Thursday's Children (1954)

05/01/1954 (GB) • 21m

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.

Top Billed Cast

Richard Burton

Narrator (voice)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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