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- ↑ "The Return of Tessie Agana". Literary Song Movie Magazine. February 16, 1960. p. 29.
The next year she made Roberta which held the box-office record for local films for ten years [sic].
- ↑ "Big welcome for Tessie". Literary Song Movie Magazine. March 16, 1960.
Tessie Agana, the child star who years ago made history by breaking the box office record with her gripping performance in 'Roberta,' giving her studio the much needed shot in the arm as finances were low as a result of a disastrous fire...
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