Thursday's Children
1954, English. Directed by Lindsay Anderson & Guy Brenton.
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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- 0h 21m
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- 1 May 1954
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Thursday's Children (1954) was directed by Lindsay Anderson and Guy Brenton and stars Richard Burton.