Thursday’s Children

Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children are shown painstakingly learning what words are through exercises and games, practicing lip-reading and finally speech. Richard Burton’s calm and sometimes-poetic narration adds to the heartwarming cheerfulness and courage of the children. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with British Film Institute in 2005.

Casts: Richard Burton
Director: Lindsay Anderson, Guy Brenton
Countrys: UnitedKingdom

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Score Rating Count Release Date RunTime
7.3 406 1954-05-01 21

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