Java Head (1923 film)

Java Head
Film still with Leatrice Joy
Directed by	George Melford
Story by	Waldemar Young (story and adaptation)
Based on	Java Head by Joseph Hergesheimer
Starring	Leatrice Joy Jacqueline Logan Alan Roscoe
Cinematography	Bert Glennon Charles G. Clarke
Production company	Famous Players-Lasky
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	January 28, 1923 (1923-01-28) (United States)
Running time	80 mins.
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Java Head is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film directed by George Melford and starring Leatrice Joy, Jacqueline Logan, Frederick Strong, Alan Roscoe, and Betty Bronson in a bit part. It is based on a popular novel of the same name by Joseph Hergesheimer.^[1] Its survival status is classified as being unknown,^[1] which suggests that it is a lost film.

Java Head was remade in a 1934 British sound film starring Anna May Wong, and released by Associated Talking Pictures.

Cast

Leatrice Joy - Taou Yuen
Jacqueline Logan - Nettie Vollar
Frederick Strong - Jeremy Ammidon
Alan Roscoe - Gerrit Ammidon (*probably as Albert Roscoe)
Arthur Stuart Hall - William Ammidon
Rose Tapley - Rhoda Ammidon
Violet Axzelle - Laurel Ammidon
Audrey Berry - Sisall Ammidon
Polly Archer - Camilla Ammidon
Betty Bronson - Janet Ammidon
Raymond Hatton - Edward Dunsack
Helen Lindroth - Kate Vollar
Dan Pennell - Broadrick
George S. Stevens - The Butler
Mimi Sherwood - The Maid
Frances Hatton - The Nurse

Production notes

Exterior scenes were shot on location in Salem, Massachusetts where the film is also set.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Progressive Silent Film List: Java Head at silentera.com
↑ Sherwood, Robert Emmet (1923). The Best Moving Pictures of ... Also Who's who in the Movies and the Yearbook of the American Screen. Small, Maynard. p. 104.

External links

Java Head at the Internet Movie Database
Java Head at AllMovie
Lobby poster
Foreign release poster

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The Unknown (1915)
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