Nils Thor Granlund
Subtitle: show business entrepreneur and America's first radio star
By: Larry J. Hoefling
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780786448494
Description: "Entertainment entrepreneur 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. This work is a comprehensive biography of Nils T. Granlund"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sweden to America; title: Touring with Hanky panky; title: The early Loew years; title: Radio and the jazz age; title: Speakeasies and prohibition; title: The Wenzel sisters; title: Movies and mobsters; title: Prosperity at the Paradise; title: The touring season and the sun; title: Ending a New York era; title: Boom and bust at the Gardens; title: The brink of a return.