Modesty Blaise (other)

	Modesty Blaise (other) Modesty Blaise is a comic strip character created by Peter O'Donnell. Modesty Blaise may also refer to: * ''Modesty Blaise'' (novel), the 1965 novel by O'Donnell * ''Modesty Blaise'' (1966 film), a 1966 film based upon the comic strip * ''Modesty Blaise'' (1982 film), a 1982 made-for-television film based upon the character * ''My Name Is Modesty'', a 2003 direct-to-DVD film based upon the character See also * "Modesty Plays", a song by Sparks on the album ''Music That You Can Dance To'' * Immodesty Blaize Immodesty Blaize (born Kelly Fletcher in Hitchin, Hertfordshire) is an English burlesque dancer who performs internationally. She was crowned Reigning Queen of Burlesque in June 2007 at the Las Vegas Burlesque Hall of Fame formerly known as Exot ... , a burlesque dancer {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Modesty Blaise ''Modesty Blaise'' is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author Peter O'Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway in 1963. The strip follows Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talents and a criminal past, and her trusty sidekick Willie Garvin. It was adapted into films in 1966, 1982, and 2003, and from 1965 onwards, 11 novels and two short-story collections were written. Fictional character biography In 1945, a nameless girl escapes from a displaced person (DP) camp in Kalyros, Greece. She remembers nothing from her short past and wanders through post-World War II Mediterranean, the Middle East, and regions of North Africa, where she learns to survive the hard way. She befriends Lob, another wandering refugee, who is a Jewish Hungarian scholar from Budapest. He gives her an education and a first name: Modesty. Sometime later, Modesty chooses her last name, Blaise, after Merlin's tutor from the Arthurian legends. Whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Modesty Blaise (novel) ''Modesty Blaise'' is an action-adventure/spy fiction novel by Peter O'Donnell first published in 1965, featuring the character Modesty Blaise, whom O'Donnell had created for a comic strip in 1963. History This was the first novel to feature the character of Modesty Blaise and her right-hand-man, Willie Garvin. The series of books (all written by O'Donnell) ran concurrently with the comic strip until 1996 (the comic strip ran until 2001). Technically, this is a novelisation of a screenplay O'Donnell wrote based upon the character, although it predated the film release by a year. The filmed version of the screenplay bore little resemblance to O'Donnell's original (the author was often quoted as saying only a single, inconsequential, line of dialogue remained from his original script). Although the 1966 film version of ''Modesty Blaise'' was not a critical success, the book proved popular with fans of both the comic strip and readers of spy fiction (Blaise was promoted on the cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Modesty Blaise (1966 Film) ''Modesty Blaise'' is a 1966 British spy-fi comedy film directed by Joseph Losey, produced by Joseph Janni, and loosely based on the popular comic strip ''Modesty Blaise'' by Peter O'Donnell, who co-wrote the original story upon which Evan Jones and Harold Pinter based their screenplay. It stars Monica Vitti as "Modesty", opposite Terence Stamp as Willie Garvin and Dirk Bogarde as her nemesis Gabriel. The cast also includes Harry Andrews, Michael Craig, Alexander Knox, Rossella Falk, Clive Revill (in a dual role), and Tina Aumont. The film's music was composed by Johnny Dankworth and the theme song, ''Modesty'', sung by pop duo David and Jonathan. It was Vitti's first English-speaking role. The film's production saw creative clashes between director Losey and ''Blaise'' creator O'Donnell over the vision of the final film, Losey wanting to create a " pop art"-inspired spoof of the spy movie craze prevalent at the time, in contrast to the relatively serious and grounded tone of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Modesty Blaise (1982 Film) ''Modesty Blaise'' was a 1982 American-produced one-hour television pilot produced for the ABC Network and based upon the comic strip ''Modesty Blaise'', created by Peter O'Donnell. This was the second attempt at adapting the comic strip as a live-action production, following a 1966 film of the same title. It was written by Stephen Zito, directed by Reza Badigi, with Barney Rosenzweig as executive producer. The plot has a few elements taken from O'Donnell's first ''Modesty Blaise'' novel (which in turn had been a novelization of a practically unused screenplay that Peter O'Donnell had written for the first ''Modesty Blaise'' film) but is largely original. Whereas Modesty in the comic strip and novels was said to be of uncertain Eastern European ancestry (but adopted England as her homeland), and her companion Willie Garvin was a Cockney, the telefilm makes both characters American. Cast The 50-minute program featured Ann Turkel as Modesty Blaise, Lewis Van Bergen as Willie Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	My Name Is Modesty ''My Name Is Modesty'' is a 2004 American action film directed by Scott Spiegel. Quentin Tarantino executive produced. It was released direct-to-DVD. The film is based on the early years of the character Modesty Blaise, a former crime boss turned secret agent. This is the third production that brings Peter O'Donnell's character Modesty Blaise to the screen, following the feature film ''Modesty Blaise'' with Monica Vitti in 1966 and the TV pilot ''Modesty Blaise'' with Ann Turkel in 1982. The film stars British actress Alexandra Staden as Modesty and chronicles a crucial event in the character's life some time prior to the start of the comic strip. As such, it omits the key character of Willie Garvin, Modesty's companion throughout the run of the original comic strip and the 30-year series of spin-off novels and short stories published by O'Donnell. Plot Modesty Blaise is working as a croupier in a casino in Tangier. A group of violent criminals assassinate her employer and ent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Music That You Can Dance To ''Music That You Can Dance To'' is the fourteenth studio album by American pop band Sparks, released in September 1986 by MCA Records in the US and Consolidated Allied Records in the UK, two years after their previous studio album, '' Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat'' (1984). Background ''Music That You Can Dance To'' was the band's most dance music inspired album since 1979's '' No. 1 in Heaven''. The overall sound of the album was dominated by synthesizers and sequencers like the 1979 studio album but it differed from that release by the inclusion of the heavily distorted bass guitar of Leslie Bohem, and the emphasis on discordant sound effects. "Music That You Can Dance To", "Fingertips" and "The Scene" represent some of Sparks' most Hi-NRG dance music leanings. "Shopping Mall of Love", "Let's Get Funky", and (on the original US edition) "Change" present a side of the band's sound that is discordant and experimental. Whereas "Rosebud" and the rerecording of their 1982 single "Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]