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Thursday's Children (1954)

1954-05-01 · 21m · EN
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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.

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Lindsay AndersonDirector, WriterGuy BrentonDirector, Writer

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Richard Burton
Richard Burton
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