Thursday's Children

Thursday's Children

1954
21m
6.7

6.7/10

12 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary
Overview

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.

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Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
World Wide Pictures Morse Films
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date May 1, 1954
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0047585

Cast

Richard Burton
Richard Burton

Narrator (voice)

Key Crew

Lindsay Anderson
Director
Guy Brenton
Director
Guy Brenton
Writer
Lindsay Anderson
Writer