Mt. St. Helens as it looks today from downtown Portland, Oregon.
The film G.I. Blues is a musical comedy directed by Norman Taurog and starring
Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse, and Robert Ivers. The movie was filmed at Paramount Pictures studio, with some pre-production scenery shot on location in Germany
before Presley’s release from the army. The movie reached #2 on the Variety
weekly national box office chart in 1960. It won a 2nd place or runner-up prize
Laurel Award in the category of Top Musical of 1960.

Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) is 90 today.
Queen Elizabeth is one of the longest reigning monarchs in British
history.
Helen Mirren (below) won an academy award in 2007 for portraying
her in the film The Queen.
Actress Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II.