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Melbourne has 375 commercial
cinema screens, more than before
television, and 25 new ones are on the
way. Yes, the population has grown
since the fifties, but more than 25
percent of Melbourne’s cinemas lose
money every year and David predicts
that this figure will soon reach 33
percent.
The logical way around the crunch
is for company pooling at key locations
as happens in Sydney, but in
Melbourne, no group seems to want to
make the first move.
Read the full story at
www.drive-insdownunder.com.au.
Heritage Listing for the Rivoli.
The February meeting of Heritage
Victoria approved the addition of the
Rivoli East Hawthorn to the State’s
Heritage Register. A submission by
The sleek exterior of the Chelsea, Adelaide. Image: John Thiele.
Village Cinemas supported the
recommendation.
More Screens for Chelsea
Adelaide
Plans to give the heritage listed
single-screen Chelsea at Kensington
Park three additional screens may
finally win council approval. The break
through was the outcome of talks
between Wallis Theatres and the
Marryatville Shopping centre developer
to share car parking spaces.
Burnside council, which owns the
historic theatre purchased land next
door in 1999 for additional screens, but
at the time concluded that ‘insufficient
car parking could jeopardise the
project.’ Wallis Theatres manager Mr.
Bob Parr said that a single screen
cannot hold a large enough audience
for long enough. ‘There’s a policy that
says you have to screen films for five
weeks but you just run out of
audience.”
Forum Verandah Still in the
Wars.
Long an accidental target for
passing or turning trucks, the newly re-
constructed verandah of the Forum
Flinders Street (Melb.) looked a picture.
Alas, within weeks the pristine look
was gone (see right).
The Forum verandah, neat and straight,
CATHS Meets With Director of
ScreenSound but it is just as vulnerable to new damage.
Images: David Smith
Secretary, Mike Trickett and Vice
President, Peter Wolfenden met with
the new Director of ScreenSound,
Dr. Paolo Usai in his Melbourne office
in March.

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