Gerrit Ammidon, despairing of any chance to marry his love, Nettie Vollar, because of a bitter feud between his father and her grandfather, 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, unless she finds a husband, she will be put to death, and he agrees to marry her. They return to Java Head, the Ammidon family home in Salem, Massachusetts, but Gerrit's "homecoming" has some unexpected consequences.
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Leatrice Joy
Taou Yuen
Known for
The Ten Commandments
Jacqueline Logan
Nettie Vollar
Known for
The King of Kings
George Melford
Also in
The Ten Commandments
The Hero Track Walker
Joseph Hergesheimer
Also in
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Alan Roscoe
Gerrit Ammidon (as Albert Roscoe)
Also in
The Last of the Mohicans
Long Pants
Waldemar Young
Arthur Stuart Hull
William Ammidon
Known for
The Palm Beach Story
Rose Tapley
Rhoda Ammidon
Also in
Sex Madness
War
Betty Bronson
Janet Ammidon
Known for
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
The Naked Kiss
George Fawcett
Barzil Dunsack
Known for
True Heart Susie
Flesh and the Devil
Raymond Hatton
Edward Dunsack
Known for
Day the World Ended
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Helen Lindroth
Kate Vollar
Also in
Getting Mary Married
The Right Way
George Melford Director · Waldemar Young Story Joseph Hergesheimer Author
United States release January 1, 1923 · Produced in United States · Production Paramount Pictures
Production
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Distribution
United States
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Original language
English
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No dialogue
Release dates
United States · January 1, 1923
Theatrical
Denmark
December 26, 1923
Finland
May 24, 1925
United Kingdom
January 14, 1924
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