The American Drive-In Movie Theatre
by Don Sanders, Susan Sanders
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Author: Don Sanders, Susan SandersEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-09
ISBN: 0760304254
Number of pages: 159
Publisher: Motorbooks International
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Book Review: BOY DO I MISS THOSE DAYS
Summary: 5 Stars
HAVING BEEN A KID IN THE 50s AND 60s THE DRIVE IN MOVIE WAS A NORMAL PART OF LIFE.I LOVED THIS BOOK AND BELIEVE THAT IT'S THE BEST ONE OUT THERE ON THE TOPIC. I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT A COUPLE OF THE THEATERS I FREQUENTED AS A KID/TEENAGER WERE INCLUDED IN THIS DELIGHTFUL TRIBUTE TO A RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING AMERICAN ICON.IF YOUR A FAN OF THIS TIME PERIOD, OR AMERICANA IN GENERAL,YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO GET THIS BOOK.THE GREAT PHOTOS AND COMPREHENSIVE NARRATIVE MAKE IT WELL WORTHWHILE.
Summary of The American Drive-In Movie Theatre
Few vanishing American venues can evoke as many nostalgic memories as drive-in movie theaters. Once common across the country but now numbering fewer than 1,000, American drive-in movie theaters are remembered in loving detail in this new book that will appeal to a broad spectrum of readers. Loaded with archival photos and memorabilia, this book covers the architecture of drive-in theaters and the automobiles that filled their lots. 275 photos, 150 in color.Tracing the history, geography, and ideology of the American drive-in movie theater, authors Don and Susan Sanders present a densely illustrated look at American culture at its most shallow, sensual, and delightful. Noting the need of the newly created class of motorized, moneyed teenagers of the 1940s and '50s to find a dark and private place for their pubescent pastimes, the Sanders place the origin of this outdoor entertainment form in the birth of popular culture. The sections on the amusement park-style rides, refreshments, and attractions that were used to lure the bored and their cash to this form of voyeurism are especially delightful (the "Mono-Rocket" ride and the new high-speed food dispensers provide intriguing images of capitalist inventiveness). In spite of its Pollyanna-ish tone, The American Drive-In Movie Theater works as both a celebration and an insightful analysis of this passing phase of pre-couch potato folly.
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