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- ↑ Wilcox p 51
- ↑ BFI.org [ dead link ]
- ↑ Low p.133
- ↑ Low p.133
- ↑ "Film Flashes". The National Advocate . New South Wales. 17 February 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 27 August 2017– via National Library of Australia.
