The Fountainhead | Adaptations
Rand adapted two of her novels for other media, only one of which is available for comparison. (The Unconquered, an adaptation of We the Living, was produced on Broadway in 1940, but is unpublished.) In 1949, The Fountainhead, for which Rand had done the film script, was released by Warner Brothers. Directed by King Vidor and starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, and Raymond Massey, the movie represents a triumph of sorts for Rand, who battled the studio, the stars, and the censor (the Johnson Office) to present her ideas without dilution. It may also represent a...
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