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- ↑ "Palace". The Hartford Courant. 16 Jun 1928. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ↑ Villecco, Tony (2015-11-18). Silent Stars Speak: Interviews with Twelve Cinema Pioneers. McFarland. ISBN 9780786482092.
- ↑ Katchmer, George A. (1991). Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known. McFarland. ISBN 9780899504940.
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