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- ↑ Philippe Rège. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors. (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2010.) p. 638.
- 1 2 La Femme d'une nuit at Ciné-Ressources . [Retrieved 2 September 2015]
- 1 2 Marcel L'Herbier, La Tête qui tourne. (Paris: Belfond, 1979.) pp. 195-197.
- ↑ Laurent Véray (ed.), Marcel L'Herbier: l'art du cinéma. (Paris: Association française de recherche sur l'histoire du cinéma, 2007.) p. 238; p. 275; p. 384.
