Java Head (1923)
1h 22m
Running Time
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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Cast & Crew.

Leatrice Joy
Taou Yuen

Jacqueline Logan
Nettie Vollar

Alan Roscoe
Gerrit Ammidon (as Albert Roscoe)

Arthur Stuart Hull
William Ammidon

Rose Tapley
Rhoda Ammidon

Betty Bronson
Janet Ammidon

George Fawcett
Barzil Dunsack

Raymond Hatton
Edward Dunsack

Helen Lindroth
Kate Vollar

Frances Hatton
Nurse

Frederick Strong
Jeremy Ammidon

Violet Axzelle
Laurel Ammidon

Audrey Berry
Sidsall Ammidon

Polly Archer
Camilla Ammidon

Bert Glennon
Cinematographer

Daniel Pennell
Broadrick (as Dan Pennell)
Media.

Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1923
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 22m
Filming LocationsNew York City, United States
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
opium
princess
family feud
lost film
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.