The Alexander Theatre
![Black-and-white photograph of a four-story building with a theatre on the ground floor. You can see which movies were playing by reading the titles displayed at the entrance.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/rouyn-noranda-une-histoire-de-mines_a-mining-story/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2015/12/18.4.jpg)
Date: 1942
Credits: BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, Joseph Hermann Bolduc funds, businesses and services serie. 08Y,P124,S14,SS6,D1,P85-42-5.
The Alexander Theatre, which bore the name Allevato at one point, was located east of the Main Street, between Gamble and McQuaig (now known as Du Terminus Street), close to Sam Bukovetsky’s shop and Hollywood Café. It was in business from 1930 to 1962.