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- ↑ "Sprague, 69, Former Screen Writer, Dies". Los Angeles Times. November 16, 1955. p. 4. Retrieved June 24, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Chandler Sprague, Film Writer, Dies". The San Francisco Examiner. November 16, 1955. p. 5. Retrieved June 24, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
