Movies like Thursday's Children (1954)

Name: Thursday's Children
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Genre: Documentary, Short
Released: 1954-05-01
Duration: 21 Min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Richard Burton

Thursday's Children (1954)

United Kingdom21Min

7.3 ( 406 Votes )

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.