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- ↑ TCM.com
- ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 146–147. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
- ↑ Bob Hope and Grace Kelly Open the 1955 Oscars-YouTube
- ↑ "Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1954 -". cartoonresearch.com.
