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- ↑ Physical Culture, Dec. 1943
- ↑ Sunday Mirror, Magazine section, Aug. 15, 1943
- ↑ Internet Broadway Data Base http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=1286
- ↑ Internet Broadway Data Base http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=1427
- ↑ Screen Stars magazine, Oct. 1946