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- ↑ "Taxi for Two (1929) - Denison Clift, Alexander Esway | Cast and Crew". AllMovie.
- ↑ "Taxi for Two (1929)". BFI.
- ↑ Neale, Steve (13 February 2019). Silent Features: The Development of Silent Feature Films 1914 - 1934. University of Exeter Press. ISBN 9781905816262 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Mabel Poulton : OBITUARIES" . The Independent. 30 December 1994. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022.
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