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- ↑ MUSICAL TO OPEN TODAY AT WARNERS: Los Angeles Times 28 Sep 1933: 11
- ↑ Characters From Real Life Basis for "Louder Please" Los Angeles Times 15 Oct 1933: A7.
- ↑ BROUN PLANS TO GIVE NEW INTIMATE REVUE New York Times 25 Sep 1931: 34.
- ↑ THE THEATRE: Hollywood Satire Wall Street Journal 19 Nov 1931: 4.
- ↑ THE PLAY: Slandering the Movies Again. Pasquinade of Opera. By J. BROOKS ATKINSON. New York Times 13 Nov 1931: 26.
- ↑ Patrick McGilligan, "Norman Krasna", Backstory: Interviews with Screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age, California Press p 217
- ↑ Political Satires Newest Plan of Hollywood Film Producers Los Angeles Times 16 Mar 1932: A9.
- ↑ Rights Secured Los Angeles Times (1 Mar 1963: C13.