 It also screened the first Venezuelan-made films on 28 January 1897, two Maracaibo shorts, "Un célebre especialista sacando muelas en el gran Hotel Europa" and "Muchachos bañándose en la laguna de Maracaibo".Later, in 1912, a film was recorded in the theatre by Alciro Ferrebús Rincón and José García Rebot, titled "Maracaibo en el teatro Baralt".It was at one point home to the University of Zulia's cinema club.