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The Ford-Wyoming Drive-In: Cars, Candy & Canoodling in the Motor City
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The Ford-Wyoming Drive-In: Cars, Candy & Canoodling in the Motor City Paperback - 2014

by Karen Dybis


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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.

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  • Title The Ford-Wyoming Drive-In: Cars, Candy & Canoodling in the Motor City
  • Author Karen Dybis
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher History Press
  • Date 2014-03
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9781626195486 / 162619548X
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.02 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Chronological Period: 1950-1999
    • Geographic Orientation: Michigan
    • Locality: Detroit, Michigan
  • Library of Congress subjects PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History &, Motion pictures - Michigan - Dearborn -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014028464
  • Dewey Decimal Code 384.850
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