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- ↑ "B'way B.O. Beats Rain". Variety. November 9, 1955. p. 11. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ↑ "Did Comics, Critics and & Columnists Clip Downtown B.O. For Liberace's Film?". Variety. November 23, 1955. p. 7. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ↑ Medved & Medved 1984, p. 58.