Word: champ
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Franklin was first to find the finish line at Churchill Downs and, back home in Maryland, he basked last week in long overdue adulation. Neighbors decorated their houses with signs proclaiming WELCOME HOME, CHAMP! Later this week, his old high school will celebrate Ron Franklin Day, rare recognition for a truant who dropped out of school during his junior year...
...every scene; she is a major find. Though Bernard has too many punch lines and must speak in a second language, he rises to Lane's level by the end. The adults are just as good. Arthur Hill plays the same understanding stepfather he did in The Champ, but here he has the chance to bring the character to life. Sally Kellerman, as Lane's snotty mom, has her first comic field day since...
...tracksters were without seven key performers during the windswept meet. Penn captured its eighth title in nine years with 62.5 points, 12 more than defending champ Cornell. Army and Navy fought fiercely to edge the thinclads, who notched 37 points...
...night closed with heavyweight Chris McDonald of Fall River. Mass., the three-time New England Amateur Champ, out-pointing Steve Floch, also from Mt. Loretto...
...thinking too hard, and so is Dunaway. This actress's repertoire of neurotic mannerisms brings back unwanted memories of her performance in Chinatown, even to the point of imbuing The Champ with bizarre incestuous undercurrents. As the young object of Dunaway's affections, the freckle-faced Schroder cries on any and every cue. Tears flood the screen, but at theaters where this Champ is playing, there won't be a wet eye in the house. -Frank Rich