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- ↑ Caneto, Guillermo (1996). Historia de la primeros años de cine en la Argentina, 1895-1910. BuenosAires: Editorial Fundación Cinematica Argentina. pp. 32, 34.
- ↑ Abel, Richard (2005). Encyclopedia of Early Cinema . Abingdon - UK: Routledge. pp. 37–38. ISBN 978-0415778565.
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