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References
- 1 2 Erickson, Hal (2010), "Valley of the Moon (1914)", The New York Times.
- 1 2 Merritt, Greg (2000), Celluloid Mavericks: The History of American Independent Film, Basic Books, p. 11, ISBN 1560252324.
- 1 2 3 Langman, Larry (1998), American Film Cycles: the Silent Era, Bibliographies and Indexes in the Performing Arts, 22, Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 103, ISBN 0313306575.
- ↑ Bennett, Carl (2010), "The Valley of the Moon", The Progressive Silent Film List, Silent Era Company, retrieved 2014-04-05.
