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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Elizabeth AllanNettie Vollar
Anna May WongPrincess Taou Yuen
John LoderGerrit Ammidon
Edmund GwennJeremy Ammidon
Ralph RichardsonWilliam Ammidon
Herbert LomasBarzil Dunsack
George CurzonEdward Dunsack
Grey BlakeRoger Brevard (as Gray Blake)
Roy EmertonBroadrick
Frances CarsonKate VollarExplore the crew
- Director
- J. Walter Ruben
- Director
- Thorold Dickinson
- Screenplay
- Gordon Wellesley
- Screenplay
- Martin Brown