On February 20, 1930, the Municipal Board authorized its construction to Rico Albert, indicating that it should be aligned with the Chamber of Commerce Building and fully comply with the conditions imposed by the Melilla Entertainment Commission.

It was built in 1930 by the contractors José Zea, Albadelajo and Martínez Rosas, SA, with decoration by Vicente Maeso and carpentry by Adolfo Hernández according to a design by the architect Enrique Nieto dated December 1929 and inaugurated on October 31, 1930, two thousand five hundred spectators, on April 14, 1931, the beginning of its sound film sessions took place with the German film titled in Spanish Sólo te he querido a ti, being declared a new work that year and expanded between 1934 and 1935 with proscenium and dressing rooms by the same architect in November 1934, to serve as a theater, the only one in the center of Melilla[2][3] It was renamed Cine Nacional in 1937 and suffered the loss of the original decoration of the room in 1952 and 1953, replaced by one by Pedro Aroca, of the pinnacles of the main façade after several earthquakes between 1958 and 1959 and the elimination of the boxes of the progenium in 1969 to enlarge the screen.

This window continues with another similar one, with a segmental arch above the cast iron sign, framed by a cornice adapted to the arch that leads to five lintelled windows, separated by pilasters that lead to a curved pediment, flanked by pinnacles that start in beautiful pillars decorated with geometric motifs that begin in the first body.

The ground floor had the ticket offices on the sides of the hall, behind which there is the patio, with a proscenium and orchestra at its end.

The second amphitheater, with the same layout, will house the accounting office and will end, in its central area, the view of the lower foyer.