Warner Brothers Archive Collection Blu-rays and UHDs

[domino harvey]

Test Pilot

Test Pilot This is a strange one, isn't it? The three main characters are so flighty and unlikable and operate in such weird circles around one another that one could get a headache trying to keep everything straight. There's probably something to be said for the film's peculiarity with regards to its prickly characterizations and I can respect the film's aims, but I'm not sure you could get me to ever sit through this one again.

[domino harvey]

Decoy AKA the worst film in all five pressed Noir sets

[Stefan Andersson]

Info from Google/AI:

The "missing scene" in the 1946 film noir Decoy—newly announced for Blu-ray by the Warner Archive Collection (WAC) on November 11, 2026—is an infamous moment of violence where femme fatale Margot Shelby (Jean Gillie) repeatedly runs over her accomplice Jim Vincent (Edward Norris) with a car.
The Original Theatrical Version. In the uncut 1946 release, Margot runs Vincent down with her automobile, then reverses and drives over his body a second and third time.

The Censored TV and DVD Version. In previous home video releases—such as the 2007 Warner Bros. Film Noir Classic Collection DVD—the sequence is truncated so that Margot only hits him once.

Uncut Status. Because previous archival theatrical screenings (such as early 2000s American Cinematheque prints) retained the complete three-pass vehicular murder, film collectors on Blu-ray.com have eagerly awaited whether this new nitrate scan restores the missing footage—though Warner Archive's initial press release lists the same 76-minute runtime and has not yet explicitly confirmed if the trim is back in.

[domino harvey]

Tea for Two

Tea For Two (David Butler 1950) Lifeless adaptation of No No Nannette that can barely be bothered to move from one static shot of Doris Day to another. Film peaks with its opening framing device, where SZ "Cuddles" Sakall, armed with assorted groceries, disrupts a wacky fifties kid shindig and berates the whippersnappers before launching into the story proper. Disappointingly dry affair thereafter, though, and one that I can scarcely recall even though I just saw it.

[domino harvey]

Trying to think of the worst film they could reasonably release as a prediction/way to compete with this real slate. Maybe Cukor’s Romeo and Juliet?

[Finch]

The Big Store (1941). Two more titles left maybe?

[CSM126]

Info from Google/AI:

No thanks.

[Finch]

Till the Clouds Roll by (1946)

[domino harvey]

Till the Clouds Roll by (1946)

Another public domain film receiving remastering from WA. Another bad movie this round too, I’m sad to say (though at least I can understand someone wanting this one)

[FrauBlucher]

This is heading to their worst month EVER. Lets see if they can correct this

[therewillbeblus]

What a massive bummer following the acquisition. And it's not like the films we're asking for are without the interesting stars that drive their decision-making

[domino harvey]

It really feels like this George is trying to follow in the footsteps of that other George who tried to get fired. How could you possibly defend this slate if you were called into the office to justify this venture?

[FrauBlucher]

You know it’s a bad month when the other forum is complaining

[Aspect]

And Ford’s The Informer saves the month.

[domino harvey]

Updated outstanding Ford list:

So this is what’s remaining for Ford from WB:

Former pressed discs:
Cheyenne Autumn
Mary of Scotland

MOD DVD-R titles:
Flesh
the Fugitive
the Rising of the Moon

Unreleased but should be held:
Young Cassidy

[Stefan Andersson]

Meet Me in St Louis - world premiere restoration at 2027 TCM Film Festival:
https://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/f ... -st-louis/

[FrauBlucher]

And Ford’s The Informer saves the month.

BINGO!!!!
About f'ing time

COMING TO BLU-RAY FROM THE WARNER ARCHIVE COLLECTION DECEMBER 29th!
NEW 2026 1080pHD MASTER FROM 4K SCAN OF NITRATE PROTECTION ELEMENTS!

THE INFORMER (1935)

MSRP $24.98
BD-50
Running Time: 92 Minutes
B&W
Audio Specs: DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono
Aspect Ratio: 16x9 1.37:1 with side mattes
Subtitles: English SDH
NOT RATED
Directed by John Ford
Cast: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster

Special Features: Featurette: THE INFORMER-Out of the Shadows; Vintage radio shows: Screen Guild Players with Charles Bickford (7/10/44), Theatre of Romance with Ed Begley (6/26/45), Academy Award Theater with Victor McLaglen (5/25/46) and Your Radio Theater with Victor McLaglen (10/11/55) ; and the Original Theatrical Trailer