Newcomb Archives
Perky, Janice Torre
2007-118
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Newcomb Archives
- Creator - Lyricist
- Perky, Janice Torre
- Creator - Composer
- Spielman, Fred
- Title
- Janice Torre Perky
- ID
- 2007-118
- Date [inclusive]
- Bewteen 1948 and 1958
- Extent
- 1.0 Cubic feet 1 box
- Language
- English
Biographical/Historical note
Janice Torre was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. She graduated from Newcomb Art School in 1936, studied scene design at the Yale Drama School, and then courses in playwriting and directing at the University of Texas.
Following her formal education, Torre moved to Hollywood where she met composer Fred Spielman. Forming a partnership, Spielman and Torre began writing songs for motion picture musicals.
In 1949, Torre married Gregory Manning Perky and settled with him in New Orleans, where he taught physics and chemistry at the Isidore Newman School. While living in New Orleans, Janice Torre continued to collaborate with Fred Spielman. Most of the score for "THE STINGIEST MAN IN TOWN" was written for television through their collaboration, in spite of the fact that they were 1,300 miles apart.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Newcomb Archives
Newcomb Center for Research on WomenSeltzer-Gerard Reading Room
62 Newcomb Place
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118
504 865 5762
vorhoff@tulane.edu
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
- Songs
Occupation(s)
- Songwriters
Collection Inventory
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Folder 1 General note"Spring Came Back to Vienna." Lyrics and music by Fritz Rotter, Janice Torre and Fred Spielman, from MGM film "Luxury Liner," 1948. |
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Folder 2 General note"One Little Boy," from "The Stingiest Man in Town." Lyrics by Janice Torre, music by Fred Spielman, 1956. "The Birthday Party of the King," from "The Stingiest Man in Town." Lyrics by Janice Torre, music by Fred Spielman,1956. "An Old fashioned Christmas," from "The Stingiest Man in Town." Lyrics by Janice Torre, music by Fred Spielman, 1956. "Yes, There Is A Santa Clause," from "The Stingiest Man in Town." Lyrics by Janice Torre, music by Fred Spielman, 1956. "Golden Dreams." from "The Stingiest Man in Town." Lyrics by Janice Torre, music by Fred Spielman, 1956. "It Might Have Been," from "The Stingiest Man in Town." Lyrics by Janice Torre, music by Fred Spielman, 1956. |
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Folder 3 General note"The Stingiest Man in Town (Scrooge): A Musical Play," based on Dickens' "A Christman Carol." Music by Fred Spielman, Book and Lyrics by Janice Torre, Adapted by Don Wilson, 1957. Tom Thumb: Song and Coloring Book 1958. |
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