Java Head (1923)
Overview
Gerrit Ammidon, despairing of any chance to marry his love, Nettie Vollar, because of a bitter feud between his father and her grandfather, sails to China to "get away from it all". While in Shanghai he rescues a beautiful young woman being attacked by a gang of street toughs. She turns out to be Taou Yuen, a Manchu princess. Gerrit discovers that, unless she finds a husband, she will be put to death, and he agrees to marry her. They return to Java Head, the Ammidon family home in Salem, Massachusetts, but Gerrit's "homecoming" has some unexpected consequences.
What is Java Head about?
Gerrit Ammidon, despairing of any chance to marry his love, Nettie Vollar, because of a bitter feud between his father and her grandfather, sails to China to "get away from it all". While in Shanghai he rescues a beautiful young woman being attacked by a gang of street toughs. She turns out to be Taou Yuen, a Manchu princess. Gerrit discovers that, unless she finds a husband, she will be put to death, and he agrees to marry her. They return to Java Head, the Ammidon family home in Salem, Massachusetts, but Gerrit's "homecoming" has some unexpected consequences. Java Head is a Drama, Romance movie, released on 1923-01-01, runtime 82 minutes.
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Directed by
George Melford
Cast
- Leatrice Joy as Taou Yuen
- Jacqueline Logan as Nettie Vollar
- Alan Roscoe as Gerrit Ammidon (as Albert Roscoe)
- Arthur Stuart Hull as William Ammidon
- Rose Tapley as Rhoda Ammidon
- Betty Bronson as Janet Ammidon
- George Fawcett as Barzil Dunsack
- Raymond Hatton as Edward Dunsack
- Helen Lindroth as Kate Vollar
- Frances Hatton as Nurse
- Frederick Strong as Jeremy Ammidon
- Violet Axzelle as Laurel Ammidon
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