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Thursday's Child is a 1943 British comedy-drama film directed by Rodney Ackland and starring Sally Ann Howes and Wilfrid Lawson. It was produced by John Argyle and Associated British Picture Corporation .
Thursday's Child: Directed by Rodney Ackland. With Sally Ann Howes, Wilfrid Lawson, Kathleen O'Regan, Eileen Bennett. Family tensions arise after a schoolgirl becomes a successful child actor.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Rodney Ackland
- 1946-06-10
Jul 23, 2012 · Thursday's Child (1943)Associated British Picture Corporation Starring: Sally Ann Howes, Stewart Granger, Wilfrid Lawson, Kathleen O'Regan, Eileen BennettDir...
Thursday's Children: Directed by Lindsay Anderson, Guy Brenton. With Richard Burton. 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.
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- Documentary, Short
- Lindsay Anderson, Guy Brenton
- 1955-04-18
Jun 22, 2023 · Thursdays Child (1943) A 1943 British comedy-drama film directed by Rodney Ackland and starring Sally Ann Howes and Wilfrid Lawson. It was produced by John Argyle and Associated Br...
Family tensions arise after a schoolgirl becomes a successful child actor. Middle class chemist Frank Wilson and his wife Ellen Wilson are looking forward to a visit from family friend, Charles Lennox, who has just returned to London following extended time away in France.
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.
