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- ↑ Spehr, Paul C.; Lundquist, Gunnar; Lauritzen, Einar (1 July 1996). American film personnel and company credits, 1908–1920: filmographies reordered by authoritative organizational and personal names from Lauritzen and Lundquist's American film-index. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-7864-0255-7.
