Thursday's Children

Name: Thursday's Children
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1954
Duration: 21 min
Rating: 6.857

1954 · 21 min

Documentary

★ 6.9

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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.

Crew

Director Lindsay Anderson
Director Guy Brenton
Writer Lindsay Anderson
Writer Guy Brenton
Director of Photography Walter Lassally

Cast

Richard Burton
Narrator (voice)

Crew

Director — Lindsay Anderson
Director — Guy Brenton
Writer — Lindsay Anderson
Writer — Guy Brenton
Director of Photography — Walter Lassally

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