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Mother says she'll invite a friend over and they'll celebrate his graduation. True to his word Dad hurries home from work the next night and hustles around the kitchen whipping up an exciting menu. Just as dinner is nearing completion his guest arrives. It is a woman who went to cooking school with him. She is horrified but ventures into the kitchen just as Dad is creaming the potatoes in the mixer. Again Dad turns up the mixer too high and the woman gets plastered with mashed potatoes. Needless to say she runs out of the house. Dad is again relegated to the scrubbing department.* I found this film to be a very humorous two-reel film. It can be done in a day. The cooking school can be set up in any vacant space : the garage, the front room, or any spot you choose to shoot. I'd not advise using the kitchen for this because the final scene takes place in the kitchen and the two scenes should not take place in the same background. — Walter Edmunds. Buffalo, N. Y. *This is gross exaggeration, of course. Dads are wonderful, and many can whip up a decent meal at the bat of an eye-lash. This is all in fun. but we wish reader Edmunds would not be so hard on the long-suffering head of the family. PARIS • Continued from Page 57 The Palais de Justice is reached by Metro i subway i to Cite stop and walking West from the station. St. Sulpice. whose construction went on for 131 years, is one of the most wealthy and important churches in Paris. During the French Revolution it was decreed a Temple of Victory and contains many fine paintings as well as an organ, famous for its size. Its two radically different towers are the most photographic part of the facade and are well illuminated from a little before noon to about 3 p.m. The fountain of the Four Bish ops in the square before the church will make an interesting shot with one of the towers in the background. I Reached by Metro to St. Sulpice stop.) The Champs Elysees runs East and West and can be filmed from shortlv before noon to mid-adfternoon. This famous avenue is terminated at one end by the Arc de Trimphe and at the other by the Place de Concorde. W alking West on the Champs Elysees we come to the Place de l'Etoile. in the center of which sits the Arc. The Etoile derives its name from the starlike radition of 12 avenues at the intersection. Facing East, the Arc de Triomphe rises 147 feet over the tomb of France's unknown soldier. The memory of the unknown war dead is kept by a never ceasing fire. The morning sun strikes the front of the Arc flatly and as the morning progresses, the light slowly brings out the detail of the bas reliefs on the front of the monument. The Arc can be photographed from many angles in the streets that radiate from it; however a somewhat higher angle can be obtained from a window in one of the buildings nearby on the Champs Elysees. The afternoon late sun. or sunset can be utilized to produce a silhouette effect while a fast black and white film, large aperture and 8 f.p.s. will capture the Arc at night. This is especially good after, or during a rain. The bridges crossing the Seine in a north-south direction should be photographed in the morning. The Quais that line both sides of the River will provide you with good vantage points for these shots. Two of the more interesting bridges are Pont fbridge I du Carrousel and Pont Alexandre III. The latter with its ornate lamp posts was used in one of the scenes from the movie. "Moulin Rouge". The above mentioned locations cover the more important places that should be shot in the morning. In the vicinity of each of these you will find afternoon shooting to complete your day. From the diagram map you can see that the general groupings of the points of interest fall itno four main areas. Each of these has some morning shooting, but most of your picture making will be in the afternoon. Ao one area can successfully be filmed in any one day. We might mention here to bring along your most comfortable walking shoes. \our afternoon shooting can begin anywhere you please. A detailed guide through Paris would be impractical for there is so much to see and so many places to go sightseeing that you must decide for yourself what you want to see first, second, etc. 60