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- ↑ Bigham, Randy Bryan (April 11, 2014). Finding Dorothy: A Biography of Dorothy Gibson. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781105520082.
- ↑ Koszarski, Richard (January 30, 2004). Fort Lee: The Film Town. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0861966538.
- ↑ Billboard, April 6, 1912, p. 15; Motography, December 5, 1914, p. 766.
- ↑ Fort Lee: Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry. Arcadia Publishing. April 4, 2006. ISBN 9780738545011 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Bigham, Randy Bryan (April 11, 2014). Finding Dorothy: A Biography of Dorothy Gibson. Lulu.com. ISBN 9781105520082.
- ↑ Barton, Ruth (October 3, 2014). Rex Ingram: Visionary Director of the Silent Screen. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813147116.
- ↑ "World-Peerless". Variety. November 26, 1958. p. 20. Retrieved June 9, 2019– via Archive.org.
- ↑ "World/Peerless & Metropolitan Studios Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
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