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- ↑ Dietz, p. 263
- ↑ Kinkle, p. 69
- ↑ "When Blanche Ring Smiles and Sings". The New York Times . February 4, 1914. p. 9.
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- Dietz, Dan (2021). "When Claudia Smiles". The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781538150283.
- Kinkle, Roger D. (1974). "When Claudia Smiles". The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900-1950: Music year by year, 1900-1950. Arlington House Publishers. ISBN 9780870002298.
