
Java Head
Java Head is a 1934 British historical drama film directed by J. Walter Ruben and an uncredited Thorold Dickinson. It stars Anna May Wong, Elizabeth Allan and Ralph Richardson.
Plot
The film is set mostly in the seaport of Bristol, England, in the years 1848–50. Captain Jeremy Ammidon is the founder of the shipping line Ammidon & Sons, and lives with his family in his house "Java Head", named after the promontory in Java, Indonesia. His elder, land-based son William runs the company day-to-day, and wants to upgrade the fleet from slow sailing ships to fast clippers and steamships, and to carry contraband, all against his father’s wishes. Captain Ammidon’s younger, seafaring, son Gerrit is friends with Nettie Vollar. Nettie secretly loves Gerrit but her strict and religious grandfather, who has had a 20-year quarrel with his old shipmate Captain Ammidon, disapproves of any deeper friendship between Nettie and Gerrit.
More details
author | Joseph Hergesheimer |
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contentLocation | England |
director | Thorold Dickinson |
editor | David Lean Thorold Dickinson |
events | seamanship |
genre | drama historical romance |
keywords | bristol clipper clipper ship confucius evil spirit far east java manchu manchu dynasty mourn new life opium sailing ship ship steamship tanjung layar teach |
musicBy | Ernest Irving |
producer | Basil Dean |
productionCompany | Associated Talking Pictures |
publisher | Associated British Film Distributors |
theme | silent |