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References
- ↑ "Film Hickers". Western Mail . Vol. XLIII, no. 2, 192. Western Australia. 16 February 1928. p. 11. Retrieved 29 October 2017– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ BFI.org
- ↑ Wood p.66
