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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.comCHAPTER FOURThe Real Root of Evil$ayn and frank arrived in Hollywood as celebrities. TheFountainhead was the hot property of the moment, and thetown buzzed with speculation about who would be chosen forthe choicest roles. Stars began to court Rand in the belief that she couldinfluence the studio’s choices. Joan Crawford threw a dinner for theO’Connors and came dressed as Dominique, in a long white gown andaquamarines. Warner Brothers set her up in an enormous office witha secretary out front and a $750 weekly salary. The contrast betweenRand’s arrival as a penniless immigrant in 1926 and her latest debut wassharp.The Golden State’s charms were lost on Rand, who complained about“the disgusting California sunshine.” 1 Her heart was still in New York,and she hoped their time in California would be brief. She immediatelyset to work on The Fountainhead script, turning out a polishedversion in a few weeks. There would be no quick return east, however,for production of the film was suspended indefinitely due to wartimeshortages. Rand resigned herself to a lengthy stay in California. Whenher work for Warner Brothers was done, she signed a five-year parttimescreenwriting contract with the independent producer Hal Wallis,successfully negotiating six months off a year to pursue her own writing.She and Frank bought a house that perfectly suited them both, anarchitecturally distinguished modernist building that could easily havegraced the pages of The Fountainhead. Designed by Richard Neutra andsituated in rural Chatsworth, almost an hour’s drive from Hollywood,the glass-and-steel house was surrounded by a moat and thirteen acres.In the end, they would live there for seven years.Rand underwent two profound intellectual shifts during her time inCalifornia. The first was a reorientation of her thought toward a concept99