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- ↑ McMahan, Alison (2014-08-22). Alice Guy Blaché: Lost Visionary of the Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 224. ISBN 9781501302695.
- ↑ Chalmers Publishing Company (1910). Moving Picture World (July-Dec 1910). New York The Museum of Modern Art Library. New York, Chalmers Publishing Company. p. 144.
