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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Langman, Larry; Finn, Daniel (1995). A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313295324.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Riskin, Victoria (2019). Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9781524747299.
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