The Fountainhead Photograph Collection
This collection consists of four stills and three key book photographs from the 1949 film adaptation of Ayn Rand's 1943 novel, The Fountainhead. Included in the collection is a rare photograph of the film's stars, Patricia Neal and Gary Cooper, posing with a first-edition copy of the novel.
Dates
- circa 1949
Language
The material in this collection is in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Conditions Governing Use
The UT Libraries claims only physical ownership of most material in the collections. Persons wishing to broadcast or publish this material must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants on www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection consists of four stills and three key book photographs from the 1949 film adaptation of Ayn Rand's 1943 novel, The Fountainhead. Included in the collection is a rare photograph of the film's stars, Patricia Neal and Gary Cooper, posing with a first-edition copy of the novel.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Fountainhead was written in 1943 by Ayn Rand and was adapted by Hollywood in 1949. The book follows a young architect’s battle to practice what the public sees as modern architecture, which he believes to be superior, despite an establishment centered on tradition-worship.
Patricia Neal was born in Packard, Kentucky, on January 20, 1926. She is the daughter of William Burdette and Eura Petrey Neal. Neal grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she attended Knoxville High School and then continued her studies of acting at Northwestern University. Her first job was on Broadway as an understudy and eventually became a leading lady on the stage. In 1947, Neal won a Tony Award for her role in the Broadway play, Another Part of the Forest. Neal then moved to motion pictures and some of her first roles were in the movies The Voice of the Turtle, The Hasty Heart, and The Fountainhead. Neal won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1963 for her role in the movie Hud starring Neal and Paul Newman. She continued to work until up until her death on August 10, 2010.
Neal had a well-known affair during the filming of this movie with her co-star Gary Cooper. She ended the affair in 1951 and married Roald Dahl in 1953. The couples were married for over thirty years and produced five children. Neal and Dahl divorced in 1983.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single folder.
Acquisition Note
This collection was purchased by Special Collections in 2014 from Royal Books.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository