I am a long term fan of Michael Powell's films. Many of his films are easily available and are often shown on television. That includes his last film, the documentary Return to the Edge of the World which is a companion piece to one of his earlier feature films The Edge of the World.

His last full length feature film was Age of Consent starring James Mason and a very early role for Helen Mirren.

But he did make one shorter film in between Age of Consent and Return to the Edge of the World. It is called The Boy who Turned Yellow. It was made for the Childrens Film Foundation in 1972 and runs for just over 50 minutes. Years ago on Saturday mornings my local cinema showed films from this foundation just for children.

The BFI have started making DVDs of some of the more notable films made. These are low budget films but some of them would have higher profile actors or directors involved. The BFI has so far released 2 volumes of these and  The Boy Who Turned Yellow will be on the 3rd volume called Weird Adventure.

I'll keep an eye out for when the DVD is released scheduled for June 17th. The screenplay was written by Emeric Pressburger, Powell's long term collaborator. No major actors in the film but Esmond Knight appears and he was in many of Powell's films.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Childr...363283648&sr=8-4

Also on the DVD is The Monster of Highgate Ponds which was directed by Alberto Calvacanti. He directed 2 of the greatest British films of the 1940s, Went the Day Well and Dead of Night (parts of this portmanteau film).