Charles Stumpf: ZaSu Pitts: The Life and Career. McFarland, Jefferson 2010, ISBN 978-0-7864-4620-9, S.53 (englisch, eingeschränkte Vorschau in der Google-Buchsuche [abgerufen am 19. November 2019]): “Waiting – always waiting – in the shadows of the back streets … longing for the man she loves … asking nothing, receiving nothing – yet content to sacrifice all for him. WHY?”