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The show had a huge advance order of ticket sales - over $ 1 million - due to the popularity of its stars. Production was problematic, and Arnold
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The story originally involved a single father looking after his son in Miami whose married brother wants to take custody of the son; the father has a brief romance with a widow. Steve
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