The Fountainhead
No Man Takes What's Mine!
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David Weisbart
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Short description
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to conform to popular standards.
What's left behind the scenes
- Ayn Rand (1905-1982) envisioned only King Vidor (1894-1982) as the director and Gary Cooper (1901-1961) as the lead actor.
- The view from Roark's office window is a montage – images of many real buildings.
- Initially, King Vidor planned to cast Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) and Lauren Bacall (1924-2014) in the lead roles, but Ayn Rand insisted on Gary Cooper. Bacall was approved for the female lead, but soon left the project. Warner Bros. approved relatively unknown Patricia Neal (1926-2010) for the role, but considered Bette Davis (1908-1989), Ida Lupino (1918-1995), Alexis Smith (1921-1993), and Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990). All of these actresses were rejected for various reasons. Cooper objected to acting with Neal, but a romance blossomed between them during filming.
- The entire film took only 59 days to shoot.
- The film's poor reception was generally attributed to Gary Cooper's participation, as he was not very convincing as a 20-year-old character at the age of 47.
- Ayn Rand agreed to a film adaptation of the book only on the firm promise from the director that everything she had written would be included in the film.
- Ayn Rand was so outraged by the fact that Roark's speech in court had to be shortened due to time constraints that she refused to allow a film adaptation of the dystopian novel "Atlas Shrugged" (1957) for the rest of her life.
- Ayn Rand (1905-1982) envisioned only King Vidor (1894-1982) as the director and only Gary Cooper (1901-1961) as the lead actor.
- Initially, King Vidor planned to cast Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957) and Lauren Bacall (1924-2014) in the lead roles, but Ayn Rand insisted on Gary Cooper. Bacall was cast as the female lead, but she soon left the project. Warner Bros. cast Patricia Neal (1926-2010), who was relatively unknown to the general public at the time, though they considered Bette Davis (1908-1989), Ida Lupino (1918-1995), Alexis Smith (1921-1993), and Barbara Stanwyck (1907-1990). All these actresses were rejected for various reasons. Cooper objected to acting with Neal, but the two began a romance during filming.
- The film's cold reception was generally attributed to the casting of Gary Cooper, who, at 47, was not very convincing as a 20-year-old character.
- Ayn Rand was so outraged that Roark's courtroom speech had to be shortened due to time constraints that she refused to grant permission for a film adaptation of her dystopian novel 'Atlas Shrugged' (1957) for the rest of her life.
- Ayn Rand agreed to the film adaptation of the book only on the condition of a firm promise from the director that everything she had written would be included in the movie.
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