Summary Despairing of any chance to marry his love Nettie Vollar because of a bitter feud between his father and her grandfather, Gerrit Ammidon sails to China to "get away from it all". While in Shanghai he rescues a beautiful young woman being attacked by a gang of street toughs. She turns out to be Taou Yuen, a Manchu princess. Gerrit discovers that she will be put to death unless she finds a husband, and he agrees to marry her. They return to Java Head, the Ammidon family home in Salem, Massachusetts, but Gerrit's "homecoming" has unexpected consequences. View more details
Directed : George Melford
Written : Joseph Hergesheimer Waldemar Young
Stars : Alan Roscoe Jacqueline Logan Leatrice Joy Frederick Strong
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Dec 31, 1922
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Filming locations : Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Production companies : Paramount Pictures
Summary Despairing of any chance to marry his love Nettie Vollar because of a bitter feud between his father and her grandfather, Gerrit Ammidon sails to China to "get away from it all". While in Shanghai he rescues a beautiful young woman being attacked by a gang of street toughs. She turns out to be Taou Yuen, a Manchu princess. Gerrit discovers that she will be put to death unless she finds a husband, and he agrees to marry her. They return to Java Head, the Ammidon family home in Salem, Massachusetts, but Gerrit's "homecoming" has unexpected consequences. View more details
Genres : Drama Romance
Release date : Dec 31, 1922
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Filming locations : Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Production companies : Paramount Pictures