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- ↑ Love, Bessie (1977). From Hollywood with Love: An Autobiography of Bessie Love. London: Elm Tree Books. p. 154. OCLC 734075937.
- ↑ Low, Rachael (1985). Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin. p. 347.
- ↑ Breen, Max (1 August 1936). "Love Comes in at the Door". Picturegoer Weekly. p. 14.
- ↑ Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute. p. 91.
- ↑ Gifford, Denis (1 April 2016). British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set. Routledge. p. 448. ISBN 978-1-317-74063-6.
