Java Head (1934 film)

Java Head
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Directed by	Thorold Dickinson
Written by	Joseph Hergesheimer (novel) Gordon Wellesley Martin Brown
Produced by	Basil Dean
Starring	Anna May Wong Elizabeth Allan Ralph Richardson John Loder
Cinematography	Robert Martin
Edited by	David Lean
Music by	Ernest Irving
Production company	Associated Talking Pictures
Distributed by	ABFD
Release date	August 1934
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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.

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.