Lakeview Drive-In

MichaelKilgore on March 8, 2023 at 8:06 am

A 1967 aerial photo showed a drive-in at the future Lakeview site. It appears that this drive-in opened as Allen’s, the name of the first Leitchfield drive-in to appear in the Motion Picture Almanac’s annual list, debuting in the 1971 edition. It didn’t change to Lakeview until the MPA’s reboot in 1977.

Boxoffice, May 28, 1973: “Tri-State is servicing the Allen’s Drive-In, Leitchfield, Ky.”

Boxoffice, July 11, 1977: “Ralph McCoy’s Lakeview Drive-In, Leitchfield, … screen was caught in a sudden gust of wind during some violent weather that covered the state Thursday, June 30 … a small portion of the structure still was standing”

The MPA included the Lakeview through its final drive-in list in 1988.

jwmovies on October 6, 2016 at 2:41 am

5170 Beaver Dam Rd
Leitchfield, KY 42754.

This is the correct address for this Drive-in. The above address is incorrect. Most ramps are still visible. There is a building on the property where the concession stand stood.

Please update.