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- ↑ Waters, Florence (9 March 2012). "First Charles Dickens film found 111 years after it was made". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ↑ Vanessa Toulmin, Simon Popple, Visual delights two: exhibition and reception, Publisher John Libbey Eurotext, 2005, ISBN 0861966570, 9780861966578, 266 pages, page 77
- ↑ "Earliest Charles Dickens film uncovered". BBC News. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ↑ "Charles Dickens film The Death of Poor Joe found - oldest ever at 111 yrs". Metro. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ↑ The Death of Poor Joe in the BFI Film & TV Database
- ↑ Kemp, Stuart. "BFI's Bryony Dixon stumbles across "The Death Of Poor Joe," a character from Charles Dickens' "Bleak House."". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
