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- ↑ The (Louisville) Courier-Journal, December 7, 1952
- ↑ Bach p.246
- ↑ ARGOSY PLANNING 2 'FUGITIVE' FILMS New York Times 9 Nov 1946: 24.
- ↑ ABBOTT, COSTELLO TOP INCOME LIST Los Angeles Times 8 Jan 1947: 2
- ↑ Breakdown Silences KFI Los Angeles Times 6 Jan 1948: A1.
- ↑ Seeks Divorce Chicago Daily Tribune 27 Sep 1949: 18.
- ↑ Singer Deanna Durbin Files Divorce Action: Film Actress Asks Daughter's Custody; Charges Mental Cruelty and Desertion Hopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times 27 Sep 1949: A1.
- ↑ DIVORCE GRANTED TO DEANNA DURBIN: Singing Actress Says Director Husband, Felix Jackson, Left Her and Hollywood Los Angeles Times 28 Oct 1949: 2.
- ↑ The (Louisville) Courier-Journal, December 7, 1952
- ↑ Felix Jackson Is Dead; Film Producer Was 90, in: The New York Times, December 16, 1992
