Colleen Moore 125 -- August 19, 2024

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Incredibly cute actress Colleen Moore was born 125 years ago today, on 19-August-1899. Some people called her the epitome of the flapper. 

Exhibitors Herald, 30-August-1924

Colleen Moore and a guinea pig sent by young Australian fans.

Exhibitors Herald, 30-August-1924

Colleen Moore -- Flappers of All Ages -- July 26, 2024

Exhibitors Herald, 19-July-1924

Actress Colleen Moore, considered by some to be The Perfect Flapper, models flapper costumes from different eras. Notice that the stone age flapper has an ankle bracelet. Click on the image to see a larger version. 

Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924

Hollywood tennis champ Conway Tearle shows Colleen his racket. Look at that dress.

Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924

Colleen stays in shape by working in her garden.

Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924

Colleen's first husband was producer John McCormick, who was not the Irish tenor of the same name.

Exhibitors Herald, 05-July-1924

Smile, Colleen! -- December 15, 2023

Evansville Press, 01-December-1923

Cute Colleen Moore had her reputation for playing flappers secured by Flaming Youth.

Motion Picture News, 01-December-1923

"You can count your profits before you ever play it!"

Motion Picture News, 08-December-1923

"There were so many people who wanted to see Flaming Youth yesterday, no one could get in or out of the theater."

Motion Picture News, 01-December-1923

"A wonderful visualization of Warner Fabian's sensational novel." Nice photo of Colleen Moore. 

Colleen Moore -- A Flaming Story of Sensation Seeking Society Women -- November 17, 2023

Motion Picture News, 03-November-1923

Flaming Youth, starring Colleen Moore was the film which made Colleen Moore's reputation as a flapper. The movie and the novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams were considered risqué. Only one reel is known to survive, but it includes the skinny-dipping scene, which was shot in silhouette.

Motion Picture News, 03-November-1923

Motion Picture News, 17-November-1923

"They Seek -- They Find -- They Suffer -- They Pay -- All Because They Wanted Life!"

Photoplay, November, 1923

Colleen did not always play a flapper. 

Flappers' Matinee -- August 27, 2023

Lancaster New Era, 18-August-1923

A theater owner in Texas offered a "flapper" matinee for a showing of The Beautiful and Damned, based on the novel by F Scott Fitzgerald. 

Motion Picture News, 04-August-1923