eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result a265 FOUNTAINHEAD half-sheet movie poster '49 Cooper, Ayn Rand classic! Date Sold 1/3/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 22" x 28") (Learn More) The Fountainhead, the 1949 King Vidor romantic love triangle philosophical principles architecture Objectivism melodrama ("Monumental best-seller! Towering screen triumph!"; "'Nobody takes what's mine!'"; "A picture to remember from Warner Bros."; "Warner Bros.' Towering Triumph"; "No man takes what's mine!"; "The great best seller made greater on the screen by Warner Bros."; "Screen Play by Ayn Rand from her Novel 'The Fountainhead'"; about a dedicated architect who refuses to compromise his principles, regardless of the cost; amazingly, Rand managed to keep much of the essence of her very wordy novel on screen; Rand herself picked Gary Cooper for the lead, and he had a serious affair with his much younger co-star Patricia Neal) starring Gary Cooper (as Howard Roark; "This is his role of roles!"), Patricia Neal (as Dominique Francon), Raymond Massey (as Gail Wynand), Kent Smith (as Peter Keating), Robert Douglas (as Ellsworth Toohey), Henry Hull (as Henry Cameron), Ray Collins (as Roger Enright), and Jerome Cowan (as Alvah Scarret) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that there is paper loss in the bottom left corner and a couple of 2" tears in the top border and a 1" tear in the left of the bottom border. There are creases, smudges, and some areas of surface paper loss around the edges of the poster. But other than the above defects, which are almost all in the borders, the poster is in surprisingly nice condition! It would be easy for any talented restorer to paperback this poster, and after repairing the minor border defects, the poster would look great! Also note that this poster has never been machine folded! Most half-sheet posters were folded once horizontally and once vertically right off of the printing press. It is very difficult to find an unfolded copy of most half-sheets, especially from before 1970! Condition: good. Learn More about condition grades
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