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- ↑ "Death Goes North". American Film Institute. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
- ↑ "Obituary: Harry Forbes". The Los Angeles Times . August 20, 1939. p. 28. Retrieved August 16, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
