Annie Oakley

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

This highly fictionalized biopic of legendary sharpshooter Annie Oakley stars Barbara Stanwyck as "Little Sure Shot" Annie. Coming down from the hills of Ohio, Annie rises to fame with Buffalo Bill's (Moroni Olsen) Wild West Show. Her success as a performer is counterpointed by her stormy romance with fellow performer Toby Foster (Preston S. Foster), whose reputation as the World's Great Marksman is shot to holes by Annie's accomplishments. Walking out on Annie and the show, Toby loses himself in the streets of New York but is discovered and dragged back by Annie's faithful Indian friend Sitting Bull (Chief Thunderbird, whose performance is far from politically correct but undeniably amusing). Melvyn Douglas co-stars as Annie's manager and would-be boyfriend Jeff Hogarth, while an uncredited Dick Elliot delivers a hearty performance as press agent Ned Buntline; others in the cast include such 2-reel comedy favorites as Charlie Hall and Harry Bernard, who like director George Stevens were alumni of the Hal Roach fun factory. The much-later musical version of the Annie Oakley story, Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun, bears traces of this 1935 film, but not so much as to constitute plagiarism (Coincidentally, Herbert Fields, one of the writers of Annie Oakley, collaborated with his sister Dorothy on the libretto of Annie Get Your Gun). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: Dolby Digital Mono
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 (Pre-1954 Standard)
• Screen: Black and White
• Features:
  • Vintage musical short Main Street Follies
  • Classic cartoon In Your Dance
  • Subtitles: English & Francais (main feature, bonus material/trailer may not be subtitled)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Barbara Stanwyck - Annie Oakley
       Preston S. Foster - Toby Taylor
       Melvyn Douglas - Jeff Hogarth
       Moroni Olsen - Buffalo Bill
       Pert Kelton - Vera Delmar
       Andy Clyde - James MacIvor
       Margaret Armstrong - Mrs. Oakley
       Delmar Watson - Wesley Oakley
       Adeline Craig - Susan Oakley

• Director:

  George Stevens

• Producer:

  Cliff Reid

• Screen Story:

  Ewart Adamson

• Screenwriter:

  Joel Sayre, Derek N. Twist

• Screen Story:

  Joseph Fields

• Screenwriter:

  John Twist

• Cinematographer:

  Roy Hunt

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Alberto Colombo

• Editor:

  Jack Hively

• Art Director:

  Perry Ferguson, Van Nest Polglase

• Associate Producer:

  Cliff Reid