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Show Li i - QUINN LANDS A BIG ONE: Anyone who wants to get in touch with Anthony Qulnn can find him on Tortolla, In the Virgin Islands, -where he's currently timing an NBC World Premiere, Movie, "The Old Man and the Sea," scheduled to air on the network during the 1989-90 season. Ernest Hemingway's .novella about a Cuban fisherman's struggle to bring in a giant martin in -the Gulf Stream was made into a movie' in 1958 . starring the late Spencer Tracy.. , Brando once planned a remake of the film. No doubt he had to pass once he realized his weight made him a giant Marlon!!!! . PLAYING DOCTOR: It's nice having Matt Frewer ("Max Headroom) Head-room) back on TV; ditto Inga Swenson (ex "Benson") in CBS' new comedy, "Doctor, Doctor." But must the show run a by-now outworn out-worn storyline of a father who wont acknowledge a gay son? In this case, the son, played by Tony Carriero, is the brother of Frewer's character. What makes this more untenable is that not only should we expect parents to be parents, but Dad is also a doctor and we'd like to believe he'd be less vulnerable to . prejudice. v " . NEW ,STA2 FC1 BARS: The mwiA.-.-.v - -''''.wwima J 1 j ! I. 1 J advance word is that toseanne Barr turns into a bona fide film star : courtesy of her work in "She Devils," costarring Meryl Streep, set to open later this year, j 1 y. ". vrv. r ''v i""- ..V . .... |