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- ↑ "The Return of Thomas H. Ince". MOMA. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ↑ "The Return of Thomas H. Ince: Program 1". MOMA. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ↑ Keil, Charlie; Stamp, Shelley (2004). American cinema's transitional era: audiences, institutions, practices. University of California Press. p. 161. ISBN 0-520-24025-1 . Retrieved February 13, 2012.
