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- ↑ "Wins Her Spurs as a Scenarist". The Los Angeles Times. June 14, 1925. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ↑ "Lois Hutchinson to Write for Preferred Pictures". Motion Picture World. July 4, 1925. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ↑ "State Scores in Psychic Case". The Los Angeles Times. January 14, 1925. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ↑ "Producer Finds Screen Talent in Late Search". The Quad-City Times. August 30, 1925. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
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