The picture has made its million back in four months; I have been overwhelmed by letters, hundreds of them, literally, begging me in my next production not to swing over the shallow trash of mother love, father love, sister love, brother love.

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Back Been Begging Brother Father Four Hundreds Letters Literally Love Made Me Million Months Mother Next Over Overwhelmed Picture Production Shallow Sister Swing Them Trash

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