The Fountainhead White Marble

The fountainhead is a 1943 novel by russian american author ayn rand her first major literary success the novel s protagonist howard roark is an individualistic young architect who designs modernist buildings and refuses to compromise with an architectural establishment unwilling to accept innovation.

The fountainhead white marble.

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She flails at the white marble fireplace in her bedroom with a hammer and succeeds in scratching it. Roark embodies what rand believed to be the ideal man and his struggle reflects rand s. His work is all glitter and no substance. Sylacauga alabama is called the marble city alabama marble occurs in shades of white pink gray red and black but the white marble of sylacauga has consistently drawn the most acclaim and earned the town the sobriquet the marble city.

Directed by king vidor. He offers the public impressive greek columns and showy white marble fronts. The fountainhead is a 1949 american black and white drama film from warner bros produced by henry blanke directed by king vidor that stars gary cooper patricia neal raymond massey robert douglas and kent smith the film is based on the bestselling 1943 novel of the same name by ayn rand who also wrote the screenplay adaptation although rand s screenplay was used with minimal. With gary cooper patricia neal raymond massey kent smith.