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- ↑ Franks, Don (December 3, 2014). Entertainment Awards: A Music, Cinema, Theatre and Broadcasting Guide, 1928 Through 2003, 3d Ed. McFarland. p. 262. ISBN 9781476608068 – via Google Books.
