The Ford-Wyoming Drive-In: Cars, Candy & Canoodling in the Motor City - Hardcover
by Karen Dybis
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540210487ISBN-10:1540210480UPC:9781540210487Book Category:History, Performing Arts, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:United States, Film, Corporate & Business HistoryBook Topic:State & Local, History & CriticismSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.76Product ID:SC8GM3RYWG
Shortly after World War II, three Dearborn brothers bought a vacant parcel to build a drive-in theater. Local groups opposed them, fearing such a place would elicit immoral behavior." But the Clark family persevered to see its movie palace become a Metro Detroit mainstay, hosting celebrities, rock stars and a never-ending line of families with kids in footie pajamas. A handshake transferred ownership to movie magnate Charles Shafer and his business partner, Bill Clark, who expanded the theater to a massive nine screens. But blockbusters and hordes of teens couldn't mitigate the effects of Detroit's decline, auto company bankruptcies and Michigan's economic malaise. Despite it all, the mighty Ford-Wyoming kept the movies showing, bringing a bit of Hollywood glamour to the gritty Motor City."
Languages:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540210487ISBN-10:1540210480UPC:9781540210487Book Category:History, Performing Arts, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:United States, Film, Corporate & Business HistoryBook Topic:State & Local, History & CriticismSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 inchesWeight:0.76Product ID:SC8GM3RYWG
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