Annie Oakley (1935)

A romanticized biography of the famous sharpshooter.

Director:

George Stevens

Writers:

Joel Sayre (screen play), John Twist (screen play),

Stars:

Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Melvyn Douglas

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Barbara Stanwyck	...	Annie Oakley
Preston Foster	...	Toby Walker
Melvyn Douglas	...	Jeff Hogarth
Moroni Olsen	...	William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
Pert Kelton	...	Vera Delmar
Andy Clyde	...	MacIvor
Chief Thunderbird	...	Chief Sitting Bull (as Chief Thunder Bird)
Margaret Armstrong	...	Mrs. Oakley
Delmar Watson	...	Wesley Oakley
Adeline Craig	...	Susan Oakley

Storyline

In a sharpshooting match, the manager of a Cincinnati hotel bets on the fellow who's been supplying the hotel with quail...who turns out to be young Annie Oakley. Result: Annie is hired for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show (which is faithfully re-enacted in the film). She's tutored in showmanship by champ Toby Walker. But when Annie wins top billing, professional rivalry conflicts with their growing personal attachment, leading to misunderstanding and separation.

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Plot Keywords:

hotel | rivalry | annie oakley | sharpshooter | wild west show | 

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Taglines:

Meet Col. Cody, Sitting Bull, and all the two-gun heroes of the plains, in the big show that astonished two continents ... a livid background for the flaming love of Annie Oakley!

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Sioux

Release Date:

15 November 1935 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Bandoleira

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

RKO Radio Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Available in computer-colorized version.

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Goofs

Annie returned to New York in 1892, and the film has the band playing "The Red Man", from "Dwellers in the Western World", which Sousa didn't write until 1910

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Quotes

Vera Delmar: Toby Walker, you're supposed to be a sharpshooter and you can't even see a woman gal under your own nose.
Toby Walker: I can see anything I'm aiming at.

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Connections

Version of Annie Get Your Gun (1957)

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Soundtracks

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home"
(1863) (uncredited)
Written by Louis Lambert
(Psuedonymn for Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore)
Background music for the Washington show

User Reviews

OAKLEY AND STANWYCK BOTH BIGGER THAN LIFE

I've always loved Annie Oakley. I've always loved Barbara Stanwyck too. I'm sure one is related to the other. This used to be one of those old, mid-morning movies that was shown fairly often. If you stayed home from school, (ahem) SICK, you got to see it. Cowboys, Indians, Buffalo Bill, his Wild West Show, sharpshooting, a (yucky) love story, and the charming and beautiful Barbara Stanwyck. Hmmm, what a way to recover enough to return to school!!! Barbara Stanwyck was a liberated woman playing liberated roles long before it was in vogue.

Great license is taken with history, but this film was made when heroes were bigger than life and legend ruled. It's a nicely told story, tracing the life of a young girl, from the backwoods to a life of world-wide celebrity (yes, and love too). "Annie's" skills were real, but she had lots of help learning "showmanship". There are a lot of funny moments, warm moments, and selfless (O Henry type) acts. These "flesh" out the story and lead you right into a joyous ending. (AIN'T LOVE GRAND!)

Very nicely done, it will please "new" audiences and old-timers alike. The younger crowd should especially like "Annie Oakley". They don't make movies like this anymore. It's a fitting tribute to Annie Oakley, American legend, and folk hero.....

PS--- I gave this a 9 out of 10 rating. I was tempted to give it a 10, after all, it was made in 1935 and is still good....