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FROM A TEEN-AGE_MOVIE-MAKER TU a as Ba, * gins happily on December 23rd, when Peter's mother sends him to the store for some groceries. The delectable teen-age mouse is his sister, Ellen. PETER TRIES ALL OI' DECEMBER 23rd and 24th, but still the rock bars the doorway. Knowing that Santa won't leave him any presents unless he is in bed, he falls to the ground crying. But then he gets a brilliant idea. If Santa can slide down the chimney, . so can Peter! + Once upon a time in Bloomington, Ind., there lived a small mouse who was a very wocful character, barred from his mouse house by a rock that rolled down a hill and blocked the front door on Christmas Eve, Peter was the mouse's name, given him by a 16-year-old film-maker named Gerald D. Reynolds, who wrote and pro- duced "Peter's Christmas." oo The Plot Thickens Since it was the day before Christmas (in the film) and . Peter had to be in bed if he was to receive any presents from Santa, Peter tried everything to move the rock. Finally, his thoughts of Santa inspired him. He slid down the chimney just in time to have a merry Christmas after all. 'And just in time to win a prize for his creator in the Kodak "May this holiday season be for all our ¢ustomers a - truly blooming one. We thank you for your kind patronage. ELEANORS FLOWERS @ - PORT PERRY STAR -- CHRISTMAS EDITION Pr A MOUSE AND HIS CHRISTMAS PROBLEM is the subject of + PROBLEMS START POPPING UP WHEN Peter returns from the an animated cartoon, called "Peter's Christmas." The story bhe- store with a big bag of cheese. He finds that a huge rock has rolled off a passing truck and is barring the entrance to the Mouse House. He tries pushing, shoving and leverage with a big stick, but to no avail. 3% PETER FINDS THE GOING A BIT ROUGH about half way down, since he is new at chimney-sliding compared to Santa. But our hero does manage it and snuggles down into hed just before Teen-Age Movie Awards com- petition. -- For "Peter's Christmas," Gerald Reynolds won a spe- -cial award for cartoon ani- mation. The film included more than 800 drawings -- half on paper and half on celluloid -- and 25 back- grounds. From the judges he got high praise -- 'remarkably well-done," "good job of ani- mation," "displays consider- able technical and creative ability." Gerald was one of hun- dreds of young film-makers in the competition that Ko- dak sponsors annually in co- operation with the University Film Foundation on behalf of the University Film Asso- ciation, whose members serve as judges, and the Council for International Nontheatrical To all our friends: Have the very Merriest Christmas. Many thanks. LA RE EL - TREASURE = CHEST ANTIQUE STORE Santa arrives with his presents. And so Peter has a very Merry Christmas after all, ; Events, which chooses films from among the winners for showing at foreign film fes- tivals. ~ Animated Mouse Solves Problem _ Communicating Ideas Most of all he is a member of today's young film gener- ation, a<group to which the camera is almost as familiar as the pencil for communi- cating ideas. Young people all over the country are making films to- day. Students at Drake High School in San Anselmo, Calif., produced "The Idaho Test," a satire on standardized test- ing. A group of Long Island "students produced "For Whom The Torch Burns," a 0 69- MAT PAGE 27 "PETER'S CHRISTMAS" tells the story of a mouse barred from his mouse house on Christmas Eve. The film, by Gerald D. Reynolds, won a spe- cial award in the Kodak Teen- Age Movie Awards competition. 90-minute thriller spoofing a plot to kidnap the Statue of Liberty. And teen-agers in Rich- mond, Calif.,, made "The Dream Blowers -- A Story of Sand, Sound and Soul," a 16mm dream fantasy, for $100. In addition to the. high school crowd, moyie-making ITS , CHRISTMAS TIME! - We'd like to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas. Thanks for your patronage! CHRISTMAS GREETINGS "Hello" arid to thank our customers for: their patronage. Have a merry Christmas! | Crest Hardware