Description: The Ford-Wyoming Drive-In, Michigan, Landmarks, Paperback 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."
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781626195486
Book Title: Ford-Wyoming Drive-In: Cars, Candy and Canoodling in the MotorCity
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Karen Dybis
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Theater / General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, IL, in, Ks, MI, MN, MO, Nd, Ne, OH, Sd, Wi), Film / History & Criticism, United States / General
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2014
Genre: History, Performing Arts
Item Weight: 9.9 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
