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- ↑ "Sherrys Showing Latest Picture Type Lash of the Whip". La Grande Observer. April 24, 1925. p. 7. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ↑ Munden, Kenneth W., ed. (1997) [1971]. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 419. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- ↑ Langman, Larry (1992). A Guide to Silent Westerns. Greenwood Press. p. 247. ISBN 0-313-27858-X.
- ↑ ""Lash of the Whip"". Messenger-Inquirer. July 29, 1925. p. 8. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ↑ "Lash of the Whip (1924) - Francis Ford | Cast and Crew | AllMovie" . Retrieved February 21, 2021.
