1. 1. Mormon Literature & Creative Arts database, http://mormonlit.lib.byu.edu/lit_genre.php?genre=Film (accessed June 1, 2009).
2. 2. For a fairly complete history of Mormon cinema, see Randy Astle with Gideon Burton, “A History of Mormon Cinema,” BYU Studies 46, no. 2 (Summer 2007): 12-163.
3. 3. “Mormon Pictures in Demand,” Moving Picture World 11 (February 10, 1912): 470, cited in Richard Alan Nelson, “Utah Filmmakers of the Silent Screen,” Utah Historical Quarterly 43, no. 1 (Winter 1975): 7.
4. 4. Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (chronological scrapbook of typed entries and newspaper clippings, 1830-present), September 2, 1928, LDS Church History Library.
5. 5. “God’s Army: A Richard Dutcher Film,” Zion Films, www.zionfilms.com (accessed June 12, 2000). This URL now leads to www.mainstreetmovieco.com, and the essay is no longer posted. A full transcript from the original site is in my possession.