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Java Head (1934 film)

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Director
  
Thorold Dickinson

Music director
  
Ernest Irving

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.6/10
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Genre
  
Drama, Romance

Cinematography
  
Robert Martin

Country
  
United Kingdom

Java Head (1934 film) movie poster
Release date
  
August 1934

Writer
  
Martin Brown, Gordon Wellesley

Directors
  
Thorold Dickinson, J. Walter Ruben

Cast
  
Anna May Wong
(Princess Taou Yuen),
Elizabeth Allan
(Nettie Vollar),
John Loder
(Gerrit Ammidon),
Edmund Gwenn
(Jeremy Ammidon),
Ralph Richardson
(William Ammidon)

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Java Head is a 1934 British historical drama film directed by Thorold Dickinson and J. Walter Ruben. It stars Anna May Wong, Elizabeth Allan and Ralph Richardson.

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Synopsis

The son of a wealthy Bristol shipping magnate marries a Chinese noblewoman, but she soon becomes aware that he is in fact in love with another woman.

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
  • Roy Emerton as Broadrick
  • John Marriner as John Stone
  • Grey Blake as Roger Brevard
  • Amy Brandon Thomas as Rhoda
  • Frances Carson as Kate

    • Production

    The screenplay was written by Gordon Wellesley and Carol Reed served as an assistant director. The film is an adaptation of a novel by Joseph Hergesheimer of the same name. Its sets were designed by Edward Carrick.

    A previous silent version was directed in 1923 by George Melford for Paramount Pictures. It starred Leatrice Joy. The silent version is considered a lost film.

    References

    Java Head (1934 film) Wikipedia
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    Java Head (1934 film) IMDb Java Head (1934 film) themoviedb.org