Gail Gerber's cameo in 'The Magic Christian'
Mood:  lazy
I was talking to Tom Lisanti the other day (Tom's the swell guy who is the author of 'Drive-In Dream Girls,' and 'Fantasy Femmes of 60's Cinema'), and he mentioned that Gail Gerber said she had a small cameo in the 1969 film, 'The Magic Christian' (which was based on the book written by Gail's friend, Terry Southern). Needless to say, I had to run out and see this for myself. Well, trying to find the film was almost impossible, so I had Netflix do the running around for me.

Gail's cameo is very brief. She is sitting in the bar of the ship, The Magic Christian, watching the performance of an older blonde woman, crooning 'Mad About the Boy.' In this cropped image, you can see Gail has grown her hair out since her beach movie days (the film was shot in the early part of 1969, and released in the winter of that year).

And who is that guy sitting across from her on the left side of the frame? Why, that's none other than famed Director Roman Polanski! (Thanks to Tom Lisanti for pointing out this cameo appearance)

Some more images of Gail in the film can be found in her 'Fan Gallery' on the main page, as well as a brief description of the film.