john collier's "evening primrose", about people who live inside a department store, was later adapted to tv as a stephen sondheim musical starring anthony perkins. william conrad, harry bartell and elliott reid were heard in the chilling "three skeleton key" (broadcast on 15 november 1949), the tale of three men trapped in an isolated lighthouse by thousands of rats; the half-hour was adapted from an "esquire" short story by the french writer george toudouze and later remade for the march 17, 1950 broadcast starring vincent price, harry bartell and jeff corey and again for the august 9, 1953 broadcast starring paul frees, ben wright and jay novello.