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References
- ↑ "Amazon Web Page: French Cinema: The First Wave, 1915-1929".
- ↑ "Amazon Web Page: French Film Theory and Criticism, Volume 1: 1907-1929".
- ↑ "Amazon Web Page: French Film Theory and Criticism, Volume 2: 1929-1939".
- ↑ "Amazon Web Page: The Cine Goes to Town: French Cinema 1896-1914".
- ↑ Theatre Library Association online Archived 2011-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
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