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- ↑ "Motography". March 23, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Goble, Alan (September 8, 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via page 500.
- ↑ Nash, Jay Robert; Connelly, Robert; Ross, Stanley Ralph (January 23, 1988). Motion Picture Guide Silent Film 1910-1936. Cinebooks. ISBN 9780933997004 – via page 406.
- ↑ "Photoplay Magazine". Cloud Publishing Company. March 23, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Philip Hahn". BFI. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020.
