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- ↑ "One of Many". American Film Institute. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
- ↑ Motography Volume 16, Issues 15-26 - Page 1443 1916 Frances Nelson in “One of Many,” an offering that carries a profound moral
- ↑ Photoplay The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines 1917 SHE LIKES BASEBALL AND CAN "CALL" AN "UMP" — HARD, TOO. THIS is Frances Nelson, who, my dears, is as talented as she is shapely, which is merely another way of ... Now she is with Metro, which is starring her in "One of Many"".
- ↑ Robert B. Connelly The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36 1998 "ONE OF MANY (1917) 5 reels COU Metro bw Frances Nelson (Shirley Bryson). Niles Welch (Harold Templeton). Mary Mersch (Emma Bryson), Caroline Harris (Mrs. Bryson). Harold Entwistle (Wilfred Templeton)
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