Gary Cooper's Coming to Cary

January 4, 2010 | Story by: Hal Goodtree | Categories: Arts, Events

Cary, NC – Here’s an interesting item for film buffs: Nowell’s Furniture and Triangle Modernist Homes are sponsoring a screening of “The Fountainhead” at the Galaxy Cinema on January 14 at 7 PM.

If you haven’t seen it, “The Fountainhead” is a film classic adapted from Ayn Rand’s book of the same title. Gary Cooper plays a young, idealistic architect who won’t compromise his idealism for the crass jingle-jingle of success.

But that’s not all: “The Fountainhead” is the first in the Nowell’s Architecture Movie Series. What a great idea! Here are the other upcoming shows:

• “The Lake House” starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock – Feb 18
• “Infinite Space,” a docu about California architect John Lautner – March 18
• “Visual Acoustics,” the life of the late Julius Shulman, the most important architectural photographer of the 20th century – April 22

Nowell’s is the overall sponsor for the series. And Triangle Modernist Homes is a nonprofit dedicated to restoring and growing modernist architecture in the Triangle. George Smart, founder and director of TMH, organized the series.

Interesting stuff. And a great movie to boot. Pass the popcorn!