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| The movie "The Fountainhead", directed by King Vidor, screenplay by Ayn Rand, based on her novel of the same name. Seen here from left, Ray Collins as Roger Enright and Gary Cooper as Howard Roark. They are admiring the completed Enright House. In the film Mr. Enright says, "I started out in life as a coal miner. Got where I am by acting on my own honest judgment whether others liked it or not." Initial theatrical release July 2, 1949. Screen capture. Warner Bros. Courtesy: Pyxurz |
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| The movie "The Fountainhead", directed by King Vidor, screenplay by Ayn Rand, based on her novel of the same name. Seen here, construction of the Enright House, designed by architect Howard Roark. Initial theatrical release July 2, 1949. Screen capture. Warner Bros. Courtesy: Pyxurz |
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| The movie "The Fountainhead", directed by King Vidor, screenplay by Ayn Rand, based on her novel of the same name. Seen here, various architects sign a protest against Howard Roark's design, made at Ellsworth M. Toohey's behest. From the film: "If you'll sign a protest against the Enright House, the Banner will be glad to publish it, and we shall win because there are thousands of us, thousands against one." Initial theatrical release July 2, 1949. Screen capture. Warner Bros. Courtesy: Pyxurz |
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| The movie "The Fountainhead", directed by King Vidor, screenplay by Ayn Rand, based on her novel of the same name. Seen here standing at the head of the table, Robert Douglas as Ellsworth M. Toohey, addressing a group of architects. He continues his smear campaign against the Enright House. "It is designed by one Howard Roark, an incompetent amateur, who has the arrogance to hold his own ideas above all rules. You are architects, you should realize that a man like Howard Roark is a threat to all of you." Initial theatrical release July 2, 1949. Screen capture. Warner Bros. Courtesy: Pyxurz |
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| The movie "The Fountainhead", directed by King Vidor, screenplay by Ayn Rand, based on her novel of the same name. Seen here from left, Patricia Neal as Dominique Francon and Raymond Massey as Gail Wynand. Initial theatrical release July 2, 1949. Screen capture. Warner Bros. Courtesy: Pyxurz |
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| The movie "The Fountainhead", directed by King Vidor, screenplay by Ayn Rand, based on her novel of the same name. Seen here, Raymond Massey as Gail Wynand. Initial theatrical release July 2, 1949. Screen capture. Warner Bros. Courtesy: Pyxurz |
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| The movie "The Fountainhead", directed by King Vidor, screenplay by Ayn Rand, based on her novel of the same name. Seen here, Raymond Massey as Gail Wynand, in his office. The view from his windows face southward, towards lower Manhattan. Notable and distinct buildings, from left, the three towers, 70 Pine Street, 20 Exchange Place, 40 Wall Street. The voluminous Equitable Building at 120 Broadway and the Singer Building Tower at 149 Broadway. Initial theatrical release July 2, 1949. Screen capture. Warner Bros. Courtesy: Pyxurz |
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| The movie "The Fountainhead", directed by King Vidor, screenplay by Ayn Rand, based on her novel of the same name. Seen here in the offices of The Banner newspaper, from left, Patricia Neal as Dominique Francon, Robert Douglas as Ellsworth M. Toohey and Jerome Cowan as Alvah Scarret. Ellsworth conjures up a crusade against the Enright House. From the film, "That building is an outrage against art and a threat to public safety. It might collapse at any moment. Nobody's ever used that structural method before." Initial theatrical release July 2, 1949. Screen capture. Warner Bros. Courtesy: Pyxurz |
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| The movie "The Fountainhead", directed by King Vidor, screenplay by Ayn Rand, based on her novel of the same name. Seen here, a published mention for the proposed Enright House, designed by architect Howard Roark. Initial theatrical release July 2, 1949. Screen capture. Warner Bros. Courtesy: Pyxurz |
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| The movie "The Fountainhead", directed by King Vidor, screenplay by Ayn Rand, based on her novel of the same name. Seen here from left, Patricia Neal as Dominique Francon and Gary Cooper as Howard Roark. From the book, 'One gesture of tenderness from him - and she would have remained cold, untouched by the thing done to her body. But the act of a master taking shameful, contemptuous possession of her was the kind of rapture she had wanted.' Initial theatrical release July 2, 1949. Screen capture. Warner Bros. Courtesy: Pyxurz |