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- ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: The Broken Pledge". Silent Era. Retrieved July 4, 2009.
- ↑ Shearer, Stephen Michael (2013). Gloria Swanson: The Ultimate Star. Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 9781250013668.
- ↑ Swanson, Gloria (1980). Swanson on Swanson . Random House. pp. 69–75. ISBN 0-394-50662-6.
