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- ↑ Company, Johnson Publishing (December 13, 1951). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
- ↑ Pitts, Michael R. (April 19, 2019). Astor Pictures: A Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933-1965. McFarland. ISBN 9781476636283 – via Google Books.
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