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- ↑ "The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved August 10, 2011.
- ↑ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
