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- 1 2 "Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage". Dramatic Mirror Company. November 16, 1918 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage". Dramatic Mirror Company. November 16, 1918 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Fields Of Honor". November 16, 1918 – via memory.loc.gov.