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- ↑ "The 34th Academy Awards (1962) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
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