King Drive-In
18478 Highway 43,
Russellville,
AL
35653
18478 Highway 43,
Russellville,
AL
35653
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This one is closed (pics added). The projection booth is being used as a barber shop.
A December 2024 Google Street View shows the drive-in appears to have been closed for some time. While the structure of the screen still stands, most of the screen itself is missing. Part of the fence is down. And there is debris scattered across the drive-in, including a washer and drying in front of the concession stand.
I’d say this drive-in has been closed for some time.
This drive in is definitely closed.
The King’s most recent Facebook post was in July 2023. Although I can’t find any stories about a change, Google Maps marks it as permanently closed. :(
Arrangements for colored patrons:
Colored spaces at the King Drive-In 11 Aug 1949, Thu Franklin County Times (Russellville, Alabama) Newspapers.com
Opened on June 6th, 1949.
02 Jun 1949, Thu Franklin County Times (Russellville, Alabama) Newspapers.com
The name should be just King Drive-In, it is not plural according to their facebook page. The King Drive-In, which opened just a month after Hatfield, lays claim to being the oldest continually operating drive-in theater in Alabama and still operates today. The King Drive-In is still open on Highway 43 in Russellville. For more than 40 years, it was operated by the original owner, A.L. King, or his son, Morgan King.