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- ↑ Vazzana, Eugene Michael (October 29, 1995). Silent Film Necrology: Births and Deaths of Over 9000 Performers, Directors, Producers, and Other Filmmakers of the Silent Era, Through 1993. McFarland. ISBN 9780786401321 – via Google Books.
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- ↑ "Million Dollar Mystery". www.tcm.com.
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