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- ↑ "Lone Pine Film Database". Lone Pine Film History Museum. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
- ↑ Bann, Richard W. (2010). Lone Pine in the Movies: Celebrating Republic's 75th Anniversary. Little Rock: Riverwood Press. ISBN 978-1880756171.
- ↑ "Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- ↑ p. 103 Langley, Christopher Lone Pine Arcadia Publishing 2007