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- ↑ "Original Play to Be Filmed". The Los Angeles Times. July 1, 1933. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- 1 2 Koszarski, Richard (2001). Von: The Life and Films of Erich Von Stroheim. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879109547.
- ↑ "The Devil's Passkey (1920) - Notes - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ↑ Koszarski, Richard (2001). Von: The Life and Films of Erich Von Stroheim. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879109547.
- ↑ Hopper, Hedda (3 Oct 1939). "London Tells English Movie Players to Stay in Hollywood". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
- ↑ Curtis, James (2015-11-17). William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9781101870679.
- ↑ "Special Screening: Ramona (1928)". UCLA School of TFT. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
