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- ↑ "Capitol" ( i.e. , the Capitol Theatre, Independence Street, Shamokin, Pennsylvania), Shamokin News-Dispatch (1923–1968), June 8, 1962, p. 10, col. 7
References published in the AFI Catalog
- ↑ Daily Variety , January 25, 1962, p. 3
- ↑ Daily Variety , November 1, 1961, p. 6
- ↑ Daily Variety , December 26, 1961, p. 3
- ↑ Los Angeles Times , December 19, 1962, Sect. D, p. 9
- ↑ Variety , December 27, 1961, p. 8
- ↑ Variety , January 2, 1963, p. 8
- ↑ Daily Variety , October 18, 1961, p. 2
- ↑ Daily Variety , February 9, 1962, p. 3