blank page after install

I follow the install instructions exactly, with the exception of following the correct path to the options described, rather than the path used in Drupal 4.4. Those instructions are reproduced here:

hollywood project # cat INSTALL.txt 
Installation
------------

1. Place these files in modules/project:
     project.module
     project.css
     project.inc
     release.inc
     issue.inc
     comment.inc
     mail.inc

2. Load the database definition using the tool of your choice. For mysql with
   command line access use:
      mysql -u user -p drupal < project.mysql
   Replace user with the MySQL username, and drupal with the table being used.

3. Enable the project module under administer > configuration > modules.

4. Grant the proper access to user accounts under administer > accounts >
   permissions.

After following install instructions, you'd expect it to work, right? Well, you'd be wrong. When I submit a test project, all the data entered is saved (I can see it if I go back later to edit) but NONE of it is displayed, as can be seen in the attached screenshot. Moreover, when I click on the "Projects" link, expecting to see an overview of projects on the system, I see a BLANK PAGE.

If I create a category and assign it to the Project type, which I might remind the reader is NOT in the install instructions, I can see the test project listed on the Projects page. However, it still doesn't show any of the additional details about the project.

It must work somewhere, drupal.org appears to use it. Why don't the install directions tell us how to get to that point??

Even the CVS version does this, and this is the only thing keeping me from updating my site from 4.4.