Synopsis
Thursday’s Children-Thursday’s Children:1954: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.
Original title Thursday's Children
IMDb Rating 7.3 390 votes
TMDb Rating 6.6 10 votes