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- ↑ "John Mulholland and Robert Osborne on True Gen".
- ↑ "Gary Cooper: Man Of The West, by John Mulholland".
- ↑ "American Society of Cinematographers review, Inside High Noon".
- ↑ "Mulholland interviewed on NPR, Leonard Lopate".
- ↑ Birdwell, Michael (2000). Celluloid Soldiers The Warner Bros. Campaign Against Nazism, NYU Press, NYC, NY. ISBN 9780814798713
- ↑ "NY Times Review". The New York Times .
- ↑ "Mulholland and Patrick Hemingway JFK Library Boston".
- ↑ Staff, BroadwayWorld. October 12, 2015 John Mulholland & Richard Zampella Filming Interviews for Elmore Leonard Documentary
- ↑ "ICONS Radio Hour". Archived from the original on 2015-05-18.
- ↑ Shakespeare Authorship Coalition
