Question: Who founded the chain of music-themed restaurants with its first establishment in the birthplace of the Bigger Than Life producer?

The restaurant combined rock music, memorabilia related to rock 'n' roll and American cuisine. On June 14, 1971 he and Peter Morton started the first Hard Rock Café (HRC) restaurant in London's fashionable Mayfair district. <SEP> Bigger Than Life is an American DeLuxe Color CinemaScope drama film made in 1956 directed by Nicholas Ray and starring James Mason, who also co-wrote and produced the film, about a school teacher and family man whose life spins out of control upon becoming addicted to cortisone. The film co-stars Barbara Rush as his wife and Walter Matthau as his closest friend, a fellow teacher. Though it was a box-office flop upon its initial release, many modern critics hail it as a masterpiece and brilliant indictment of contemporary attitudes towards mental illness and addiction. In 1963, Jean-Luc Godard named it one of the ten best American sound films ever made. <SEP> the first chick - fil - a opened in 1967, in the food court of the greenbriar mall, in a suburb of atlanta. during the 1970s and early 1980s, the chain expanded by opening new franchises in suburban malls' food courts. the first freestanding franchise was opened april 16, 1986, on north druid hills road in atlanta, georgia, and the company began to focus more on this type of franchise than on the food court type. although it has expanded outward from its original geographic base, most new restaurants are located in southern suburban areas. in october 2015, the company opened a three - story 5,000 - square - foot restaurant in manhattan that became the largest free - standing chick - fil - a in the country at that time. as of 2016, the chain has approximately 1,950 locations. it also has 31 drive - through - only locations. chick - fil - a also can be found at universities, hospitals, and airports through licensing agreements. <SEP> the modern hamburger was developed in the united states, but by the end of world war ii, around the middle of the 20th century, it began to spread to other countries as fast food became globalized. the main cause of this gradual globalization was the successes of the large restaurant chains. their desires to expand their businesses and increase their profits resulted in them creating franchises around the world. mcdonald's was among the very first of the burger chains to take the global establishment of its brand seriously, but it was not the only one. wimpy began operating in the united kingdom in 1954, 20 years before mcdonald's began operation in the country, and by 1970 it had expanded to over a thousand restaurants in 23 countries. on august 21, 1971, in zaandam, near amsterdam in the netherlands, ahold opened its first european franchise. in the 1970s, mcdonald's began to expand into europe and australia. in asia, japan saw the establishment of its own fast food chain in 1972: mos burger (モスバーガー, mosu bāgā), an abbreviation of ``mountain, ocean, sun '', which eventually became a direct competitor to mcdonald's. all of its products, however, were variations on the burger adapted to the asian world, including the teriyaki burger, takumi burger, and riceburger. in hong kong, aji ichiban competed with large chains before it spread quickly throughout asia. one of the first hamburger vending machines debuted in amsterdam in 1941 under the brand febo, its name derived from its original place of creation, the ferdinand bolstraat. <SEP> James Atkins (born 22 July 1979 in London) is a British professional wrestler best known under his ring name James Mason. <SEP> The city is home to the first and original Hard Rock Cafe and the Abbey Road Studios where The Beatles recorded many of their hits. London has numerous venues for rock and pop concerts, including the world's busiest arena the o2 arena and other large arenas such as Earls Court, Wembley Arena, as well as many mid-sized venues, such as Brixton Academy, the Hammersmith Apollo and the Shepherd's Bush Empire. Several music festivals, including the Wireless Festival, South West Four, Lovebox, and Hyde Park's British Summer Time are all held in London. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, musicians and groups like Elton John, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Queen, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin, The Small Faces, Iron Maiden, Fleetwood Mac, Elvis Costello, Cat Stevens, The Police, The Cure, Madness, The Jam, Dusty Springfield, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart and Sade, derived their sound from the streets and rhythms vibrating through London.