Fountainhead, The (1949) - (Movie Clip) I've Never Hired A Good Architect

Fountainhead, The - (Original Trailer)

Ayn Rand adapted her own novel The Fountainhead (1949) for the screen starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal, directed by King Vidor.

Fountainhead, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) The Tall Guy Down At The Quarry

Fierce heiress and architecture writer Dominique (Patricia Neal) had intended to cause the hunky laborer (Gary Cooper) working at her father's quarry to fix her fireplace, not knowing the he's the fiercely independent architect Roark, King Vidor directing highly suggestive sequences, in The Fountainhead, 1949, from Ayn Rand's novel and screenplay.

Fountainhead, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) I Set My Own Standards

Several suits (Moroni Olsen as "the Chairman") are shocked when architect Roark (Gary Cooper) rejects their commission, with evil critic Toohey (Robert Douglas) observing, in King Vidor's The Fountainhead, 1949, from the Ayn Rand novel.

Fountainhead, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) You'd Better Not Be Insolent

Idealistic architeture writer Dominique (Patricia Neal) exchanges glances with genius architect Roark (Gary Cooper) who's doing manual labor at her father's Connecticut quarry, not knowing who he is, then visits again, in King Vidor's The Fountainhead, 1949, from the Ayn Rand novel.

Fountainhead, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Roark

Hero Howard Roark (Gary Cooper) is introduced through encounters with a dean (Paul Stanton), fellow student Keating (Kent Smith) and architect Cameron (Henry Hull) in the opening to King Vidor's The Fountainhead, 1949, from the Ayn Rand novel.