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

Kirjan The Ford-Wyoming Drive-In: Cars, Candy & Canoodling in the Motor City (2014) on kirjoittanut Karen Dybis. Kirjan kieli on englanti, ja sen on kustantanut History Press Library Editions. Kirja on laajuudeltaan 130 sivua ja se on sidottu.

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. "