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- 1 2 Maid to Order. American Film Institute (AFI). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
- ↑ Cullen, Frank (2006). Vaudeville, Old and New: An Encyclopedia of Variety Performers in America, vol. 1 (1 ed.). New York, NY: Routledge. p. 355. ISBN 978-0415938532.
