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- ↑ "Ruth of the Range". SilentEra. November 3, 2006. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 Rainey, Buck (February 2010). Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912-1956. McFarland. p. 207. ISBN 978-0-7864-4702-2.
- ↑ Hallett, Hilary (January 15, 2013). Go West, Young Women!: The Rise of Early Hollywood. University of California Press. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-520-95368-0.
