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- ↑ "Raymond Longford", Cinema Papers, January 1974 p51
- ↑ 'NEW MOVING PICTURE. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTION', The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 26 May 1921 p 10
- ↑ "Rudd's New Selection". silentera.com. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ↑ "EARL'S COURT". The Morning Bulletin . Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 20 December 1921. p. 8. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
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- ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 106.
- ↑ L. R. Shelton. 'Hayward, Rudall Charles Victor – Biography', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Sep-10 accessed 22 November 2012
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