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References
- 1 2 3 http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-This-Is-My-Best.html The Definitive This Is My Best Radio Log
- ↑ Simon Callow, Orson Welles: Hello Americans (Jonathan Cape, London, 2006) p.243
- ↑ Simon Callow, Orson Welles: Hello Americans (Jonathan Cape, London, 2006) pp.243-4
- ↑ http://www.all-otr.com/T018_ThisIsMyBest.htm Episode synopses of This Is My Best
- ↑ http://www.originaloldradio.com/cddh1677.html Log of Orson Welles radio episodes