography from McFarland Publishers. Still no title: have suggestions, send them to me. The two front-runners are above. This biography will be a detailed account of Colleen's carer and rise to fame, with a detailed examination of her childhood. Plenty of unique photographs from my own collection as well as the collections of others. More details as they become available.
THIS WEEKEND at the Niles Essany Film Museum:
Saturday August 7 7:30 PM
Suggested donation $5
Bruce Loeb (piano)
Orchids and Ermine (1927, First National) Colleen Moore plays a hotel switchboard operator looking for love and money in this delightful comedy with Jack Mulhall and Mickey Rooney, in a small but funny part.
With shorts:
Felix Turns the Tide (1922, Sullivan) Felix the Cat
Big Moments from Little Pictures (1924, Roach)
Will Rogers.

Welcome to the Colleen Moore Project!

Researching the life and career of silent film star Colleen Moore, one of the most popular film actresses of her age. Presented here are just some of the most important tidbits of information I have turned up on Colleen's life. Her life's story, through the years, has been clouded by the popular mythology that evolved around her... this site hopes to shine some life on an extraordinay life and career. Remembered almost strictly for heer flapper and comedic roles, her career was far more varied than is generally recognized. People wanting to learn more about her are welcome to enter.

 

Thanks to Steve Moore!

...For looking into the materials in the Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library: "Registers of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Hillsdale, Michigan, 1900-1925, Daughters of the American Revolution. Ann Gridley Chapter (Hillsdale, Mich.), 283.77429 R263" and "Records of the Detroit Conservatory of Music, 1886-1915, Detroit Conservatory of Music. Burton Historical Collection Manuscripts Collection." The conservatory records sound sparse, and while there was an unmarked ledger sheet with the name C. Morrison (Chalres Morrison, Colleen's father), the middle initial was unreadable. Charles Morrison's middle initial was "R" so unless the original recordkeeper wrote the name down wrong or just had REALLY sloppy writing, the questin of whether Kathleen Morrison (Colleen Moore) was a student at the conservatory is still essentially unanswered. Thanks to Steve for looking into the questin for me! 
Click the image at left to go to the original Colleen Moore Project website.

 

 

Well it’s official: my NEH grant request was turned down this year, which means… I just have to be a little more clever. Should have no impact on the completion date of the Colleen Moore biography. However, as always, I’m still always looking for help.  Otherwise, enjoy! Please feel free to contact me either through this site of at colleenmooresite@yahoo.com.

About the photographs

Many are from my own collection, and so are noted "from the Jeff Codori Collection." Many were found online and saved well before this website was made. Where I am able to find information on a given image, I give credit to the original source and try to provide a link. If I cannot retrace the image to it's original online source, it is left blank, aside from the description of the image. Some images are available from other websites, and I use those images on my own site; for example, several movie posters are in the poster collection of the Margaret Herrick Library in Los Angeles. With their permission, I have used the thumbnails of the posters available online, and might eventually provide a link to the individual poster's page. Some images available through libraries have links back to the original. Some images are from newspapers.