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The Ford Wyoming Drive In Cars Candy Canoodling in the Motor City
by [Dybis, Karen]
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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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- History Press Library Edi Brand
- Aug 26, 2014 Pub Date:
- 9781540210487 ISBN-13:
- 1540210480 ISBN-10:
- 130.0 pages Hardcover
- English Language
- 9 in * 0.38 in * 6 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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