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- ↑ Braff, Richard E. (2002). "Too Many Husbands". The Braff Silent Short Film Working Papers: Over 25,000 Films, 1903-1929, Alphabetized and Indexed. McFarland & Company. p. 513. ISBN 9780786410316.
- ↑ Jacobs, Christophe P.; McCaffrey, Donald (1999). Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313032172.
- ↑ "The Vitagraph Co., LTD". The Bioscope. Vol. xxiv, no. 408. August 6, 1914. p. 606.
- ↑ "Many Laughs in "Too Many Husbands"". The Edmonton Daily Capital . September 30, 1914. p. 3.