New Irvine Theatre
17 N. Main Street,
Irvine,
KY
40336
17 N. Main Street,
Irvine,
KY
40336
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One of two theatres located on the Main Street of Irvine. The other being the Mack Theatre (it has its own page on Cinema Treasures).
The Irvine Theatre was opened on March 29, 1939 with Maurice Murphy in “Tailspin Tommy”. It was still open in 1992, operating as the New Irvine Theatre. A closing date is not known, and the marquee has been since been dismantled with windows on the front of the theatre bricked in. The upper part of the theatre looks the same.
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The mack theatre is still there but someone need reopen it befor thay dismantled it like thay did the irvine theatre and the drive in.
i have some old photo of the irvine theatre hard see but no old one of the mack theatre just new ones of it
Russell & Estella McClanahan and Max Goldberg launched the New Irvine Theatre on March 29, 1939 with “Tailspin Tommy.” The McClanahans would take over the Estill Theatre at a commissioner’s auction late in 1951 renaming it as the Mack Theatre. They would in 1955 operating three theaters. The Irvine operated year-round, the Mack Drive-In in the summer months, and the Mack when the Drive-In was closed. The venue was still advertising as the New Irvine Theatre in 1992.