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Among the 100 or so actors wandering about a ritzy night spot in the latest TV commercial for Diet Coke are three with a very unusual item on their resumes: they're dead. Their faces are immediately recognizable. But just how Humphrey Bogart, Louis Armstrong and James Cagney were resurrected to shill for a soft drink with living songman Elton John is the story of "Nightclub" -- 60 seconds of inspired flackery that since its first airing two days before Thanksgiving, has become one of the most talked-about TV commercials of the year...
...Over and over one hears that the land and home bargains are still here -- though one hears just as often an apprehension that they are about to run out. People repeat, almost like a mantra, that this is a peaceful community, a good place to raise kids. Mayor Karen Humphrey says, "The city is like the Midwest, very family oriented, very friendly...
...city council currently sits in a small chamber, where Mayor Humphrey presides over the other six members with enthusiastic informality. Her council includes two Armenians, one Hispanic and one African American. Mayor Humphrey sees the new $33 million city hall being constructed as a riposte to those who write off the downtown or who cling to the image of Fresno as an agrarian market town. Despite her claim about the place's Midwestern qualities, she sides with those who believe the city can meet its challenges only if it thinks in terms as cosmopolitan as its new population. The city...
High Sierra. With Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino...
Monday: Sabrina. With Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart and William Holden...