Thursday's Children
7.2
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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Lindsay Anderson Director · Guy Brenton Director Walter Lassally Cinematographer
United States release April 18, 1955 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Morse Films
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World Wide Pictures
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Morse Films
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 1, 1954
Theatrical
United States · April 18, 1955
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Japan
April 22, 1958
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