Four items purchased on London's Bond Street have their own stories which bring on four different stories in this intriguing British drama that shows how everything came together in preparation for Hazel Court's wedding. There's miscommunication, murder, malevolence and mischief all prior to matrimony, and for the dress, veil, flowers and jewelry to join together for a big event for the happiest day in a young woman's life, back in the day when the ceremony was about the vows, not the likes on social media.
A seamstress is upset by the fact that her supervisor has made her work long hours to get a dress ready for a wealthy woman's social event, desperate to get to the hospital for the birth of her daughter's first child. The demanding woman has no idea of the situation, but the seamstress has no idea of the importance of the event, and it takes communication and the intermingling of working and upper class to resolve everything, impacting the finishing touches on the wedding dress. The sequence involving a torn veil involves the shocking actions of a young ladles' paramour which resulted in the tear. A blackmailing waistrel of a no good husband involves the flowers, and a jewel robbery impacts the issues with the necklace.
Lots of familiar faces of 40's British cinema pop up in this, and the script is better in some sequences rather than others. There's plenty of slimy characters creating conflict, but the film comes off as a mixed bag of dark plotlines not always grabbing the viewer's interest. It's all rather sordid at times, with some good looking location footage and complex performances. But I've seen better in 40's British melodrama, so this won't go down among my favorites of British cinema even with actors like Derek Farr, Jean Kent, Kathleen Harrison and Roland Young involved.
A seamstress is upset by the fact that her supervisor has made her work long hours to get a dress ready for a wealthy woman's social event, desperate to get to the hospital for the birth of her daughter's first child. The demanding woman has no idea of the situation, but the seamstress has no idea of the importance of the event, and it takes communication and the intermingling of working and upper class to resolve everything, impacting the finishing touches on the wedding dress. The sequence involving a torn veil involves the shocking actions of a young ladles' paramour which resulted in the tear. A blackmailing waistrel of a no good husband involves the flowers, and a jewel robbery impacts the issues with the necklace.
Lots of familiar faces of 40's British cinema pop up in this, and the script is better in some sequences rather than others. There's plenty of slimy characters creating conflict, but the film comes off as a mixed bag of dark plotlines not always grabbing the viewer's interest. It's all rather sordid at times, with some good looking location footage and complex performances. But I've seen better in 40's British melodrama, so this won't go down among my favorites of British cinema even with actors like Derek Farr, Jean Kent, Kathleen Harrison and Roland Young involved.