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- 1 2 Mantle, Burns (1933). The Best Plays of 1932-1933 . Dodd, Mead And Company, Inc. p. 473.
- ↑ American Film Institute: Catalog of Feature Films Young Sinners, afi.com; retrieved October 19, 2018.
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