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Thursday's Children

Thursday's Children

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📜 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1954-05-01
⌚ Running Time: 21 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.6

Beloved Cast

Richard Burton original image
Narrator (voice)
Richard Burton

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