Irene is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film starring Colleen Moore, and partially shot in Technicolor. The film was directed by Alfred E. Green, produced by Moore's husband John McCormick, and based on the musical Irene written by James Montgomery with music and lyrics by Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy.
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Colleen Moore was an American film actress who began her career during the silent film era. Moore became one of the most fashionable stars of the era and helped popularize the bobbed haircut.
Moore in 1920
Film still of Gertrude Astor, Moore, and Richard Dix from The Wall Flower (1922)
Moore on cover of Photoplay magazine, 1926
Promotional portrait of Moore at the height of her fame, c. 1927, showing the famous Dutchboy bobbed haircut that she made famous, and which she apparently kept until the day she died