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- ↑ Nugent, Frank S. (1936-02-05). "Movie Review - Soak the Rich - ' Soak the Rich,' at the Astor, in Which Hecht and MacArthur Lampoon College Radicals". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
