Thursday's Children
195421m6.9
Documentary
- Runtime
- 21m
- Genre
- Documentary
- Origin
- United Kingdom
About
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.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Lindsay Anderson, Guy Brenton
- Writing
- Guy Brenton, Lindsay Anderson
- Status
- Released
- Released
- May 1, 1954
- Studio
- World Wide Pictures, Morse Films
Cast
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