The clue to the right was included in Criterion’s most recent newsletter, hinting at an upcoming title they will be releasing. I am terrible at these things and can never get them right, but I took it to Twitter and guesses began flooding in including Paul Robeson‘s Jericho (1937) and Robert Bresson‘s Lancelot of the Lake (1974), but it seems the folks over at Criterion Forum may have been onto something guessing Frank Capra‘s It Happened One Night (1934) starring Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert with the image referring to Gable’s character’s reference to the “Walls of Jericho” as he walks in to see Ellie (Colbert) has erected a sheet between their two beds:
Oh this? Well, I like privacy when I retire. Yes, I’m very delicate in that respect. Prying eyes annoy me. Behold the walls of Jericho! Uh, maybe not as thick as the ones that Joshua blew down with his trumpet, but a lot safer. You see, uh, I have no trumpet. Now just to show you my heart’s in the right place, I’ll give you my best pair of pajamas.
The reason I bring this up now, two weeks after Criterion revealed the teaser is because The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just announced they’ll be presenting a new, 4K digital restoration of the 1934 Best Picture winner on Saturday, July 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Bing Theater on the LACMA campus. Well, that and the fact I love this film and a pristine Criterion release would be more than welcomed in my household.
