British Craftsmanship Given “Shop Window” In Luxuriously-Set New Film

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 57, 18 June 1948, Page 3

British Craftsmanship Given “Shop Window” In Luxuriously-Set New Film

On the last day of production, there was more than the usual amount of nervous tension on the “Bond Street” set. The background for the film’s credit titles was being “shot”, involving a mink coat worth over £4,500, a travelling bag valued at £236, a dressing case costing £475 and other luxury goods marked “For Export Only” in Britain, worth, altogether, about £B,OOO. The mink coat and other valuables were lent . . . heavily insured of course ... by leading Loudon firms. They had been kept in the vault of a local bank overnight . . . and with the morning came the worried looks on the faces of members of the “Bond Street” unit. The valuables were never left unwatched for a moment. There were many sighs of relief when' the filming was finished, and they were rushed back to their London owners. Producer Anatole de Grunwald was determined to give, wherever possible, British craftsmanship a “shop window” in “Bond Street.” For a long time he h&s thought that Britain has not made enough use of the screen to show the world the quality of her goods, as Hollywood has been doing for American industry for years. The result is that “Bond Street” is probably one of the best-dressed most luxuriously-set films ever to be made in England. B.E.F.