The Fountainhead (Warner Bros.) (1949)

‘THE FOUNTAINHEAD’ Shorts e Notes e One-Column Mats CTT 22 GARY COOPER PASSES ALONG POPS ADVICE Gary Cooper, one of the few stars who began as an extra and rose to the top will tell anyone at any time and any place, that the best piece of advice he ever got in his life came from his father. He repeated the words: “Whatever you want to do, aim for the top and if you get close to it, you’ve done all right.” Today Cooper is at the top of his profession. He plays his 57th starring role as the dynamic architect hero of “The Fountainhead,” Warner Bros.’ top pic GARY COOPER Mat 707-14 Still 707-649 ture of the year in which he is supported by Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas and Henry Hull. Brought up on a Montana ranch, Cooper was getting ready to leave for California, intending to become a newspaper cartoonist, when his father, Charles Cooper, gave him the classic words of advice. Arriving in Los’ Angeles, Gary didn’t get much encouragement in an art career, so he turned to extra work in cowboy pictures and soon became an actor. Robert Douglas Long on Beards “The Man Of Many Faces” is the title pinned on Robert Douglas, good-looking English actor, at Warner Bros. Studios. He’s made his fifth picture at the studio and only once has he been permitted to be himself without any facial alteration. Perc Westmore, head of the studio make-up department, figures he’s been busier working on the Douglas features than on those of any other on the lot. He donned heavy makeup for his role in “Adventures of Don Juan” and “The Decision of Christopher Blake.” In ‘“Homicide” he was permitted to appear as himself. Now in Warner Bros. filmization of Ayn Rand’s best-seller, “The Fountainhead,’ Gary Cooper-Patricia Neal starrer, due soon at the Strand, he is made up to be a middle-aged greying gentleman columnist. Douglas remarks that at least, he’s not being typed. Douglas, an actor who first came to the attention of executive producer Jack L. Warner when he played the leading role in a play in London, is also an expert on things nautical having put five years in the Royal Navy during the war. Production Items of Interest For Your Editor’s Daily Column 300 architectural drawings had to be prepared for “The Fountainhead” . . . Patricial Neal has 28 changes of costumes, all designed by Milo Anderson . . . a total of 800 copies of the non-existent New York Banner had to be prepared and printed . . . George Holburn, famed sculptor, was commissioned to create a Greek statue which figures prominently in one s»quence . . . Patricia Neal was born in Packard, Ky... . ‘“The Fountainhead” marks Raymond Massey’s 30th anniversary as an actor ... Henry Hull stepped into his role as a defeated architect following his part as the commanding general in “Fighter Squadron” ... Ayn Rand actually worked for an extended time in a leading New York architect’s office to get color and detail for her novel . . . Gary Cooper has his longest single scene to date in the sensational courtroom sequence .. . Kent Smith had a crew hair-cut for his role . .. a cast and crew of 92 consumed 2,500 salt tablets while on location at Knowles, California, for the stone quarry shots ... Gary Cooper appears all way from a sweat-smeared quarry worker to the successful architect in white tie and tails ... a deluxe portable film laboratory was used for the first time on location . .. Ayn Rand is putting the finishing touches on her second novel, which will have a background of heavy industry, mainly railroads . .. the famous prosecutor, Eugene D. Williams, acted as technical advisor for the trial scene. Ayn Rand’s best-seller, ‘“‘The Fountainhead,” which Warner Bros. has transferred to the screen with Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal, has been published in 24 editions in 12 languages. In one sequence in “The Fountainhead,” Gary Cooper has 942 words to speak. They are in his own defense at a trial scene. One of his principal listeners in Patricia Neal who plays Dominique, his love interest in the famed story. Raymond Massey Vet Actor ssn AR SN NN Seseseaetenenenehaece Pee Raymond Massey celebrates 30 years as an actor in Warner Bros.’ sensational drama, “The Fountainhead,” in which he appears with Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal and Kent Smith. Massey made his first appearance on the London stage, at the instigation of the late John Drew, in 1918. In “The Fountainhead,” Massey plays the role of a powerful newspaper publisher. The screen adaptation of Ayn kand’s best seller is produced by Henry Blanke, with King Vidor directing. Probably the role for which he is best remembered is that of Abraham Lincoln in the famed Robert Sherwood play which won the Pulitzer prize several years ago. During the war, Massey took several years out to serve in the Canadian army. RAYMOND MASSEY Mat 707-1C Portable Film Lab Used Still 707-622 Hollywood’s first deluxe portable film laboratory was used during production of Warner Bros. dynamic drama, “The Fountainhead,” Gary CooperPatricia Neal starrer, coming soon to the Strand Theatre. A material improvement of a trailer unit developed by the Army and Navy during the war, it went into action on location in a granite quarry 55 miles from Fresno. Because the laboratory is dust tight and can be kept at constant temperature, spot tests can be made on location under exactly the same conditions as in the studio laboratory. Another important feature, it permits loading of film on location. Cne of the principal uses of the trailer laboratory during the war was to develop during the night the film brought in by the air corps during the day. Also Artist Gary Cooper is the latest member of Hollywood’s art colony which includes such _notables as Jane Wyman, Lew Ayres, June Haver, Ginger Rogers, Linda Darnell, Lionel Barrymore and Vincent Price. Cooper, now starring in Warner Bros.’ drama, “The Fountainhead” has done six oils. Man Handled! Gary Cooper gets rough handling from Patricia Neal in Warner Bros.’ dynamic drama, “The Fountainhead” which opens F'riday at the Strand Theatre. In a love scene she hits him repeatedly in the face with her fists. In another scene she strikes him across the face with a riding crop. et THE PRODUCTION Produced by Henry Blanke. Directed by King Vidor. Screen Play by Ayn Rand; from her Novel, “The Fountainhead.” Photographed by Robert Burks, A.S.C. Art Director, Edward Carrere. Film Editor, David Weisbart. Sound by Oliver S. Garretson. Dialogue Director, Jack Daniels. Set Decorator, William Kuehl. Special Effects by William McGann, Director; Edwin DuPar, H. F. Koenekamp, A.S.C.; John Holden, Art Director. Wardrobe by Milo Anderson. Makeup Artist, Pere Westmore. Music by Max Steiner. Orchestrations, Murray Cutter, Assistant Director, Dick Mayberry. Unit Mer., Erie Stacey. PATRICIA NEAL PLAYS YEAR'S PRIZE ROLE Warner Bros. allotted the year’s prize feminine role of “Dominique” in “The Fountainhead” to beauteous Patricia Neal. Practically every actress on the Warner roster was under consideration for this plum assignment, and even outside actresses put in bids for the part. Patricia made her film bow in “John Loves Mary,” following an impressive debut on the Broadway stage in Lillian Hellman’s drama, “Another Part of the Forest.” PATRICIA NEAL Mat 707-1B Real Life D. A. Plays Reel Role Kugene D. Williams, one of the nation’s most famous prosecutors in criminal cases, acted as technical advisor at Gary Cooper’s trial for dynamiting a building in Warner Bros.’ dynamic drama, “The Fountainhead,” which opens Friday at the Strand. Williams presented the evidence against Tojo and the other principal war criminals in the trial at Tokio in 1946 and early in 1947. He was chief deputy district attorney of Los Angeles county from 1932 to 1940. From 1940 to 1946 he was special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General. Still Neal-11 1 Kent Smith On a Bicycle Kent Smith, handsome Warner Bros. star who plays an important role in “The Fountainhead,” starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal, travels from 6,000 to 25,000 miles every year in pursuance of his conviction that every actor should combine stage and screen work. The transcontinental treks began in 1941 when studio scouts spotted the actor in the New York play, “Old Acquaintance” with Jane Cowl. Leading film roles followed and Kent Smith has been alternating between the stage and screen ever since. The star explains, “Though stage and screen acting employ two entirely different techniques, I believe that my performances help me on the stage and vice versa.” Last season he appeared in New York with Katherine Cornell in “Antony and Cleopatra.” Jack L. Warner didn’t waste any time rushing his star back to Hollywood at the conclusion of the play’s run and into “The Fountainhead.”