The story concerns a Hawaiian who comes into possession of a magical bottle that makes all wishes come true but at a terrible cost. A silent movie based on "The Bottle Imp" was released by Paramount Pictures in 1917 but the film has now been lost. Stevenson's story was loosely adapted as an episode of the American radio series CBS Radio Mystery Theater called "The Imp in the Bottle" which first aired on September 3, 1974.