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- ↑ Actor Richard Arlen Dies; Swashbuckled to Stardom Los Angeles Times 29 Mar 1976: b1
- ↑ "Advertising". The Uralla Times . New South Wales, Australia. 21 August 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 13 June 2018– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD: Universal Selects Arlen and Devine for Leads in Series of 7 Outdoor Pictures New York Times 11 Feb 1939: 18.
- ↑ Arlen, Devine Paired in Universal Series Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times11 Feb 1939: A9.
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