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- ↑ "The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Desperate Adventure". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:A Desperate Adventure
- 1 2 Institute, American Film (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-20969-5.
- ↑ McGowan, John J. (January 1, 2005). J.P. McGowan: Biography of a Hollywood Pioneer. McFarland. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-7864-1994-4.