Java Head (1923)

7.0/10 82 min Drama Romance

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.

Cast

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

Audrey Berry

Sidsall Ammidon

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