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- ↑ Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. Oxford University Press. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-19-802079-0.
- 1 2 3 Maltin, Leonard (1987). Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons (Revised ed.). Plume. p. 177. ISBN 0-452-25993-2.
- ↑ Don Patterson – Awards. Internet Movie Database.
