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Fountainhead (The)
- Director: King Vidor
- Writer: Ayn Rand
- Producer: Henry Blanke
CGiii Comment
Idealism has never been explored in such a bizarre way.
This is a curiosity - everything refuses to sit comfortably.
Some will say it's genius, the idealists.
Others will call it junk - the realists.
Curious, though.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Individualistic and idealistic architect Howard Roark is expelled from college because his designs fail to fit with existing architectural thinking. He seems unemployable but finally lands a job with like-minded Henry Cameron, however within a few years Cameron drinks himself to death, warning Roark that the same fate awaits unless he compromises his ideals. Roark is determined to retain his artistic integrity at all costs.
Cast & Characters
Gary Cooper as Howard Roark;
Patricia Neal as Dominique Francon;
Raymond Massey as Gail Wynand;
Kent Smith as Peter Keating;
Robert Douglas as Ellsworth M. Toohey;
Henry Hull as Henry Cameron;
Ray Collins as Roger Enright;
Moroni Olsen as Chairman;
Jerome Cowan as Alvah Scarret;
Bob Alden as Newsboy;
John Alvin as Young intellectual;
Morris Ankrum as Prosecutor;
Lois Austin as Female party guest;
Griff Barnett as Judge;
Monte Blue as Gas station executive