Aronson, Michael (2009). "1920: Movies, Margarine, and Main Street". In Fischer, Lucy (ed.). American Cinema of the 1920s: Themes and Variations. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. pp. 33–36. ISBN978-0-8135-4484-7. "Sex (1920)". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
McNally, Karen (2021). The Stardom Film: Creating the Hollywood Fairy Tale. New York: Wallflower Press. pp. 24–29. ISBN978-0-520-27178-4. "What Price Hollywood? (1932)". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
Jewell, Richard B. (1982). The RKO Story. New York: Arlington House/Crown. p. 54. ISBN0-517-54656-6. "Rockabye (1932)". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
Ward, Richard Lewis (2016). When the Cock Crows: A History of the Pathé Exchange. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. pp. 165–66. ISBN9780809334964. Pitts, Michael R. (2019). Astor Pictures: A Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933–1965. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 33. ISBN978-1-4766-7649-4. "Pathe-America Sold to Astor Pictures". New York Times. June 27, 1962. Retrieved January 3, 2023. "Astor Takes Full Control of Pathe-America Co". Boxoffice. July 2, 1962. p. 5. Retrieved January 3, 2023. The Pathé-America slate included the inaugural full release of Paradise Alley, which initially screened in 1958 as supposedly "the first picture ever to premiere without distribution." "Paradise Alley (1962)". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
Slide, Anthony (1998). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. p. 61. ISBN978-1-579-58056-8. Schauer, Bradley (2017). Escape Velocity: American Science Fiction Film, 1950–1982. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press. p. 32. ISBN9780819576583. "Thomas' PRC Tie to End Shortly". Motion Picture Daily. August 5, 1947. pp. 1, 8. Retrieved January 3, 2023. Note that the date of "1946" on page 1 is a clear misprint. Ward, Richard Lewis (2016). When the Cock Crows: A History of the Pathé Exchange. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. p. 164. ISBN9780809334964.
Slide, Anthony (1998). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. p. 61. ISBN978-1-579-58056-8. Davis, Blair (2012). The Battle for the Bs: 1950s Hollywood and the Rebirth of Low-Budget Cinema. New Brunswick, NJ, and London: Rutgers University Press. pp. 53–56. ISBN978-1-579-58056-8. "2 Movie Concerns Announce Merger". New York Times. May 22, 1950. Retrieved January 3, 2023. "ELC Files Big Suit Against Loew's, RKO". Motion Picture Daily. October 4, 1950. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved January 3, 2023. "1950-51 Will Be ELC's First 'Profit' Year". Motion Picture Daily. March 26, 1951. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved January 3, 2023. "Eagle Lion Is Sold to U.A. Film Firm". New York Times. April 12, 1951. Retrieved January 1, 2023. Davis—echoing mistakes made by others—incorrectly describes Rank as controlling the Eagle-Lion Films production company and "acquiring" PRC (p. 50). Among the abundant contemporaenous evidence to the contrary, see the Pathé Industries Inc. copyright on the Destination Moon poster here and the description of Pathé Industries Inc. as Eagle-Lion Classics' "parent company" in the April 12, 1951 New York Times article cited in this note. See also "Pathe, Boston Bank Loan 'Progressing'". Motion Picture Daily. July 28, 1947. p. 1. Retrieved January 3, 2023. (Pathé "[p]roducing affiliates include Eagle-Lion and PRC.") "$8,500,000 Pathe Boston Bank Loan Is Transfer Deal". Motion Picture Daily. August 5, 1947. p. 3. Retrieved January 3, 2023. ("Eagle-Lion and PRC, both Pathe Industries subsidiaries.")
Ward, Richard Lewis (2016). When the Cock Crows: A History of the Pathé Exchange. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. pp. 165–66. ISBN9780809334964. Pitts, Michael R. (2019). Astor Pictures: A Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933–1965. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 33. ISBN978-1-4766-7649-4. "Pathe-America Sold to Astor Pictures". New York Times. June 27, 1962. Retrieved January 3, 2023. "Astor Takes Full Control of Pathe-America Co". Boxoffice. July 2, 1962. p. 5. Retrieved January 3, 2023. The Pathé-America slate included the inaugural full release of Paradise Alley, which initially screened in 1958 as supposedly "the first picture ever to premiere without distribution." "Paradise Alley (1962)". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
Ward, Richard Lewis (2016). When the Cock Crows: A History of the Pathé Exchange. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. p. 154. ISBN9780809334964. "Pathe Lab Buys PRC". Motion Picture Herald. January 10, 1942. p. 8. Retrieved December 30, 2022. "Pathé Now Owns 100 Per Cent of PRC Stock". Motion Picture Herald. February 28, 1942. p. 46. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
Slide, Anthony (1998). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Abingdon and New York: Routledge. p. 61. ISBN978-1-579-58056-8. Davis, Blair (2012). The Battle for the Bs: 1950s Hollywood and the Rebirth of Low-Budget Cinema. New Brunswick, NJ, and London: Rutgers University Press. pp. 53–56. ISBN978-1-579-58056-8. "2 Movie Concerns Announce Merger". New York Times. May 22, 1950. Retrieved January 3, 2023. "ELC Files Big Suit Against Loew's, RKO". Motion Picture Daily. October 4, 1950. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved January 3, 2023. "1950-51 Will Be ELC's First 'Profit' Year". Motion Picture Daily. March 26, 1951. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved January 3, 2023. "Eagle Lion Is Sold to U.A. Film Firm". New York Times. April 12, 1951. Retrieved January 1, 2023. Davis—echoing mistakes made by others—incorrectly describes Rank as controlling the Eagle-Lion Films production company and "acquiring" PRC (p. 50). Among the abundant contemporaenous evidence to the contrary, see the Pathé Industries Inc. copyright on the Destination Moon poster here and the description of Pathé Industries Inc. as Eagle-Lion Classics' "parent company" in the April 12, 1951 New York Times article cited in this note. See also "Pathe, Boston Bank Loan 'Progressing'". Motion Picture Daily. July 28, 1947. p. 1. Retrieved January 3, 2023. (Pathé "[p]roducing affiliates include Eagle-Lion and PRC.") "$8,500,000 Pathe Boston Bank Loan Is Transfer Deal". Motion Picture Daily. August 5, 1947. p. 3. Retrieved January 3, 2023. ("Eagle-Lion and PRC, both Pathe Industries subsidiaries.")
Ward, Richard Lewis (2016). When the Cock Crows: A History of the Pathé Exchange. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press. pp. 165–66. ISBN9780809334964. Pitts, Michael R. (2019). Astor Pictures: A Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933–1965. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 33. ISBN978-1-4766-7649-4. "Pathe-America Sold to Astor Pictures". New York Times. June 27, 1962. Retrieved January 3, 2023. "Astor Takes Full Control of Pathe-America Co". Boxoffice. July 2, 1962. p. 5. Retrieved January 3, 2023. The Pathé-America slate included the inaugural full release of Paradise Alley, which initially screened in 1958 as supposedly "the first picture ever to premiere without distribution." "Paradise Alley (1962)". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Retrieved January 3, 2023.