Warner Archive Announces April 2026 Releases Including Private Benjamin (1980), Captains Courageous (1937), and More
By Lio Renwick
Warner Archive has announced its April 2026 Blu-ray releases. The lineup includes Private Benjamin (1980), 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932), Crack-Up (1946), King Richard and the Crusaders (1954), Captains Courageous (1937), Arrowsmith (1931), George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984), and Monogram Matinee Volume Two.
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) arrives as a 2-disc 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray combo pack with a 4K HDR presentation. The remaining seven titles arrive on Blu-ray with new 4K restorations.
Private Benjamin (1980)
Film Overview
Private Benjamin (1980) stars Academy Award winner Goldie Hawn in her Oscar-nominated role as Judy Benjamin, a pampered wedding-night widow who enlists in the U.S. Army after being seduced by a recruiter's description of the "New Army." The comedy follows Judy through the rigors of basic training and a European assignment.
The supporting cast includes Robert Webber, Mary Kay Place, Albert Brooks, and Eileen Brennan, who also received an Oscar nomination for her performance.
Restoration
Private Benjamin (1980) features a new 4K restoration from the original camera negative.
Special Features
- Two episodes of the PRIVATE BENJAMIN TV series
- Original Theatrical trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Disc Type
- Blu-ray
Release Date
- April 28, 2026
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Film Overview
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) stars Academy Award winners Spencer Tracy and Bette Davis in a drama directed by Michael Curtiz. The film follows hardened thief Tom Gordon (Tracy), who is sentenced to Sing Sing and gradually becomes a model prisoner under the guidance of reformist warden Paul Long (Arthur Byron).
When Gordon's girlfriend Fay Wilson (Davis) is attacked, the warden grants him a furlough, setting off a chain of events that forces Gordon to choose between freedom and honor.
Restoration
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932) features a new 4K restoration from the original camera negative.
Special Features
- Classic WB shorts:
- 20,000 YEARS FOR THE CHAIN GANG
- THAT GOES DOUBLE
- Classic WB cartoons:
- CROSBY, COLUMBO AND VALLEE
- THE QUEEN WAS IN THE PARLOR
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Disc Type
- Blu-ray
Release Date
- April 28, 2026
Crack-Up (1946)
Film Overview
Crack-Up (1946) is a film noir starring Pat O'Brien as art critic George Steele, who is fired from his position at a New York art museum after a train wreck sends him into a mental tailspin. The mystery deepens when it is revealed there was no train wreck.
Herbert Marshall and Claire Trevor co-star as Steele's attempt to reconstruct what happened leads to murder and an international conspiracy.
Restoration
Crack-Up (1946) features a new 4K restoration from the original camera negative.
Special Features
- Crime Does Not Pay' short subject "PURITY SQUAD"
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Disc Type
- Blu-ray
Release Date
- April 28, 2026
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
Film Overview
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) is a CinemaScope adventure based on Sir Walter Scott's 1825 novel The Talisman. The film stars Academy Award winners Rex Harrison as Saladin and George Sanders as Richard the Lionhearted, alongside Virginia Mayo and Laurence Harvey.
The story follows the intrigue of the Third Crusade as Saladin disguises himself as a physician to enter the Christian camp.
Restoration
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954) features a new 4K restoration from the original camera negative.
Special Features
- Classic WB Cartoons:
- "SATAN'S WAITIN'"
- "BABY BUGGY BUNNY"
- Classic Joe McDoakes Short "SO YOU WANT TO BE A BANKER"
- Original theatrical trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Disc Type
- Blu-ray
Release Date
- April 28, 2026
Captains Courageous (1937)
Film Overview
Captains Courageous (1937) is an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's novel directed by Victor Fleming. Spencer Tracy won his first Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Manuel, a Portuguese fisherman who teaches human values to a millionaire's spoiled son (Freddie Bartholomew).
The cast also includes Lionel Barrymore and Mickey Rooney.
Restoration
Captains Courageous (1937) features a new 4K restoration from the best preservation elements.
Special Features
- MGM CARTOON "THE WAYWARD PUPS"
- MGM Robert Benchley short "HOW TO START THE DAY"
- Leo is On The air CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS Radio Promo (audio only)
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Disc Type
- Blu-ray
Release Date
- April 28, 2026
Arrowsmith (1931)
Film Overview
Arrowsmith (1931) is directed by John Ford and stars Ronald Colman as an idealistic small-town doctor who relocates to the West Indies to combat a bubonic plague epidemic. Helen Hayes co-stars as Arrowsmith's devoted wife.
The film, produced by Samuel Goldwyn and based on Sinclair Lewis' Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Screen Adaptation, Best Art and Set Direction, and Best Cinematography.
Restoration
Arrowsmith (1931) features a restoration completed in 2023 by the Library of Congress in association with The Film Foundation.
Special Features
- LUX RADIO THEATER with SPENCER TRACY & FAY WRAY (1937)
Disc Type
- Blu-ray
Release Date
- April 28, 2026
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984)
Film Overview
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) is a documentary chronicling the career of director George Stevens, from his early comedic works through his postwar films of social consciousness that earned him two Academy Awards for directing.
The documentary examines films including Alice Adams, Swing Time, Gunga Din, A Place in the Sun, Shane, and Giant, as well as Stevens' own color combat footage from World War II in Europe.
Video Specs and Restoration
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) features a new 4K restoration from the original camera negative. Warner Archive is releasing the title as a 2-disc 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray combo pack with a 4K HDR presentation.
Special Features
- Christopher Nolan speaks of Stevens' creativity and humanistic ethics of Shane
- Guillermo del Toro speaks of Stevens as modern auteur and The Greatest Story Ever Told as his most ambitious work.
- Martin Scorsese speaks of Stevens' intensity and artistry and of The Greatest Story Ever Told as the final movement of Stevens' multi-picture symphony.
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Disc Type and Packaging
- 2-disc 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray combo pack
- 4K HDR presentation
Release Date
- April 28, 2026
Monogram Matinee Volume Two
Film Overviews
Monogram Matinee Volume Two is a double-feature disc containing Louisiana (1947) and Song of the Range (1944).
Louisiana, directed by Phil Karlson, is the semi-autobiographical story of Louisiana governor Jimmie Davis, who also established himself as a country music singer and composer of "You Are My Sunshine." Davis played himself in the film.
Song of the Range (1944) is a musical western starring singing cowboy Jimmy Wakely in his first of many Monogram westerns.
Restoration
Monogram Matinee Volume Two is derived from 4K scans of the best surviving nitrate materials.
Disc Type
- Double-feature Blu-ray disc
Release Date
- April 28, 2026
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