A never-before-seen Shelley Duvall film will soon get an audience

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River Oaks to screen one of Shelley Duvall's last films

Movie buffs and fans of Shelley Duvall's work are in for a treat this month as the River Oaks Theatre will be screening a few of her notable films.

One of the movies that will be shown is a never-before-seen, made-in-Houston picture.

“Dreams in the Attic” stars Duvall as the owner of a costume shop that is "filled with dimension-hopping wardrobe that provides some hard lessons for several teenagers," according to Craig Lindsey. It's a family film, in case you were wondering.

Houston Cinema Arts Society gets the credit for staging the film's world premiere. The River Oaks will have two screenings this month, but you better act fast if you want tickets.

The "White House" imploded last month. That's what they called the 10-story white building on Decker Drive in Baytown that was home to Exxon Mobil's operations there. You can see the building coming down in Sondra Hernandez's article.
There was a large turnout on Juneteenth as the Heritage Society opened the doors of three historic homes for tours. As Marissa Luck described it, each of the 1800s-era houses offered a window into a different chapter of Black life in Houston, from enslavement to emancipation.
DJ Screw Day was June 27. What's the big deal behind DJ Screw and what made him the king of hip-hop in Houston? Jhair Romero goes into the history in this Houston Explained installment.
Over in Avondale East, The Marlene has opened its doors. It's Houston newest bed and breakfast and it's in a 115-year old neoclassical home.
Recently, I republished Jeff Millar's 1975 review of "Jaws." Did you know that when it first premiered in Houston, the film could only be seen at the Galleria?

J.R. Gonzales, Senior Digital Production Editor

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One from the archives

Photo by: Houston Chronicle

With all the views of old Houston during the day, I thought I'd show off one at night. This view from late 1965 is looking north, with Main Street on the right. On the left is the Humble Oil building.

A page from the past

Photo by: Houston Chronicle File

Leon Hale in 1966: Out where the bacon is crisper, the coffee weaker

This column was originally published in the Houston Post on July 1, 1966. In it, Leon Hale looks at the ways Texans consume breakfast. Will it be potatoes or grits?

This week in history

Houston Chronicle headline, July 2, 1955.

Photo by: Houston Chronicle File

On this day in 1955, a 26-year-old airman was in custody in Mexico, set to be turned over to the Texas Rangers investigating a triple homicide in Dickinson.

On June 25, Ruby McPherson, 42; her 12-year-old son, George; and her mother, 62-year-old Zola Norman, were found shot to death in McPherson's home.

Ellis Euclid Lauhon Jr. was arrested in Nogales, Mexico, while trying to sell McPherson's 1953 Ford.

According to Chronicle reporting, Lauhon went AWOL from Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. He said he was heading toward Mexico to board a steamer to Japan, where he planned to meet up with a woman he claimed to have married. (The woman, reached by phone by a Chronicle reporter, denied marrying him.)

While hitchhiking, Lauhon crossed paths with McPherson, who took him in after hearing his story. But Lauhon, described as a paranoid schizophrenic, worried that McPherson would turn him in to authorities. That led him to fatally shoot McPherson and her family.

A jury would eventually find Lauhon insane. By 1971, he was still at the Rusk State Hospital. He died in Arkansas in 2013.

30 years ago

Rockets fans celebrate the team's win over the Magic in the 1995 NBA Finals, June 14, 1995.

Photo by: D. Fahleson, Houston Chronicle

Partying down

Seems like we didn't do much else in June 1995 other than party. When the Rockets won their second NBA title that month, we partied on the Richmond Strip. Then we partied during the downtown parade. Then we partied once more at the Astrodome. And that wasn't even the last parade Houston hosted that month.

Before we go

In this space last month, I asked readers to name the AstroWorld ride that debuted in May 1995.

Charles N. was the first to correctly guess the Mayan Mindbender. That makes Charles the Top Houston History Buff For The Month.

Today's question is about the downtown photo above. Can you see the triangle at center? What company's name was on that sign? Bonus points for knowing what that is atop the building.