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- ↑ "Movie Review - Madison Square Garden - Jack Oakie, Warren Hymer and Several Hard-Hitting Old-Timers in a Prize-Fighting Story". The New York Times . Retrieved February 23, 2015.
- ↑ Madison Square Garden (film), tcm.com; accessed August 8, 2015.
