Thursday's Child Blu-Ray

Thought-provoking family drama, Thursday's Child features the film debut of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star Sally Ann Howes as a quiet, studious young girl who finds fame beating a path to her door "much to the chagrin of her star-struck elder sister. Also starring Gainsborough favourite Stewart Granger, Wilfrid Lawson, Felix Aylmer and much-loved Cockney comic actor Ronald Shiner, this critically-acclaimed film is featured here as both the original theatrical version and the re-edited post-war re-release, the latter presented as a High Definition remaster from original nitrate film elements.

When twelve-year-old Fennis Wilson unintentionally becomes a star she is delighted by the fantastic life she begins to lead. But, all too soon, she makes the heartbreaking discovery that her success has shattered her previously happy family life...