Michigan's Drive-In Theaters

Few American phenomena are more evocative of time, place, and culture than the drive-in theater. From its origins in the Great Depression, through its peak in the 1950s and 1960s and ultimately its slow demise in the 1980s, the drive-in holds a unique place in the country's collective past. Michigan's drive-ins were a reflection of this time and place, ranging from tiny rural 200-car "ozoners" to sprawling 2,500-car behemoths that were masterpieces of showmanship, boasting not only movies and food, but playgrounds, pony rides, merry-go-rounds, and even roving window washers.

Author: Harry Skrdla
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 07/07/2014
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781467112338
ISBN10: 146711233X
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MO
- Performing Arts | Theater | History & Criticism
- Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts