Monday, April 14, 1969
Paul and Linda visit Ringo on the set of “The Magic Christian”
Last updated on April 13, 2025
Monday, April 14, 1969
Last updated on April 13, 2025
Location: Twickenham Film Studios • London • UK
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Presumably on this day, Paul McCartney and his wife Linda visited Ringo Starr on the set of “The Magic Christian” at Twickenham Studios. Paul and Linda had already visited the set once before, on March 4, in the presence of Princess Margaret.
From Wikipedia:
The Magic Christian is a 1969 British satirical black comedy film directed by Joseph McGrath and starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr, with appearances by John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Raquel Welch, Spike Milligan, Christopher Lee, Richard Attenborough and Roman Polanski. It was loosely adapted from the 1959 comic novel The Magic Christian by the American author Terry Southern, who co-wrote the screenplay adaptation with McGrath. The film also features pre-Monty Python appearances of John Cleese (credited) and an uncredited Graham Chapman, who had jointly written an earlier version of the film script.
Songs by Badfinger, including “Come and Get It” written by Paul McCartney, were used on the soundtrack. The official soundtrack album had other music as well as dialogue from the film. Badfinger released an album, Magic Christian Music, containing their songs for the film.
The film received mostly negative reviews on release, citing its unrelenting and heavy-handed satire of capitalism, greed and human vanities.
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