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- ↑ Romain, Theresa St (2008). Margarita Fischer: A Biography of the Silent Film Star. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3552-4.
- ↑ "Withering Roses". The South Bend Tribune. Indiana, South Bend. January 31, 1934. p. 9. Retrieved May 29, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Withering Roses". Pictures and the Picturegoer. 1914-03-28. p. 137 – via Proquest.
- ↑ The Moving Picture World. Chalmers Publishing Company. 1914.
