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- ↑ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..The Clue
- ↑ "The Clue (1915) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ↑ "The Clue". AFI. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
