Tragedy struck on the evening of Feb. 19, 1923, when fire destroyed the Colonial Theatre building on High Street. Newspaper accounts of the fire called it “one of the most spectacular and disastrous fires in Belfast for many years.” Within two weeks, manager Frank Petrich rented the Opera House and reopened his movie show there at reduced prices. A new and modern Colonial Theatre was built on the original site ...
Tragedy struck on the evening of Feb. 19, 1923, when fire destroyed the Colonial Theatre building on High Street. Newspaper accounts of the fire called it “one of the most spectacular and disastrous fires in Belfast for many years.” Within two weeks, manager Frank Petrich rented the Opera House and reopened his movie show there at reduced prices. A new and modern Colonial Theatre was built on the original site ...