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- ↑ "Film Review: Barrymore". Film Journal International . 15 November 2012. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
- ↑ Brantley, Ben.A Dazzler Of a Drunk, Full of Gab And Grief" The New York Times, March 26, 1997
- ↑ Claroscuros de una estrella
