A man becomes part of a secret society of people who live in a department store and quickly falls in love with their leader's young maid.A man becomes part of a secret society of people who live in a department store and quickly falls in love with their leader's young maid.A man becomes part of a secret society of people who live in a department store and quickly falls in love with their leader's young maid.
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Did you know
- Trivia'Evening Primrose' was filmed and originally broadcast in color, but the color master has since been lost.
- GoofsThe dialogue suggests that the film is set in 1940, when the short story upon which the movie is based was written. However, portions were filmed in a real store during off-hours, so there are countless things from the '60s featured throughout, including vehicles, clothing, hi-fi record players and other electronics, and the prominently featured book "Alfred Hitchcock's Monster Museum," which was first published in 1965.
- Quotes
Charles Snell: What goes on here?
Roscoe Potts: Life, my boy. And death, of course. You can't have one without the other.
- Alternate versionsThe program was shot and telecast in color, but the master videotape vanished from the vaults decades ago. The DVD version is in black-and-white, transferred from the best of the three kinescope prints which are known to exist.
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Nutcracker (2008)
Featured review
Anthony Perkins Could Sing
Odd mini-musical from Broadway giant Stephen Sondheim seems almost like an episode from "Twilight Zone." Story centers on a community of department store dwellers who hide during the day but come out at night and inhabit the store. Anthony Perkins pays a failed poet who stumbles upon this weird cult and falls in love (and finds his poetic voice) with the aged group's maid (Charmian Carr).
Several haunting songs highlight this outing with Perkins and Carr in good voice. The plaintive songs accent their new-found love and desire to leave the group and go outside. But no one is allowed to leave for fear of exposing the group and casting them all outside. Anyone suspected of leaving is gathered up by the "darkmen," another group that lives at a funeral home.
Perkins is a major surprise, showcasing a wonderful singing voice. Carr is also excellent as the maid held by the group against her will. Her "I Remember Sky" is especially good. Dorothy Stickney plays Mrs. Monday, the leader of the group who's been there for decades. Larry Gates is Roscoe and Margaretta Warwick is Bilby. Other old ladies include Margaret Bannerman, Dorothy Sands, and Margaret Barker.
Filmed at the Stern Brothers department store in New York City. This was originally shown on ABC's "Stage 67" series. The ending is quite chilling.
Several haunting songs highlight this outing with Perkins and Carr in good voice. The plaintive songs accent their new-found love and desire to leave the group and go outside. But no one is allowed to leave for fear of exposing the group and casting them all outside. Anyone suspected of leaving is gathered up by the "darkmen," another group that lives at a funeral home.
Perkins is a major surprise, showcasing a wonderful singing voice. Carr is also excellent as the maid held by the group against her will. Her "I Remember Sky" is especially good. Dorothy Stickney plays Mrs. Monday, the leader of the group who's been there for decades. Larry Gates is Roscoe and Margaretta Warwick is Bilby. Other old ladies include Margaret Bannerman, Dorothy Sands, and Margaret Barker.
Filmed at the Stern Brothers department store in New York City. This was originally shown on ABC's "Stage 67" series. The ending is quite chilling.
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- Feb 10, 2017
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- Filming locations
- West 42nd St, New York City, New York, USA(Classic NY Website - A new flagship store was built in 1913 close to West 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue. The new location had nine floors of retail space and purchasing offices in the basement. The new location focused more of their attention on clientele from the nearby Theater District and the Carriage Trade. Many local actors stopped by the store while on break from their theater production. The store was busiest between the hours of 11 am to 2 pm, when people working in and around the area were on their lunch hours.)
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- Runtime1 hour
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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