In his 1919 book California Desert Trails, travel writer J. Smeaton Chase mentions that motion-picture people were in the Indian Canyons sometime before 1918.[1]
^Chase, J. Smeaton (1919). "II: The Palm Oases and Cañons". California Desert Trails. Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Co. pp. 387. OCLC2991395. Naturally, those nuisances the motion-picture people have seized on Palm Cañon for their antics, with the result of setting fire to some of the finest of the palms. With illustrations from Chase's photographs. Available at: Internet Archive: California Coast Trails
and California Desert Trails. Palo Alto, CA: Tioga Pub. Co. 1987. p. 387. ISBN0935382607. LCCN87040050.
^deMille, William C. (2007). "24: The Excitements of Celluloid: The Camel's Nose". In Peter Wild (ed.). The Grumbling Gods: a Palm Springs Reader. Salt Lake City, UT: University of Utah Press. ISBN978-0874808995. OCLC122974473., quoting deMille in Hollywood Saga. New York, NY: E. P. Dutton. 1939. pp. 319. OCLC1353346. (Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress) First edition)
^The 9 minute segments were combined and released on VHS in 1989. See: Hedda Hopper's Hollywood. Los Angeles, CA: Republic Pictures Home Video. ISBN978-1555265205OCLC22404038, 422976061. Also see: Hedda Hopper's Hollywood (1959/1960). Rexall TV Special. OCLC81489893.
^Star Studded Ride (1954). Universal Pictures. Summary (from Library of Congress data): "A group of desert riders from Palm Springs, Calif., on their weekly ride watch Ben Hogan demonstrate some golf shots at the Tamarish [sic] Country Club, see Gussie Moran and Dave Gillam play a set of tennis at Charles Farrell's Racket Club, and observe Pat McCormack and Stubby Kreuger [sic] in a diving exhibition at the El Mirador Hotel. Credits: Producer, Thomas Mead; director, William C. Menzies; script, Allan Kitchel, Jr.; narrator, Tex Antoine; music, Jack Shaindlin; editor, Ed Bartsch." LCCNfi54-948
^Lea DeLaria; Mariah Hanson; Robin Gans; Sandy Sachs; Aarin Burch; (1996). The Club Skirts Girl Bar queens of comedy: in Palm Springs, California during the Dinah Shore Golf Classic week. Tallahassee, FL: Northern Arts/Naiad Press. VHS. ISBN978-1562801540OCLC38996994
^Kate Clinton; Mariah Hanson; Robin Gans; Sandy Sachs; Aarin Burch; (1997). The Girl Bar [and] Club Skirts queens of comedy: in Palm Springs, California during the 7th annual Dinah Shore Golf Classic week. Tallahassee, FL: Northern Arts/Naiad Press. VHS. OCLC43665546
Alan, Ken (January 22, 2013). "Valley gets serious about attracting filmmakers". The Public Record. 37 (4). Palm Springs, CA: Robert Marra: 1–2. ISSN0744-205X.
Alan, Ken (January 21, 2014). "Desert, desert everywhere—but you can't film on it". The Public Record. 37 (6). Palm Springs, CA: Robert Marra: 1–2. ISSN0744-205X.