Variety (August 1953)

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FILM REVIEWS Wednesday, August 5, 1953 The Caddy (SONGS) Martin & Lewis In fairways romp for laughs and food b.o* Hollywood, Aug. 4. Paramount tvleiirsa of paul Jones pro- duel ion. Stars Dean Martin, Jciry Liw]#, coatarn Dontwi Heed, Barbara Bnlc*h.^<a* t» res Josep h ('idle la. Fit <1 LI ark, Lib* l“J] Sundboi'K, Howard Smilh, MarshaH Thompson, Marjorie Gat‘''’.‘/flvfi'f " v r uen- • lia, Lewis Martin, Romo Vincent,. A*K n tina Hnmeltl, Hour.eley Stevenson, Jr. Dlreeled Edmund Hi* Actress (SONG) ' ■» " Entertalnlnr comedy • drama about a stage-struck girl, with Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons and Teresa Wright. Excellent outlook. Hollywood, Aug, 4. Metro release of Lnwrenqe Weingarten production. Star# Spencer Tracy, Jean Simmons, Teresa Wright; features An- 1 , Hour.eley I bony Perkins, Ian Wolfe, Kay Williams. Normaiv 'I auro«; Screcnpi. > •-. | Mary Wrc k«?sv Dlreetcd by George Cukor. i/V ihoh • vr,,' . ■ _• ..Vs* a Hartman. Danny Arnold; addict 1 MINS. Golf Official Ifruee HccIut ■Mrs. Taylor •., Mr. Spczzato . Mi’. Taylor . Eddie Lear •" Mama Anthony Officer .... Mr. Hell • Cam I hello . Golf .Starter Official Mr.. Benthall ,Mr. Preen . . Mr., Heron Miller Sr. . Geo. Garrison. Sr. Announcer/ ../. Himself. ..;. y Himself ....... > • • • Himself . . .,:.. .. Himself Himself .. ... . • . Himself ......... Howard Srpllb Mars),all. Thompson . .Marjorie O'llcsoti ... . Frank Puidla ,, . . . . Lewis Mui'tin . ■ ".'": Romo VirU'Vn- Arp. e nth) a It rune 11 i. I f on sc it* y • St even son, Jr. John Onllaudci William Fdfnunc's ., . . Charles Irwin •, Freeman Lusk . Keith McConnell :-.‘..'.Henry Brandon . Maurice Mar sac Donald Randolph; ".... Stephen Chase .. i. Torn IIi rmon. Ben l.logan .. - Sam Snead. .Bvron Nollton. Julius Boros ; J'imih.v Thomson . Harry E, Cooper to . . Gtiiov I in ..which the plot '■ Miss Simmons Doan Martin and Jerry Lewis dig a lot of divots among the fair- ways of “The Caddy”, in tlie inter- est of laughs and prosperous, pros- pects at the ticket windows. U s ah amusing roriip that, while not filways parring previous M&T/suc- cesses, comes... close ofiough 1 “ please their fans and to Kood returns. * . .. The Paul Jones nroduction, di- rected by Norman Tawrog for ex- cellent comedy results, tells how a couple of San Francisco boys, both liking golf, team for tournament play. Since Lewis can’t stand the strain of competition-. ■ he’s the _ caddy-manager for Martin. Farlv j successes’ swell Martin’s head and : he tries to break' from Lewis.. Their quarrel during a big match 1 at Pebble Reach turns on a riot j that ends with their plunge into] show biz wheri. golf'‘kicks, them-out. i Pietufe has.. a hacks!age opening ;. and closing, with, a long flashback j in between to show How they be-; came entertainers. • This light plot, framework has been embroidered with plenty of ; funny business ili the script, by Edmund Hartman and Danny j Arnold, wit h added dialog by Ken i Englund adding to the fun. Em-1 phasis is less cm very broad slan-; building of stick, although it’s : not entirely know she Avill not become a neglected, and more on warm hUri cal culture instructress, the mor with heart.; Lewis has several tcOnspii acy. of mama to further the Strong Comedy routines, First voC; daiighier’s aims and, finally, the which is set in ',v department store , raising of money to give her her \v:iiere liis. bumbling:as a stock hoy I break. It’s told with solid heart, so harasses Fred Clark, the man- .some .drama and . the humor that ager, that , he's kicked out, paving Screenplay. Ruth Gordon; front heir stake pin v,Years' Ago”; camera, Harold Hob- mom; editor. George Boemlefl musical dl, rcclion. Hrcmlslau Kaper. .Previewed July 20; T>3..Running time, B9 MINS.. Clinton Jones .,......... Spencer Tracy Hillli Gordon Jones ....... Jean Simmons - Wright Her kins Thiv Wolfe Will lams Wiokes Nilfcs'jrjn vtherlne. ..,.... * • • • Dawn Bender A warm, humorous motion pie- t lire, has beenY made from Ruth (lor Vm’s chronicle of her New England girlhood aind burning de- sire lor a legit career. Presented on the stage ns “Years Ago,” It now weals the appropriate screen title of “The Actress.’/ It has name importance in the casting of Spencer Tracy, Joan Simmons and Teresa Wright, excellent word-of- mouth values and a chance for good: grosses. : . ‘ The Lawrence Weingarten- pro- duction is rather solid family en- tertainment, directed .' sympatheti- cally and with understanding by George Cukor to tug at the heart, as well as the risibilities.; The stars and the other cast members respond. to this handling to. make, it a successful show, engagingly putting Over the characters that were taken from real life, as well as the. feel of the early 1900 period is laid. plays the title role, lifted from Miss Gordon’s own girlhood, and portrays per- fectly the. teenage agonies and joys' .of a girl who; must become an actress. at all cost, yet stands in Hwe of a papa who though seem- ing to have no sympathy for such youthful ambitions, is the one who comes through to make them pos- sible at (lie finale.: TraCy is fine as the lather, a. man who easily be- comes a bore at .tinges, Who lives quite a hit in his seafaring past, and desires better things for: his f/nnily t ban he can provide on the miserly stipend he/ makes as a clerk. As a balance wlieel in the family, Miss Wright-s mother is topnoieb, one of her better , por-' tI’iiyals of a naturally written char* aql er. .. •/ Actually, the script Is a scries of incidents establishing Miss Sim- mons' stage yen arid the gradual courage to let papa co- tho way ft*’' the golf teaminfMyith lUartin! Another is his hilarious "The Gay Continental” takeoff. Tie sings “Wlint Wo ul deha Do Without Me,’’ ‘‘One‘Rig Love” .end. "That’s Amor” with Martin. Tlu* . latter solos “You’re the Uiidit One” and “It’s a Whistle-Tn’ Kinds Mornin’” in good voice. Tunes were cont rilmtpd by Harry Warren and Jack Brooks. "lihe comics - have two femnuv stars as curvy .contrasts' for their antics. Donna Rocd plays a rich society gal ,who sets her cap for Martin and gets him. even if Lewis’s ineptness docs mix un the romance- for awhile. Barbara; Bates, as Martin’s sister, is Lewis’ sweetie. Both femmes put over their roles attractively; Fred Clark .doesn't last long -in;the footage hut ■ is f\in while around, Joseph Cal- . Teia and .Argentinn Brunotti,. as j tin’s^..Parents; .Clinfoil Sqnd-. ‘i*g, a stuIVy butler; Homo Vin-. cent, a talent agent; anil Howard | : . Smith. Marshall Thomnson. M^r- ; jorie Gateson, and Frank Pu«lia are among other, featured players , showing up, \yell., , ] . IM.aying tiieiusclves. /ire a nuni- her- of golf names,, including the. family ; sonic .drama and spills honestly frpm types serin, - A fresh young face, Anthony Perkins, impresses as Miss Sim- mons’ swain, and their .scenes to- get her will have a . nostalgic flavor lor audiences who remember,'their courting (lays back In' that period, j Perkins is the son of the late Os- vhod Perkins). Tan Wolfe and Mary Wickes arc in briefly during a gymnast sequence in which papa displays his muscles and loses liis pants. Kay Williams sings and d;*nee's ."Beautiful Lady” in a “Pink Lady” number./ ; .Teenaged friends' of Miss Simmons are Norma Jean Nilsson and Dawn Bender. Harold Hosson’s photography ...captures-, the story period neatly / and George . Boemler’s editing keeps the footage tight. Brog. Slran^er Wore a Ipuvi Okay Randolph Scott outdoor actioned in Technicolor and B-I>. • (COLOR) IIollyvyood, Jiily 28. - •• ,.*d gojf. names.: including Ben./ (’olun.i.Ma.releosft. of. Scott-Brown ’(Harry IlpgaiI,..Sam Snead,: Bvi/oh NelsoiV . BiniviO livoduotlon. /Stars Randolph t'L'in’c Trrvpr: leatui-es Joarl Wel- dnlius Bui'os. Jiiuniy 't’homsqri .arid The YonngCii'uio "The Young Caruso/* Ital- ian-made film tradeshown Ux New York Monday (3), wail reviewed from Genoa by Variety Nov. 21, 1051, under its original title Of "Enrico Caruso, Leggenda di Una Voce” ("Enrico Caruso, Le- gend of a Voice”). Picture has Gina Lollobrigida and Ermanno Randl iri top roles, while the voice of opera star Mario Del Monaco is dubbed in for the vocal sequences. . "A smooth, commercial pro- . duction,” Hawk opiried, " 'Ca- . ruso’ shows few if any signs \ . of. the rush treatment it re- ceived in order to beat the Metro opus to the Italian screens. ( Metro’s .‘Great Ca- ruso.’ was. released in April, 1951). It will gross strongly ’ 'with local audiences, for which/, it was primarily intended.. . Abroad and in the U. S., big exploitation via. comparison . with the UY S. production or on. its own merits could pay off in special situations;.” ; I.F.E. Releasing Corp., which is distributing the film : . i n. the. U,. S., has: dubbed in. an English soundtrack. Foot- age has also been edited down to 77 minutes from the origH rial 100. Stranger Wore a Gun/' a 3-D, wide- screen, stereophon ic sound outdoor feature. It is an okay entry for the general action market, with added sales value in the use of the techni- cal gimmicks and Technicolor. Based on ‘‘Yankee Gold” by John M. Gunningham.-the-screen devel- opment is not. always clear as con- cerns some of the .motivations arid characters, but there is enough sur- rounding action to keep it playing at the pace demanded by the out- door fan. Some of the more obvious tricks of 3-D aFe used to pelt and burn the audience during. the ac- tion. Scenic values are. very good, being, of the Tugged type, compat- ible to the story, arid the produc- tion. supervision gives the film what it needs for the market. . Under Andro do Toth’s direction, the story opens with Scott moving west after serving as a Quantrell spy. He can't shake this reputation so in Prescott, Ariz., he ties in with George Macfeady to spy on gold shipments being made over the stage line operated by Joan Weldon and her father, Pierre Watkin, The hero decides to go straight and plays on the rivalry of Macready and Alfonso Bcdoya, Latin bandit whose territory- had been taken over by Macready's henchmen;, to Save the stage- line . from further holdups. When everyone- is wiped out but Macready, he arid Scott have it oqt in a burning saloon for: the big finale . action sequence. Windup ^ finds Scott . heading for California With Claire. Trevor, a faithful girl friend who has stood by him (hrougliout, and leaving Miss Weldon looking wistfully after the mail she didn't get. Scott delivers in his usual style, which is just rigid lor outdoor aetioners. and the histrionics of the film get a big lift from Miss Trevor, although her footage is compara- tively small. Miss Weldon is ap- pealing, Macready. Bedoya, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and Joseph Vitale are the principal heavies, all Villainous. Scott served as associate pro- ducer to Harry Joe Brown on the Scott-Brown production, Lester 1L White’s color camera work is good, although not always showing up well on the preview print. Kenneth Garnet.did the'script-Trom the Cun-. ningliam novel. . Brog. Enci. . (SONG) ' "Lighthorso” paiiiel 1,; ■,(io)i, ( o o rg e M n c it a d y, Alfonso Bt/doya. Mjjvvln, Fvnfcst /Borgoiivo. Pierrip Hnixy E; . Cooper. F;'V)!|’s ' cnirilM 1 ;' ■ ban- WalHin-. Jo^ph'yitaiVYoTinn'’Hevans, Di- . dhng is go()d Cvif into llio footace 'yded -•by;- : Antlr?'.-- de Toth.-. Sbr^oTiola.v.-. ' nra'- OmW' ..Afiiiii • \«>tihHli /(JametMiDsod-.oRV'Yii-nkee Gold'* ■ B ( UMU fit.(tial lmil) . scenes oi^ ln Juim M. OunnlnKham; r.imera (Trch- . crowds ar.ound the N. Y.- Phre- 1 Lester■-H.-. WTiite; I'dilors, .Gene mount Theatre When MiVL- wero ' /.Y'-V, k \; rnin t-' s ‘Sneenej-. Previewed July <iin>o;irmR tliw f.u- a '.■Musical' din'rtion. edding and other technical ends are "excellent-" ly done. Y ' ; ■ Travis . ... T»il|Vnn.. ert Release Record . ’ Y Hollywood, Ai)L‘, .' ; Alltime release record for a t- o- montb period was set by Lippert with 10 features, one 3-D Feat i* .; to go put in. August, September. .. -^Fmn^pliis-^ur^ftf)vMy, “Bandit Island,” go out this month; six next. -. i . 4 n‘.ir i I by Conroy . , 'nl« v «! Moiirrcit , .1 ) m Kurlli . . .. ■ e-ull.' Slider ■ -.M'n f'onroy : . U.'d'h Aliu'ller , ■inv Alariirr •. /.. uioy Med (tbVk ... . !j;ir\ o ('mm's . ., ; »lf Hooper"' ,. •>h . ‘..., =*k(i=U==^^.---p=-r^ *»•«•« 4 «y i- • »• i * i • • « • * * * « • « . . Randolph Scott .... .Claire Trevor Joan Weldon George Macready , Alfonso Bedoya . • . .. Lee Marvin, Ernest Borxnine ... Pierre W'atkln , Joseph Vitale ..., Clem Bevarts :.,. Paul. Maxe.v Frank Scannell ,; Reed Hbw.es r.. Rosroc Ates . Edward Earle Randolph Scott *'i*ti'ie- plunge t . a k e s. w-ith the “The Chase melodrama with Lew Ayres, Sonny Tufts; Marjorie Steele; for programmer dates.' . j" ■■■• liollyw’oocl; July 29. ; - T r . t . ,s,s .. rpl « , as(‘ . of. Matthug/h (Matt > reed, Hugh Mackenzie> production. Stars Lew Ayres, Sonny Tufts, Marjorie Steele;^ features;, Lewis /Martin. Charles. Cane,- Gertrude .Michael, Reimy McEvpy, 'i®“- Kirkpatrick, Janies (i.rlfflth, Robert Watson,_ Robert BaUey, -Leoii. Burbank. ■ Robert Carson.- W’ritten and directed -by ( harlcs Bennett; camera. Benjamin. Kline; ou- Jl r< F-OX' Y; . Livingston; music, Bert Shelter;. soni?, Shefter. and Charles'' Ben- ne.tt. Previewed July "" ~ tinie, 7S MINS, , " ■ John Tracy . /.... Pfit . Petersoh .;.. . ....., ; ,Det. Simon Shayne . . . ., . ; Lt. Bruce GunivlnK . ,.. ,v« w-llbur K. Grossedt ... 01)»a bOwis ...... i.... Turnip Mac (waiter! ......-.... . Peter Hayden ........ Mr. Dujffy .. , •'■•■.a. •« 1,^,9 kfCJI* 28, *53. Running Det, Bob Office Boy , •Dr. Se.vntour . Mrs. Beresford Don Holden Mr. Platoff ... Mr. Crockett Chinese Barman Bookstore Clerk =Dnmir-^=—^T: .. Tjcw -Ayres. Marjorie Steele . . Sonny Tufts .. Lewis Martin .' Charles Cane Gertrude: Michael ■. R.enny MeEyoy Jess Kirkpatrick .. James Griffith .. Robert Watson r,. Bobert^Bajiley ... - Leon Burbank . Robert Carson Barbara Morrison. . Carleton Young ,; Hans Schumm ...... John Vosper Joseph Kim ,„:M an d ie_ _Prickett- 'Tfm Graham will serve as a _ program offering in regular release. Okay melier values are achieved In the presen- tation, a first for the indie unit of Matthugh Productions, but the pic- ture could stand tightening to piek up the pace and cover the lags left by script and direction. The contrived plot has a good idea behind it, but Charles Ben- nett’s writing and direction are in- clined to play too many scenes for dialog and the talk isn’t good enough to carry them. Playing by the principals, Lew Ayres, Sonny Tufts and Marjorie Steele, isn’t particularly outstanding either, but the overall effect of the picture is acceptable enough for its market. . Ayres is seen as a once top song- smith reduced to improvising songs in a bar for tips and the amuse- ment, of drunks. Miss Steele , is a career gill and Tufts a police de- tective. Plot contrives to bring them : together with the death of James Griffith, artist playboy. Cir- cumstances point to Miss Steele, but Tufts: covers for her; .using Ayres' as the fall guy. The po- lice dragnet, emph.azing there is no escape from Frisco once thri law clamps<»down, is spread for Ayres and his dodging of the traps is abetted by Miss Steele, who doesn’t want him taken for a crime she believes she committed. Pair fi- nally is cornered in the dead man's apartment, where it is suddenly re- veale.d that Tufts is the killer. The police arrive In time to prevent his adding hew killings to his list. Lewis Martin, police lieutenant; Renny. McEvoy, r sidestreet char- acter who aids Ayres; Gertrude Michael, a bar tramp, and Charles Cane, a noisy drunk, handle the principal featured spots nicely. Included iri. the Matt Freed-Hugh MacKenEie production is a ■ good music score by Bert Shefter, as well as a good title' number bal- lad. Benjamin Kline’s lensing is excellent. Brog. Man (iOs$o Do Peoe ; (My Childish Father) ■ ... (FRENCH) Y Y Paris, July 28Y. ■ Rai’cMu release of Joelle .FUms produc- tion. Features Maurice Teynac, Jacques Francois, Siren Adjemova and Arlette Poirier. Directed b.v Leoii Mathot. Screen- play, Leopold Marchand and Mkthot from play by Marchand; camera, L. H. Burel; editor, Marthe Cleris/ At Balzac,. Paris, Running, time 95 MINS. Luclen .... ,. .Maurice Teynac Gerard ... .Jacques Francois Stanley. ........ Jean Tissier Philiplne .. t ............ Arlette Poirier Wife ...... 1 Siren Adjemova The play derivation shows up in the studio handling of this film, A good idea is. talked' to death, and indifferent thesping and just pass- able technical aspects make this of little value, for the; U. S. except for a few dualer Spots. Pic might be rewritten for a Hollywood sit- uation comedy. ; This concerns a - philandering middle-age architect who finally: settles down to a. quiet marriage. However, his' son shows up to set off a series of complications and incidents. The Son was the fruit of a youthful liaison and is now a rich American soap manufacturer w'ho is , going to .build factories in France. ...-. Pic contrasts the businesslike, reserved son to the libertine father for obvious results^ The father is finally brought to mature senses and the son sets up a love match with an ex-vlctiir. of father. What should have been sparkling Is flat here because of lustreless direction of Leon Mathot, and the lack of spontaneity of the cast. Maurice Teynac tries valiantly as the father buf to no avail. Jacques Francois gets away with playing an American, but femme roles of Siren Adjemova and Ar- lette Poirier are less than ade- quate. Mosk. Koenigsmark (FRENCH) bv V Y Parish J'uTy 28. ; Sigma Vog/ .release of Sigma Vtig- Excelsa ..Film production. Stars Sylvana Pampanini, Jean-Plerre Aumoilt, .Renee Faure. Directed, by Solahge-Terac. Screen- play, Terac from novel by Pierre Benoit; camera, Pierre P.etlt; editor. Constant/ At Normandie, Paris., Running time,. 90 MINS. Vignerte .......... jean-Plerre. Aumont Aurore .... . ;. . .. Sylyana Pampanini Meluelne ...;. ... ... Renee Faure Frederic:.......-....... Roldano Lupi • * #'• i * «>y «*«» <«i‘r .3duViirc trigue and danger in the person of her estranged, conniving hu»“ band. Aumont literally finds a skeleton In the Closet of the ex* husband of the Buchess, and thev find a fleeting love before war comes to the Duchy, Direction and scripting of Solange Terac are both under par and hamper the film. Continuity is rough, and lensing flat. Aumont and Pamperini are miscast and only Renee Faure adds the proper period note to the meandering. ’ ■ : Monk, JulyB.0. Continued from page 4 . i Made twice before, as a silent pic_in 1926, and -/with' Pien ; e Fres- nay and Elissa Laridi in 1939, this does not compare favorably. . A Graustarkian romahtico and' skull- duggery affair, film lacks the mounting and thesping needed to make this type of pic click. This:has names of Jean-Pierre Aumont and Sylvana Pampanini for general Italo and French circuits, but of- fers little for the U. S. market. The plethora Of talkiness and the few locales of the production might make this worthwhile for TV dubbing. in June.; “Dangerous ^When WlI’’. (M-G), fifth-place winner, , shaped up as strong as had been forecast late in June. Sixth money, went to ‘‘White W itch Doctor” j 2(Jlh); which had the advantage of a flock of dates early in the month.- 3-D’er» OK B.O. “Second Chance” (RKO) copped seventh position, despite the fact that it was really. out in release only two Weeks late in the month. This Robert Mitchum 3-D’er un- doubtedly will be heard from addi- tionally in; the future. “Scared Stiff” (Par) is taking eighth place, after bein£ sixth in June. “Caine From Outer Space” i'XJ), b. 6. chairip in June, is winding up ninth in the face of new, fresh Opposition. It’s a 3-D’er. Y “The Maze” (AA), also in^-3-D, among the top 12 pix four weeks last month, showed enough to take 10th position. “Sangaree” < Par), ioth in the previous month, is 11th- place winner. “Frahcis. Covers Big Town” (U) rounds out the Golden Dozen for the past month. Y “Great > Sioux ' Uprising” YU), “Pickup on South St.” i20th),/. eighth in June; “Queen / Is Crovvned” (U), Seventh In June, arid South Sea Woman” (WB) are the runner-up films in that order. Last* named, current Burt. Lancaster starrer, never rose above 12th. posi- / tion all month, being iri the pe- • culiar position of being a w r eil-liked pic that never really caught on. An imposing array of new prod- uct will be In full release by the middle of this month, based on the; way some pf the new pictures started out late in. July. One of the outstanding new entries was “Moon Is Blue” (UA), Which fin- ished fourth, one week and seventh another one in July* but was riot out enough to be included in the monthly ratings; Another, is “Stal- ag 17” (par), which hit sixth posi- tion two weeks running/ It w'as in the same category as to. July .ratings,. ; V ‘Band Wagon* Smash ‘‘Band Wagon” (M-G) shapes as another smash newcoiner. It still w^as doing, remarkably big trade at the N. Y. Music Hall iri:the third week as the month closed, “Gen- tlemen Prefer felondes” (20th) likewise looks a gr^at grosser based on its showings in N. Y. and Phil- ly. It was huge on opening round. in latter city and big in second ses- sion at N. Y. Roxy. “Houdini” (Par) is starling out like a very stout fresh, pic.. “Ride Vaquero” (M-G) showed enough to win eighth place the final week of the month. “Vice Squad” (UA) w’as big in Buffalo, lively in .Phila- delphia-'and Stout on its preem in Cleveland. “Sea Devils” (RKO) looms as po- tentially solid based on a couple of nice openings near the end of last month. “Kid From Left Field” (20th) was rated neat in Indianapo- lis but slim in Pittsburgh; fair in Cleveland and not so good in. De- troit. “Sword arid "Rose” tRKO) was smash on its Frisco preem week, v - : “Dream Wife” (M-G), .also'new, was very spotty many mild sess*ioris, being/ listed although, it iCirfcd. well in N. Yv “Farmer Takes Wife” (20th) did enough the. $55a 1 week Of July to land 10th i'/jsitiori in weekly ratings, “Arena” (M-G) did not live pp to its proriiise of late June, “I, the Jliry” (UA) teed off: smash in Chicago, being_helped by a strong stageshow. “Lili” (M-G),. Avhich was 12th in June, added very substantial amounts, playing .mainly in smaller, ai'ty theatres.: * “Ft. Ti” «Col), which was third in June, wound up llth one week last iponth. “City That Never, NeveC Sleeps” IR<?p) added several good amounts to pre- vious grosses. : “Thunder Bay” (U), out in re- lease a couple of months ago for first time, added several nice A chase' melodrama against a San Francisco setting, “No Escape” i Story -has Aumont coming to a little Duchy as a historian. Here he falls for the swarthy beauty of the Duchess, but runs afoul of in- a champ in weekly ratings; con- tinued to roll up Surprising trade M kM A1 1 n m ^ f) t AC