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- ↑ "Mystery at the Villa Rose (1930) - Leslie Hiscott - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
- ↑ Hall, Mordaunt (2 June 1930). "Mystery at the Villa Rose (1930)". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
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