Nils Thor Granlund

<p> 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.</p><p> 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.</p>