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References
- ↑ BFI Database entry
- ↑ St. Pierre, Paul Matthew (1 April 2009). Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960: On the Halls on the Screen. New Jersey: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-1611473995.
- John Mundy, The British Musical Film (Manchester University Press, 2007)
