Movie Details
Theatrical Release:April 18th, 1955
Original Language:English
Production Companies:World Wide Pictures, Morse Films
Cast & Crew
G
Guy Brenton
Director
G
Guy Brenton
Writer
G
Geoffrey Wright
Music
Thursday's Children (1955)
Audience Score
Plot
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.
