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- ↑ "TV Guide". Chicago Tribune. 5 January 1957. p. 45.
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- ↑ quoted in "Cast Caught in sticky trap". The Courier-Journal. 8 January 1957. p. 16.
- ↑ "Gisele a charmer". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 9 January 1957. p. 18.
- ↑ Harris, Harry (16 January 1957). "Screening TV". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 30.
- ↑ "Listening Post". The Times-Tribune. 12 January 1957. p. 14A.