| The movie "The Fountainhead", directed by King Vidor, screenplay by Ayn Rand, based on her novel of the same name. Seen here, some of the taller skyscrapers of New York City, as viewed south from an upper floor of the DuMont Building at 515 Madison Avenue and East 53rd Street. From left, the Chrysler Building, the Chanin Building, the New York Central Building (aka: the Helmsley Building, with pyramid capped roof and cupola), the Lincoln Building, the Mercantile Building (at 10 East 40th Street), the Empire State Building, 521 Fifth Avenue (in front of Empire, at 43rd Street), 444 Madison Avenue (in foreground, at 50th Street) and 500 Fifth Avenue (at 42nd Street). Initial theatrical release July 2, 1949. Screen capture. Warner Bros. Courtesy: Pyxurz |