1931 ethno-exploitation artifact
The title and cover are misleading. This is not action or drama packed and there is no blond captive. It goes in my small collection of old films that exploit the interest in primitive peoples and human evolution for entertainment value. Where it differs from others is that it makes a clear effort to appear scientific and includes Harvard professors and actual famous names in science.
The idea is that back then they thought Neanderthals might still be living, off in Australia. So there is a lecture on the topic in the Explorer's club and they explain their expedition to find some. Next the expedition wanders widely across the Pacific and shows detours to Hawaii, New Zealand, etc. and some dances and bare breasts to give us our money's worth and to give National Geographic a run for its money.
Eventually they do make it to Australia and then even more eventually to a very remote area. There they do find a white women who was shipwrecked way back and is married to...
the blond captive
i like the way it was told the different life styles, different islands,but how close they realy are,i like lowell thomas he is vrey good
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