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- ↑ Musser, Charles (1991). Before the Nickelodeon: Edwin S. Porter and the Edison Manufacturing Company . University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520069862.
- ↑ Wakeman, John, ed. (1987). World Film Directors, Vol. 1: 1890-1945. The H.W. Wilson Company. pp. 879–881. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ↑ Bushnell, Brooks (1993). Directors and Their Films: A Comprehensive Reference, 1895-1990. McFarland & Co. pp. 270–272. ISBN 0-89950-766-2 . Retrieved 2 February 2024.