Colman. It starred John McIntire as Dr. Heidegger, Lurene Tuttle, Earle Ross, Arthur Q. Bryan, and Norman Field. It was selected by Robert Walker as his favorite story. Billie Burke starred in an adaptation of the story on the TV version of Lights Out on November 20, 1950. Dr. Heidegger's Fountain of Youth, chamber opera by Jack Beeson and Sheldon Harnick (1979) Britannica Classic: Nathaniel Hawthorne's Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, adapted as a short film, dramatized by the Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation in 1969. Available for viewing online at http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1685292/Doctor-Heideggers-Experiment. (It stars Peter Brocco.) It was included, with significant changes, as the first segment of the 1963 movie Twice-Told Tales starring Vincent Price The story was adapted by Stephen Douglas Burton as one of three one-act operas in his 1975 trilogy, An American Triptych. References External links eText on Project Gutenberg (Included in Twice Told Tales) A Brief Article on NYU's database site 1837 short stories Short stories adapted into films Short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne Works adapted into operas Works originally published in The Knickerbocker Works published anonymously