dominique francon first saw howard roark in new orleans.
dominique francon first saw howard roark in new orleans.
where does dominique francon first see howard roark?
new orleans
after cameron retires, keating hires roark, whom francon soon fires for refusing to design a building in the classical style. roark works briefly at another firm, then opens his own office but has trouble finding clients and closes it down. he gets a job in a granite quarry owned by francon. there he meets francon's daughter dominique, a columnist for "the new york banner", while she is staying at her family's estate nearby. they are immediately attracted to each other, leading to a rough sexual encounter that dominique later calls a rape. shortly after, roark is notified that a client is ready to start a new building, and he returns to new york. dominique also returns to new york and learns roark is an architect. she attacks his work in public, but visits him for secret sexual encounters.
the fountainhead
months later, francon enters the construction site of the wynand building and identifies herself as mrs. roark. she rises in the open construction elevator, all the while looking upward towards the figure of her husband. roark stands triumphant, his arms akimbo, near the edge of the tall skyscraper, as the crosswinds buffet him atop his magnificent, one-of-a-kind creation.









































section::::cast.









































bullet::::- gary cooper as howard roark









































bullet::::- patricia neal as dominique francon









































bullet::::- raymond massey as gail wynand









































bullet::::- kent smith as peter keating









































bullet::::- robert douglas as ellsworth m. toohey









































bullet::::- henry hull as henry cameron
the fountainhead (film)