This obscure RKO drama features Francis Lederer as Aigo, an Eskimo (I know, stifle your disbelief) who falls in love with the picture of the daughter (Elissa Landi) of the great white hunter (Henry Stephenson) with whom he's been stalking polar bears. Oh dear, oh dear...you know what happens with these cross-racial romances in Golden Age films, right? Let's just say there's no fadeout clinch implying future marital bliss. Directed by J. Walter Ruben, Man of Two Worlds features some decent special effects and some good miniature work, but Lederer's performance is rather embarrassing: from the film's opening scene on, Aigo gawps with slack-jawed delight at all that he witnesses. I've heard of the noble savage, but Lederer portrays his character as a nutball savage. Enlightened it is not (though the film was probably considered quite open-minded for its time).
Review of Man of Two Worlds
