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- ↑ Reid, Mark A.; Reid, Reviewer Mark A. (February 23, 1993). Redefining Black Film. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520079021 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Garcia, Desirée J. (August 1, 2014). The Migration of Musical Film: From Ethnic Margins to American Mainstream. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813574271 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Brothers Became Film Pioneers". Los Angeles Times. September 13, 1998.
- ↑ "Noble Johnson and Harry Gant [photograph]| UCLA". dl.library.ucla.edu.