Point Roberts Theatre

The story about film/supplies having to be flown in is true. This theater was operated by the “Playtime Theaters” chain, owned by Rodger Forbes. As a Union projectionist at one of Playtime’s theaters in Seattle, we would often send film to the Point Roberts location. Forbes operated adult theaters throughout Washington State. I last worked for this company in 1983.

I had a telephone agent at the national aircraft pilot’s association tell me a very close version of this story, so apparently, it’s true. The Canadians were so unimpressed with the theatre, they wouldn’t allow film or concessions deliveries to it by truck. The theatre got around this by hiring a young pilot to bring film and supplies in from an airport in the US, thereby circumventing the Canadian authorities.