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- ↑ Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, award nominations for Sunset Boulevard Archived 2012-01-12 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved July 21, 2005.
- ↑ "REVIEW: GEORGE STEVENS' "A PLACE IN THE SUN" (1951) STARRING MONTGOMERY CLIFT AND ELIZABETH TAYLOR; PARMOUNT BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION - Cinema Retro". cinemaretro.com. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
