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- ↑ pp. 5-6 Pitts, Michael R. Astor Pictures: A Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933-1965 McFarland, 12 Apr 2019
- ↑ p. 6 Pitts, Michael R. Astor Pictures: A Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933-1965 McFarland, 12 Apr 2019
- ↑ pp. 46-47 Cripps, Thomas Making Movies Black: The Hollywood Message Movie from World War II to the Civil Rights Era Oxford University Press, 1993