Libro The Ford-Wyoming Drive-In: Cars, Candy & Canoodling in the Motor City De Dybis, Karen

portada The Ford-Wyoming Drive-In: Cars, Candy & Canoodling in the Motor City

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Karen Dybis

Editorial

History Press Library Editions

Idioma

Inglés

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

Dimensiones

22.9 x 15.2 x 1.0 cm

Peso

0.34 kg.

ISBN13

9781540210487

Categorías

Ee. uu. región del medio oeste
Historia del cine
Historia societaria
Historia de américa
Historia local

The Ford-Wyoming Drive-In: Cars, Candy & Canoodling in the Motor City

Karen Dybis (Autor) · History Press Library Editions · Tapa Dura

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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."