The Rae Theatre was located at 113 W. Huron St (13 W. Huron St). It opened in 1915 and closed in 1928.

Besimer's Grill was located upstairs, and next door was the St. James Hotel (117-123 W Huron).

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This early Ann Arbor movie house opened in 1915 on Huron Street. Its name comes from the first letters of its orignal three owners first names. The nearly 400-seat movie house closed just at the advent of sound films in 1928 and has been torn down.

The Rae, at 113 West Huron, opened on September 11, 1915. At 385 seats, it was the smallest of the new theaters. Its name was an amalgam of the first initials of its three owners--Russell Dobson, Alan Stanchfield, and Emil Calman. Stanchfield, the on-site manager who eventually bought the others out, visited theaters all over Michigan and Illinois to learn the tricks of the trade. He did almost everything himself--took tickets (he knew the ages of all the kids and could charge accordingly), climbed a ladder to run the projector, and hawked refreshments up and down the aisle between reels. Bob Hall, a regular customer, recalls watching cowboy movies and serials. “Sometimes the policeman on the beat would come in and stand at the back to watch,” Hall says.

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