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- ↑ "All-Colored Revue Hit Featured in Centre Film". Ottawa Citizen. July 18, 1930. p. 21.
- ↑ Munden, Kenneth W., ed. (1971). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films 1921–1930 . New York: R. R. Bowker Company. p. 798. ISBN 978-0-520-21521-4. OCLC 664500075.
- 1 2 Bradley, Edwin M. (August 11, 2004). "There's a Tear for Every Smile in Hollywood". The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 through 1932. McFarland. pp. 216–8. ISBN 978-0-7864-2029-2.
- 1 2 Motion Picture Reviews. Los Angeles, CA: Women's University Club. 1930. p. 6.
