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

  1. 128 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Ford-Wyoming Drive-In: Cars, Candy & Canoodling in the Motor City

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Prologue. A Farewell Tour
  8. 1. A Field of Destiny
  9. 2. The Founding Family
  10. 3. The Hot Potato
  11. 4. A Night at the Drive-in
  12. 5. Up in Flames
  13. 6. The Deans of Detroit
  14. 7. The Gang’s All Here
  15. 8. Detroit Downturn
  16. 9. Going Digital
  17. 10. “My Favorite Place on Earth”
  18. Epilogue. A Communal Experience
  19. Appendix. Open Michigan Drive-in Theaters
  20. Selected Bibliography
  21. About the Author