This Life magazine cover advertised the latest Astaire-Rogers film Carefree,
and was signed by Fred Astaire. It recently sold for $600.

Three days after signing with Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis Presley began
filming his first movie, The Reno Brothers, later renamed Love Me Tender,
shortly after his double sided hit, "Don’t Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog", reached
number one.

Elvis with a prop knife on the set during the filming of ‘Love Me Tender’

Elvis Presley signs an autograph on the set of his first movie

Johnny Mercer

The Capitol Records Company was founded by songwriter Johnny
Mercer in 1942, with the financial help of fellow songwriter and film
producer Buddy DeSylva and businessman Glenn Wallichs, owner
of Music City which was the largest record store in Los Angeles at
the time. The new company opened its first office in a second-floor
room south of Sunset Boulevard.

As of 2011, Capitol Records is now operating in New York City as
part of Capitol Music Group. The former headquarters building,
the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark located near the corner
of Hollywood and Vine and is owned solely by EMI Music.  

 
Buddy DeSylva
     

Glenn Wallichs (L) with Stan Kenton

The Capitol Tower, contraction was completed in 1956.

     
          George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)

Welles was an actor, director, writer and producer who worked extensively in
theater, radio and film. He is best remembered for his debut of the Mercury
Theatre; The War of the Worlds (1938), the most famous broadcast in the
history of radio; and Citizen Kane (1941), which many critics and scholars
name as the best film of all time.