The fountainheads : Wright, Rand, the FBI and Hollywood / Donald Leslie Johnson.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Johnson, Donald Leslie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Rand, Ayn. Fountainhead.
• Rand, Ayn--Friends and associates.
• Rand, Ayn--Film adaptations.
• Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959--Influence.
• Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959--Friends and associates.
• Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
• Rand, Ayn.
• United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation--History--20th century.
• United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities--History.
• United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
• United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.
• Motion picture plays--History and criticism.
• Motion picture plays.
• Architects in motion pictures.
• Architects in literature.
• History.
• Friends and associates.
• Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Biography.

Genre:

• Film adaptations.
• Biographies.

Physical Description:

xii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2005]

Summary:

Speculation abounds about the relationship between Frank Lloyd Wright and Ayn Rand. Was Wright the inspiration for Howard Roark, the architect hero of Rand's The Fountainhead? What can be made of their collaboration on the book's failed 1944 movie adaptation, and what can be gleaned from the 1949 Hollywood production of The Fountainhead? Where does the FBI?Wright was dubbed a communist sympathizer, and Rand was called before the House Un-American Activities Committee?fit into the story? Art, architecture, philosophy, film and politics come together in this exploration, which relies on the writings of Wright and Rand, FBI files, visual evidence and more to cement their connection. Chapters are devoted to Wright and Rand, the two together, their parts in both the failed production of The Fountainhead and the successful one, and the effect FBI harassment had on the movie and on their lives.

Contents:

• Wright
• Rand
• Wright and Rand
• Filmland, Wright and Rand
• Fountainheads.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213), filmography (pages 215-219) and index.

ISBN:

078641958X

OCLC:

56617298