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- ↑ "Pathe Sets 10 Features for January Release". Motion Picture News. January 7, 1928. p. 64. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
- ↑ "Quick Reference Picture Chart: Pathe". Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World. January 7, 1928. p. 71. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
- ↑ "Opinions on Pictures: The Ballyhoo Buster". Motion Picture News. December 30, 1927. p. 2035. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
- ↑ "Buffalo Bill Jr., in The Ballyhoo Buster". The Film Daily. December 30, 1927. p. 2035. Retrieved September 29, 2018.
