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0 0 0 0 If 0 0 0 0 0 0 The Showcase stafj will attempt to answer questions general movie and TV interest in this space from time to time. Address letters to Ask Showcase, Clo THE TENNESSEAN, 1100 Broadway, Nashville, Tenn. 87202. oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Ask. ooeooooo ft I Julliard staff teachers and was twice named to the New York State Symphonic Band as both a pianist and baritone horn player.

He attended North Carolina State University, majoring in music and communications. By the time he was 18 he was anchoring a local newscast in Durham, N.C He later held reporting jobs in Orlando, Nashville (where he won an Associated Press Award for investigative reporting at WSMV-Chan-nel 4) and New York. In 1981 Tesh got a call from CBS Sports, which opened new doors both as a broadcaster and musician. He joined Entertainment Tonightin 1986. We don't know his salary.

He now resides in Los Angeles with his wife Julie. He is a sports enthusiast and has completed the New York Marathon several times. He has received Emmy Awards for his score of the music that accompanied coverage of the 1987 Tour de France and for the music which ran with the Pan American Games. Tesh has released one album, Tourdu France, on the Private Music label He composed the music and played the keyboards. He will have a new LP, Garden Oty, out at the end of August, and he is presently scoring his first motion picture, Limit Up, which stars Dean Stockwell, Nancy Allen and Ray Charles.

The film is scheduled for a fall release. SGT. YORK During Fan Fair I met a couple from New York. He was asking where Alvin York was from. He was fascinated with him and had seen the movie about him, Sergeant York, several times.

He stirred up my curiosity about Sgt York. I started looking in bookstores and could find nothing about him. Was there a book written about him that the movie was made from? Also, is the movie on videotape? The young salesclerk didn't know who Sgt York was. So much for Tennessee history. J.M.

Hermitage The film Sergeant VorKwon Gary Cooper the 1941 Best Actor Oscar. Cooper studied for the role by visiting with York for some time at his farm near Pall Mall, near Jamestown. The film is available on videotape. It was not based on any book but on a script which was co-written by John Huston, however, there have been books written on the nation's most famous World War I hero. Two of the earliest ones were Sergeant York His Own Life Story and War Diary and Sergeant York: Last of the Long Hunters, both prepared by Thomas SkeyhilL Long out of print, these books might be found at some libraries.

Then there's the 1985 -book, Sergeant York, An American Hero, by David Lee and published by the University Press of Kentucky. 0 Mm Wilhelm von Homburg "Ghostbusters 11" ghoul Is he married and does he have a family? I understand his great love is music and that he appeared on Pat Sajak's show playing an organ. I read that Mary Hart's salary is over (1 million a year. He is just as good. Wonder about how much they pay him? He appears to be kind.

He was once on Nashville television, however, I do not remember him here I read about Mary Hart all the time in Peope magazine. Maybe Mr. Tesh keeps a low profile. N.W. Tennessee Tesh is a native of Garden City, N.Y.

As a teen he studied under BAT FACE On the Batman TV series did Bruce Wayne wear glasses like Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) does in the movie? I thought I remembered him wearing glasses in the TV series but my son says no. Who is right? Also, actor Richard Dysarfc what did he play on before UL LaWl I know I have seen him in another series. AJ3. Fairview Your son is correct Bruce Wayne (Adam West) did not wear spectacles on the TV series. We couldn't find another TV series credit for Dysart His film and TV movie credits include Wall Street, The Thing, Hospital, Being There, Blood and Orchids, Concealed Enemies, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Six Against the Rock and Pursuit ofTruth.

BOB AND PAUL There was an article about Bill Jay in a recent Showcase. Could you tell me what ever happened to Bob Lob-ertini (Captain Bob), who was on Popeye after Bill Jay? Also, is Paid Winchell still alive and what was his dummy's name? P.G. Camden Lobertini is deceased. Winchell is still alive and well. His famous dummy was none other than Jerry Mahoney.

SCARY GHOST In the film Ghostbusters lithe villain was this dude named Vigo the Carpathian. He was great I watched the credits roll at the end and it never showed who played the guy. What is this actor's name? WX. Lebanon Vigo was played by Wilhelm von Homburg. We know nothing about him.

THE OTHER DAY- What Ti like to find out is something I wrote to inquire about three years ago, which I hope will i- nally be answered either by your staff or your readers. For several Adam West Tube Batman brief bio with age and address, if she's still living and a photo of her to see what Doris Day No. 2 looked like. M.K. Nashville We still have your first letter but not much more info than what you've provided.

Yes, Day did make that movie with Roy Rogers, and the title of another of her films was Thou Shalt Not Kill According to a film buff friend of ours, she is still living and she was basically a B-movie actress. Sorry, we don't have a picture of her. GARBO'S CAREER-How many movies did Greta Garbo make before she retired? How many of these were silent films? How many of them co-starred John Gilbert? S.H. Cookeville According to our books Greta Louisa Gustafsson, born in 1905 in Stockholm, Sweden, made 28 films before retiring in 1941. She made 14 silent films and 14 talkies, beginning in 1930 with Anna Christie, where the ads read "Garbo Talks!" Garbo's films with John Gilbert include Flesh and the Devil, Love and A Woman ot Affairs.

DUKE FILMS My dad loves John Wayne movies so I want to know how many movies did he make and their names, if it's not too much trouble. T.M. Lebanon We checked four books and got two different answers. Wayne made either 153 or 154 feature films. Take your pick.

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