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- ↑ Looking at Hollywood: Cassavetes to Direct All-Negro 'Hamlet' Hopper, Hedda. Chicago Tribune 21 June 1963: b14.
- ↑ Again for Film Steve Picks Sbary Los Angeles Times 30 Oct 1964: C16.
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