Slideshow
SUMMER STOCK
Introduced by authors David Fantle and Tom Johnson
Sunday, November 19
7:50
Special pre-show presentation by film historians David Fantle and Tom Johnson on their latest book, C’mon, Get Happy: The Making of Summer Stock (University Press of Mississippi). The film will be followed by a book signing.
David Fantle, mostly in collaboration with Tom Johnson, has been interviewing, writing and speaking about Hollywood's Golden Age stars for 40 years. Fantle has also worked for more than three decades as an award-winning marketing and public relations professional, including a tenure as Deputy Tourism Secretary for Wisconsin. A resident of Milwaukee, he is an adjunct professor in film at Marquette University.
Tom Johnson began his collaboration with David Fantle in 1978, as a student journalist at the University of Minnesota, as co-writers of an award-winning arts and entertainment column for the Minnesota Daily called “Entertainment Ltd.” Johnson was a senior editor at Netflix and has written movie reviews and features for E! Online, Moviefone and People magazine, among other publications. Johnson's entertainment writing has been recognized with a Minnesota Newspaper Association achievement award and a National Hearst Foundation award for news writing.