Nils Thor Granlund
Show Business Entrepreneur and America's First Radio Star
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2010
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4849-4 (ISBN)
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
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A biography of the entertainment entrepreneur who created the first movie preview, filmed the first commercial, was the first to broadcast a live sports event, and is acknowledged as the creator of the modern nightclub, but who died virtually penniless.
Nils T. Granlund (1882-1957) created the first movie preview, filmed the first commercial, was the first to broadcast a live sports event, and, as a popular radio personality, introduced the Jazz Age to America via his broadcasts from Harlem's Cotton Club. He is also acknowledged as the creator of the modern nightclub, introducing the high-kicking chorus line to the stages of Las Vegas. But though he was among the highest-grossing entertainers of the World War II era--famous enough to star as "himself" in several Hollywood films--he died virtually penniless, and today is all but forgotten.
This work is a comprehensive biography of the man known as NTG, from his herding reindeer in Sweden to shepherding the most beautiful chorus girls on Broadway.
Nils T. Granlund (1882-1957) created the first movie preview, filmed the first commercial, was the first to broadcast a live sports event, and, as a popular radio personality, introduced the Jazz Age to America via his broadcasts from Harlem's Cotton Club. He is also acknowledged as the creator of the modern nightclub, introducing the high-kicking chorus line to the stages of Las Vegas. But though he was among the highest-grossing entertainers of the World War II era--famous enough to star as "himself" in several Hollywood films--he died virtually penniless, and today is all but forgotten.
This work is a comprehensive biography of the man known as NTG, from his herding reindeer in Sweden to shepherding the most beautiful chorus girls on Broadway.
Larry J. Hoefling is a former newspaper reporter who has received journalism awards from Columbia University and the Scripps-Howard Journalism Foundation. He lives in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
A Note on Illustrations viii
Preface
Prologue
1. Sweden to America
2. Touring with Hanky Panky
3. The Early Loew Years
4. Radio and the Jazz Age
5. Speakeasies and Prohibition
6. The Wenzel Sisters
7. Movies and Mobsters
8. Prosperity at the Paradise
9. The Touring Season and the Sun
10. Ending a New York Era
11. Boom and Bust at the Gardens
12. The Brink of a Return
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.5.2010 |
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Zusatzinfo | 34 photos, notes, bibliography, index |
Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 331 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 0-7864-4849-0 / 0786448490 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-4849-4 / 9780786448494 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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