Colleen Moore's Doll House

by Terry Ann R. Neff and Colleen Moore

Book Overview

Moore was a flapper and silent screen film star who commissioned a fairy tale castle in the 1920s at a cost of $500,000. Nine feet square by twelve feet high, it contains over 2000 miniature objects... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385135335
• ISBN13: 9780385135337
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: Doubleday Books
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.

Customer Reviews

wonderful daydream

This book caught my attention years ago and now I've bought copies for grandchildren. It has excellent descriptions and decent photos. I understand the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago has published a more current version with updated photography. I still love to look at this book and daydream, though I have chosen a much simpler life for myself.

STOP!!! Read this before buying here!!!

I live in the Chicagoland area and was just at the museum today. As expected, the dollhouse is as amazing as it was when I was a little girl. I saw this book in the gift stop. IT ONLY COSTS $24.95!!! Please, please don't pay these people double what the book actually costs! Go to the Museum of Science and Industry's website at http://site.msishops.com/books.html and look for the book at the bottom of the page. I'm sure there's shipping that's not included. There might even be tax, but it'll no doubt still be cheaper than paying these people $50-$60 for the book. What a rip-off!!!

The World's Ultimate Dollhouse

When I was 7 years old, my mother, grandmother and a cousin of mine went to Chicago, and one of the places we went was the Museum of Science and Industry.Before we went, my mother told me that as a young girl, she had seen the fairy castle when it toured the country before becoming a permanent exhibit at the museum. She told me how much she loved it, and I couldn't wait to see it. I was not disappointed. This IS the ultimate dollhouse. Every time I go to the museum, you can't get me to leave without seeing the fairy castle.I took my own daughter to see it, and now she loves it, too. The last time we went, I found this wonderful book at the gift shop, and was thrilled that now I could look at my beloved fairy castle whenever I wished. This book is a real treasure, with beautiful pictures of the castle. Anyone who loves dollhouses, and the fairy castle in particular, will love this book. It never fails to provoke happy memories for me.

CAN I LIVE HERE WHEN I DIE??!!!

THE COLOR PHOTOS ARE FABULOUS! I ENVY THE FAIRY PRINCE AND PRINCESS THAT LIVE IN THIS FABULOUS CREATION. THE WORK OF PROFESSIONALS IS EVIDENT--I JUST WISH I COULD HAVE HAD MORE VIEWS OF THE TREASURES INSIDE! BUY IT! IF YOU LOVE DOLLHOUSES AND FANTASY, YOU'LL LOVE THIS TOUR OF COLLEEN MOORE'S DOLL CASTLE!

A Fantasy Come True!

This is the most delightful book! It is so fascinating to see the detail, love and imagination (not to mention money) that went into creating this Fairy Castle Doll House. I am planning on traveling to Chicago to see it for myself (when I get enough frequent flyer miles) and I had never even heard of it before reading this book. I plan on buying several more copies to give as gifts. I am considered middle aged but this book brought back every little girl's fantasy I ever had about a fairy castle.