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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Absent – 1928 – Cast & Crew". tcm.com .
- ↑ "Clarence Brooks back in movies". The Pittsburgh Courier . August 18, 1928. Sec. A, p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Jones, Henry (August 25, 1928). "Absent marks triumphant return of Clarence Brooks to silver screen". The Pittsburgh Courier . p. 14 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Absent
