Java Head

Jan 1, 1923

1h 22m

★ 0.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation

Java Head Trailers

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Cast

Taou Yuen

Leatrice Joy

Nettie Vollar

Jacqueline Logan

Gerrit Ammidon (as Albert Roscoe)

Alan Roscoe

William Ammidon

Arthur Stuart Hull

Rhoda Ammidon

Rose Tapley

Janet Ammidon

Betty Bronson

Barzil Dunsack

George Fawcett

Edward Dunsack

Raymond Hatton

Kate Vollar

Helen Lindroth

Nurse

Frances Hatton

Jeremy Ammidon

Frederick Strong

Laurel Ammidon

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