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The Boy Next Door

1962 18 min
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When French-speaking Jacques moves next door to English-speaking Jimmy, each is amazed to find that the other doesn't speak his language. But when it comes to exploring and playing together, language just doesn't seem to matter. Each soon finds himself venturing into the other's language.

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When French-speaking Jacques moves next door to English-speaking Jimmy, each is amazed to find that the other doesn't speak his language. But when it comes to exploring and playing together, language just doesn't seem to matter. Each soon finds himself venturing into the other's language.

  • director
    Ernest Reid
  • producer
    Ernest Reid
  • script
    Ernest Reid
  • executive producer
    Peter Jones
  • photography
    John Gunn
  • sound
    Joseph Champagne
  • editing
    John Kemeny
  • sound recording
    Ron Alexander
  • music
    Donald Douglas

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