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#PB-6 "Colleen Moore's Doll House" - Published by Garden City Publishing Co., 1935 - $20.00 In glowing text and more than 2-dozen photographs, this booklet shows the opulence of this amazing construction that was billed as "... the most exquisite toy in the world", and valued at over a half-million dollars in 1935! Colleen Moore was born August 19, 1900 in Port Huron, Michigan with the birth name of Kathleen Morrison. Her father was an irrigation engineer and his job was good enough to provide a middle-class lifestyle. She described her childhood as a happy one where her parents were very much in love. As a child, she was fascinated with films and the queens of the day such as Marguerite Clark and Mary Pickford. She kept a scrapbook of those actresses. Colleen even kept a blank space for the day when she would be one of the actresses featured therein. Her uncle, a Chicago newspaper owner, introduced her to D.W. Griffith, and by 1917 she was on her way to becoming a star. Her first starring role was as Annie in "Little Orphan Annie" in 1918. By 1927 she was the top box-office draw in the U.S., pulling in the phenomenal sum of $12,500 a week! Much of this she put into the stock market, making very shrewd investments. She successfully made the transition into the "talkie" era, however briefly. Her final movie was playing the part of Hester Payne in 1934's "The Scarlet Letter". After she retired she wrote two books on investing, and both of her marriages were to stockbrokers. On January 25, 1988 Colleen died in Paso Robles, California. She was 87. Measuring 7.5" x 10.5", there are 32 unnumbered pages. It is printed on high quality, glossy stock. The photos show both exterior and interior views, including some size comparisons of the tiny masterpiece furnishings that Miss Moore had collected during her lifetime, from all over the world. The condition is VeryGood+, with some light bumping and rubbing at the corners and edges, a light scuff below the "E" of "House", and a short crease in the LR corner. A small spot of soil on the back cover is the only other fault. Otherwise this piece is crisp, clean, tight, bright and complete! We believe this to be a must for any collector focusing on Ms. Moore or the starlets of the silent film ere!