Java Head (1923)
January 1, 1923Release Date
Plot.
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.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Leatrice Joy
Taou Yuen
Jacqueline Logan
Nettie Vollar
Frederick Strong
Jeremy Ammidon
Alan Roscoe
Gerrit Ammidon
George Melford
Director
Joseph Hergesheimer
Writer
Violet Axzelle
Laurel Ammidon
Audrey Berry
Sidsall Ammidon
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1923
StatusReleased
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States of America
Genres
Wiki.
Java Head is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by George Melford and starring Leatrice Joy, Jacqueline Logan, Frederick Strong, Alan Roscoe, and Betty Bronson in a bit part. It is based on a popular novel of the same name by Joseph Hergesheimer, which in turn is named after the geographical feature.
Java Head was remade in a 1934 British sound film starring Anna May Wong which was released by Associated Talking Pictures.