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- ↑ British Film Institute. "Her Story | BFI | British Film Institute". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
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- ↑ "Reviews: Her Story". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 14 (12): 60. 18 March 1922.
