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- ↑ "HER FIRST AFFAIRE' MODERATELY AMUSES; Merrill Rogers's Sugar-Coated Sermon for Flappers Launched at the Bayes Theatre". The New York Times . August 23, 1927. p. 29.
- 1 2 3 4 J. P. Wearing · 2014. "Her First Affaire". The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 52–53.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Alan Goble, ed. (2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Bowker-Saur. p. 795. ISBN 9783110951943.
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