Rivoli Cinema, Art Deco movie theater in Hawthorn East, Melbourne, Australia.
Rivoli Cinema is a movie theater with eight screens in Camberwell, in Melbourne's eastern suburbs. The building's facade is made of brick in pink and oatmeal tones arranged in horizontal bands, with vertical fins giving it a clear shape along the street.
The cinema opened in 1940 as a two-level building with a single large auditorium. Over the following decades it was gradually converted into a multiplex with several screens.
The cinema screens mainstream films alongside independent productions and Australian works, serving as a gathering place for movie enthusiasts across Melbourne's eastern region.
The cinema stands at 200 Camberwell Road in Hawthorn East, with the main entrance on the street front and the 1999–2000 addition extending along the west side. The upper auditorium, foyers, circular staircase and upper lounge retain their original fabric, so allow time to look around inside before the screening.
The roof garden was part of the original 1940 design by H. Vivian Taylor & Soilleux, reached by a circular staircase from the lower ticket hall up to the lounge. Staff told an ABC science feature in 2003 that several spirits haunted the building, including a man in Row P of Cinema One.
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