Corbin Drive-In
1311 Cumberland Falls Highway,
Corbin,
KY
40701
1311 Cumberland Falls Highway,
Corbin,
KY
40701
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A closer address is 1311 Cumberland Falls Rd, Corbin, KY.
Google Maps has updated their address and this puts it on the south side on the road where the drive-in was located.
https://tinyurl.com/2spvmmtj
The Corbin Drive-In opened its gates on April 3, 1952 with Loretta Young in “Half Angel” (unknown if extras added). A live broadcast from radio station WCTT was also presented on grand opening.
The Corbin Drive-In closed in 2003.
A closer address (at least for Google) is 1250 Cumberland Falls Hwy, Corbin, KY. Today, a private business sits on the property with little trace of the drive-in remaining save for a few ramps, the marquee, and possibly the projector booth/concession stand. http://tinyurl.com/hkfmr86
Status should be closed. This theatre was closed in 2013.
1960’s aerial uploaded in the photo section.
This should be changed to closed at the very least. All that remains of the Corbin Drive-in is the sign.
Ha! That’s funny. The above link is of a photo I took. And for the record…18th Street and Cumberland Falls Hwy are the same thing. I grew up in Corbin and this was the only drive-in there. Corbin has been having a “tear everything down” party lately. There are now a lot of parking lots where there were once really cool old buildings.
I think there are two Corbins. The one on Cumberland Falls is now the racetrack, as seen by this photo:
http://tinyurl.com/27c8fs
I was just in Corbin back in November 2006 and the screen had been torn down and I believe the lot has been turned into some sort of go-cart track…or at least those are the plans that I heard about. So sad.