Java Head

Java Head

85 mins | Drama, Romance | July 31, 1934

The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in love with a local girl, but cannot marry her due to a long-running feud between their fathers. After a lengthy voyage, he returns with a very exotic, noble Chinese wife, which scandalizes the conservative town. His other son, a "landlubber", seeks to convert to steamships, to the disgust of his father. Even worse, he is secretly dealing in contraband.

Java Head

85 mins | Drama, Romance | July 31, 1934

Java Head
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in love with a local girl, but cannot marry her due to a long-running feud between their fathers. After a lengthy voyage, he returns with a very exotic, noble Chinese wife, which scandalizes the conservative town. His other son, a "landlubber", seeks to convert to steamships, to the disgust of his father. Even worse, he is secretly dealing in contraband.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Associated Talking Pictures (ATP)
Original title Java Head
Directors Thorold Dickinson, J. Walter Ruben
Writers Joseph Hergesheimer, Martin Brown, Gordon Wellesley

Cast

Anna May Wong

as Princess Taou Yuen

Elizabeth Allan

as Nettie Vollar

John Loder

as Gerrit Ammidon

Edmund Gwenn

as Jeremy Ammidon

Ralph Richardson

as William Ammidon

Herbert Lomas

as Barzil Dunsack

George Curzon

as Edward Dunsack

John Marriner

as John Stone

Grey Blake

as Roger Brevard (as Gray Blake)

Roy Emerton

as Broadrick

Amy Brandon Thomas

as Rhoda Ammidon

Frances Carson

as Kate Vollar