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- ↑ "Jackson: 'Desert Mesa'". The Evening Report. June 11, 1936. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
- ↑ "Jackson, Today and Friday". The Evening Report. June 11, 1936. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
- ↑ Pitts, Michael R. (September 17, 2015). Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland. ISBN 9781476610368.
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