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- ↑ "Worldly Goods". American Film Institute . Retrieved June 4, 2021.
- ↑ The Film Daily (Jul-Dec 1930) at the Internet Archive. The Film Daily , issue on August 3, 1930. p. 513. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
