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- ↑ "BFI | Film & TV Database | HEAVEN IS ROUND THE CORNER (1944)". British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ↑ "BFI - Film & TV Database - HEAVEN IS ROUND THE CORNER (1944) Credits". British Film Institute . Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ↑ O'Connor, Desmond; Russell, Kennedy (1944). Heaven is Round the Corner. London, England: Bradbury Wood.
- ↑ Variety (1944). Variety (June 1944). Media History Digital Library Media History Digital Library. New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company. p. 194.
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