the_content Code Not Working

I am using the Modularity theme for my blog. In the blog, I want to use the Featured Post option, which currently displays the most recent blog on the left 2/3 and the previous four entries on the right 1/3 of the screen.

However, I only want the most recent blog entry to display what appears before the <!–more–> quicktag.

I have found the proper location inside my featured.php file and added the following code:

<?php
global $more;
$more = 0;
the_content(“More…”);
?>

However, the theme still displays the entire blog entry instead of just what appears before the <!–more-> quick tag.

I am at a loss here. Any thoughts/suggestions/tell me I’m missing something simple?