Editing Navy Point Theater

[[Image:NavyPointTheaterRendering.png|thumb|right|260px|Artist's rendering of the Navy Point Theater]]
[[File:Navy Point shopping center ca 1946 -2.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Postcard aerial view of Navy Point Theater and shopping center, circa 1946]]
[[File:Navy Point shopping center ca 1946.jpg|thumb|right|260px|Postcard views of Navy Point Theater, shopping center, and Gulf station, circa 1946]]
The '''Navy Point Theater''' was a movie theater located in [[Warrington]] that was designed to serve as "the principal recreation center of a new residential and shopping district for officers and personnel" of the [[Naval Air Station]].<ref name="navypoint">''Boxffice'', September 19, 1946.</ref>

The development was headed by [[Francis Johnson]]<ref>"Open New Theatre Soon." ''Boxoffice'', January 15, 1944.</ref> and the plans designed by Birmingham architect [[Harry Pembleton]].<ref name="navypoint"/> It began operations mid-[[1946]] and opened formally on [[October 21]] of that year.<ref>''Boxoffice'', October 19, 1946.</ref>

When the theater was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. [[Lloyd Rushing]] in April [[1966]], the couple asked 15-year-old concession stand worker [[Mike Kimberl]] to serve as manager. A student at [[Escambia High School]], Kimberl operated the entire theater on his own, including ticket sales and concessions, until "my nerves got so bad that we had to hire two girls to take the other jobs."<ref>"Pensacola Navy Point Theatre Being Ably Managed by Mike Kimberl, 15." ''Boxoffice'', October 3, 1966.</ref>

The theater closed in {{date needed}}.

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[[Category:Defunct theaters]]