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===Colleen Moore Fairy Castle (Dollhouse)=== In 1928, with help from her former set designer, a dollhouse was constructed by her father, which was 9 square feet with the tallest tower 12 feet high.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/inside-the-7m-fairy-castle-doll-s-house-built-by-100-people-for-a-hollywood-film-star-8743262.html | title=Inside the $7m fairy castle doll's house built by 100 people for A | website=[[Independent.co.uk]] | date=August 2, 2013 }}</ref> The interior of The Colleen Moore Dollhouse, designed by [[Harold Grieve]], features miniature bear-skin rugs and detailed furniture and art. Moore's [[dollhouse]] has been a featured exhibit at the [[Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago)|Museum of Science and Industry]] in [[Chicago]] since October 30, 1949, where, according to the museum, it is seen by 1.5 million people<ref name="chicagotribune_8502250032"/> each year and would be worth $7 million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Rob |title=Inside the $7m fairy castle doll's house built by 100 people for a Hollywood film star |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/inside-the-7m-fairy-castle-dolls-house-built-by-100-people-for-a-hollywood-film-star-8743262.html |location=London |date=August 2, 2013}}</ref> Moore continued working on it and contributing artifacts to it until her death. This dollhouse was the eighth one Moore owned. The first dollhouse, she wrote in her autobiography ''[[Silent Star]]'' (1968), evolved from a cabinet that held her collection of miniature furniture. It was supposedly built from a cigar box. Kitty Lorgnette wrote in the edition of ''The Evening News'' (Tampa, Florida) for Saturday, August 13, 1938, that the first dollhouse was purchased by Oraleze O'Brien (Mrs. Frank J. Knight) in 1916 when Moore (then Kathleen) left Tampa. Oraleze was too big for dollhouses, however, and she sold it again after her cat had kittens in it, and from there she lost track of it. The third house was possibly given to the daughter of Moore's good friend, author [[Adela Rogers St. Johns]]. The fourth survives and remains on display in the living room of a relative.
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