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- ↑ Slide, Anthony (2014). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge. pp. 131–132. ISBN 978-1135925543 . Retrieved 12 March 2019– via GoogleBooks.
- ↑ Pond, Steve (2008). "A Guild is Born". Directors Guild of America. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
