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- ↑ "The Leads For "The Faker"". Motion Picture News . November 24, 1928. p. 1594. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ↑ "The Faker—Columbia". Photoplay . April 1929. p. 114. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- ↑ ""The Faker" (Silent)". The Film Daily . March 10, 1929. p. 8. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ↑ ""Honeymoon" in Double Bill At "Hip"". The Napa Daily Register . January 28, 1929. p. 4. Retrieved June 19, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ ""The Faker" — With Warner Oland and Jacqueline Logan". Harrison's Reports . March 9, 1929. p. 38. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
- ↑ "The Faker [motion picture]". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved October 31, 2023.