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Thursday's Children (1954)

6.7/10 0h 21m May 01, 1954
Documentary

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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Movie Details

Original Title Thursday's Children
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.1

Cast

Richard Burton
Richard Burton
Narrator (voice)
Popularity: 10.2

Key Crew

Music Geoffrey Wright
Director Lindsay Anderson, Guy Brenton
Writer Guy Brenton, Lindsay Anderson

Production

World Wide Pictures
GB
Morse Films

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 7/10
Feb 10, 2024

Richard Burton gently but passionately narrates this informative documentary that follows a group of young children at school. It's not clear from the start but quickly we are told that they are deaf. Some since birth, some through illnesses like meningitis, but all join together in a class room whe ... Read more

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Details
Release Date May 1, 1954
Runtime 0h 21m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.1
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