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- Artist: Mel Tormé
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- Release Date: June 15, 1999
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Vocal Music
Review
Though Mel Tormé's film work was better than most, he's always been known as a jazz singer, best suited to formats like a live concert or a concept LP. During the '40s and '50s, the Hollywood movie machine spit out a lot of subpar pop material, luring singers to croon dozens of conservative songs with "champagne music" backing. Though it spans his entire career, from the mid-'40s into the '90s, At the Movies includes much material from the '40s, in the singer's much-maligned Velvet Fog period. Fortunately, the collection includes not only songs Tormé sang expressly for films but also his own versions of songs made famous in the movies, like "Blue Moon," "Sunday in New York," and "Puttin' on the Ritz." It's a solid compilation for collectors (six unreleased tracks), but isn't an incredibly good start for anyone unfamiliar with Tormé's best work. ~ John Bush, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Mrs. Whiffen [From: Higher and Higher][Outtake] | Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson | Mel Tormé, |
(2:47) |
| Minuet in Boogie [From: Higher and Higher] | Jimmy McHugh, Harold Adamson | Mel Tormé, |
(2:05) |
| The Best Things in Life Are Free [From: Good News][Version] | Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson | Mel Tormé, |
(3:40) |
| Lucky in Love [From: Good News] | Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson | Mel Tormé, |
(5:44) |
| Be a Ladies' Man (He's a Ladies' Man) [From: Good News] | Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson, |
Mel Tormé, |
(3:43) |
| Just Imagine [From: Good News][Outtake] | Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson | Mel Tormé, |
(1:20) |
| Lucky in Love (Reprise) [From: Good News][Outtake][Version] | Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson | Mel Tormé, |
(1:06) |
| Blue Moon [From: Words and Music] | Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart | Mel Tormé, |
(2:08) |
| Warm Hands, Cold Heart [From: Duchess of Idaho][Outtake] | Mel Tormé, |
(2:24) | |
| Walk Like a Dragon [From: Walk Like a Dragon][Version] | Mel Tormé | (2:30) | |
| Sunday in New York [From: Sunday in New York][Version] | Peter Nero, |
Mel Tormé, Johnny Williams | (2:32) |
| Love Is Just Around the Corner [Introduced in: Millions in the Air] | Leo Robin, |
Mel Tormé | (3:11) |
| These Desperate Hours [From a Promotion for: The DeSperate Hours] | Burt Bacharach | Mel Tormé, Marty Paich | (2:14) |
| On Green Dolphin Street [Introduced in: Green Dolphin Street] | Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington | Mel Tormé, |
(2:52) |
| The Lady's in Love With You [Introduced in: Like It Hot] | Frank Loesser | Mel Tormé, |
(2:58) |
| Puttin' on the Ritz [Introduced in: Puttin' on the Ritz] | Irving Berlin | Mel Tormé, |
(2:22) |
| I Wished on the Moon [Introduced in: The Big Broadcast of 1936] | Mel Tormé, Russell Garcia | (3:55) | |
| All That Jazz [Embassy Pictures 1966][Version] | Benny Carter, Al Stillman | Mel Tormé | (3:08) |
| Monsters Lead Such Interesting Lives | Mel Tormé | (1:43) | |
| Live Alone and Like It [From: Dick Tracy][Version] | Stephen Sondheim | Mel Tormé | (1:45) |
