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- ↑ "Comments on the Films". Moving Picture World . New York: The World Photographic Publishing Company. February 17, 1912. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
- ↑ "Films". The Cinema. London: New Century Film Service Ltd. April 1, 1912. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
