Annie Oakley: Sharpshooter and Superstar
When I was 8, I was obsessed with Annie Oakley. I wanted to be Annie Oakley. No really. I wanted to be Annie Oakley. We had a career day at my church, and I went dressed up complete with gun. Of course, given time, I came to understand that this was not a viable job choice and I moved on. But I still find Annie to be a inspiration - a woman who carved out a niche in a man's world, who found a way to take her talent and turn it into a glorious career.
My mother and sisters thought my prowess with the gun was just a little tomboyish.
Annie Oakley: Reality Check
Let's set the record straight here from the beginning. Annie Oakley was a sharpshooter. She was a show woman. She was a world traveler. What she wasn't was a cowgirl or even part of the Wild West. Born and raised in Ohio, she never lived west of the Mississippi - no matter how many TV shows or movies you see that portray her that way. This doesn't make her any less impressive. It just goes to show that Bill was a better spinmaster than most. Annie Oakley: Caught on Film
Edison: Annie Oakley (1894)
Annie Oakley Edison Manufacturing Company, 1894 Like many of the earliest Edison Kinetoscope movies, this one showed a popular entertainment figure performing one of her specialties. It's an interesting attempt, and it's nice to have something preserved on film of Annie Oakley, one of the legends of her day. But the footage that resulted is clearly limited by the constraints of the studio.
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Annie Oakley at a Glance
Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Mosey "Born ... Phoebe Ann Mosey..." August 13 1860 ? November 3 1926) was an American sharpshooter and exhibition shooter. Oakley's amazing talent and timely rise to fameBuffalo Bill Wild West Show's champion marksman Captain Bogardus only toured for a year[http://www.traphof.org/roadtoyesterday/december2000.htm], which created a lucky opening for Annie Oakley to replace Bogardus and become a superstar. led to a starring role in Buffalo Bills Wild West'' show, which propelled her to become the first American female superstar.
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One of Annie's best known tricks was the over-the-shoulder rifle shot.
Annie Oakley: Smile For the Camera!
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I would like to see every woman know how to handle [firearms] as naturally as they know how to handle babies.
Annie Oakley: Tradition of Firearm Education
Annie was nicknamed "Little Sure Shot" and spent a great deal of her time in retirement passing on her knowledge to others. She trained women and soldiers up and down the east coast on marksmanship.
Carrying on her tradition is the Annie Oakley Sure Shots.
It's goal is to...
- Provide a safe, encouraging and comfortable shooting environment for women of all skill levels from novice to expert.
- Promote firearms safety and education.
- Open the door to a wide variety of experiences allowing women to progress into other shooting disciplines for personal satisfaction and/or competition.
- Address concerns facing new shooters such as; self-defense, firearms purchases, care and cleaning of your firearm and other questions, in an open environment.
- Facilitate a place where women can mentor each other, have fun and compare experiences with others who share a common interest in the shooting sports.
- Offer a recreational activity in which the whole family can enjoy.
Annie Oakley: Posters & Prints
Annie Oakley: Toys & Dolls
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Annie Oakley: TV Show
I'm going to plead youth here, but I had no idea there was an Annie Oakley TV show!! It starred Gail Davis, was totally inaccurate historically and ran for 81 episodes. Can't wait to see it myself. Oh, and there was also a comics series based on the TV show. Here's the opening segment for you, and the show's now out on DVD.Annie Oakley TV Time Pop Corn Opening
This is the opening segment from the TV series, Annie Oakley. Several episodes are available at HoughsVideos.50Megs.Com
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Annie Oakley: The TV Show
Annie Oakley: Art
Cowboys and Indians: Annie Oakley, c.1986 Fine Art Premium Giclee Poster Print by Andy Warhol, 40x40
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God intended women to be outside as well as men, and they do not know what they are missing when they stay cooped up in the house.
Poster promoting Annie's tricks in the Wild West Show
Annie Oakley: At the Auction
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Annie Oakley: Costume Ideas
Annie Oakley: Did You Know?
Back before the days of computers, theaters would punch holes in tickets that were given out free to media or friends of the actors. The holes helped them separate paid tickets from free when it came time to count the box office. These punched tickets were called "Annie Oakleys" due to their resemblance to playing cards Annie purportedly shot holes in during her act.
Annie Oakley: Books for Kids
Annie Oakley: Books for Adults
Annie Oakley: On Stage and Screen
Annie Oakley was America's first female "superstar" so it's only fitting that she was played by some of the biggest stars out there in various portrayals of her life. Often exaggerated, rarely accurate portrayals, but all fun nonetheless.- In 1935, Barbara Stanwyck played Annie in a highly fictionalized film called Annie Oakley.
- The 1946 Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun is very loosely based on her life. The original stage production starred Ethel Merman, who also starred in the 1966 revival. A 1950 film version starred Betty Hutton. Some years after headlining the 1948 national tour, Mary Martin returned to the role for a 1957 NBC television special.
- From 1954 to 1956, Gail Davis played her in the Annie Oakley television series.
- A highly-fictionalised Annie Oakley appears in the 1966 comedy film, Carry On Cowboy. This version of Oakley had a father who was sheriff of the fictitious Stodge City, and traveled out west to kill her father's murderer, and eventually fell in love with the inept Englishman, Marshal P. Knutt (Jim Dale). Oakley was played by Angela Douglas.
- In 1976, Geraldine Chaplin played Annie in Buffalo Bill and the Indians with John Considine as Frank Butler.
- In 1982, Diane Civita played Annie, opposite Richard Donner as Bill Cody, in an episode of "Voyagers!", where, during Cody's performances before Queen Victoria, Annie engaged in a marksmanship contest with a Russian duke.
- In 1985, Jamie Lee Curtis offered a fresh portrayal in the "Annie Oakley" episode of the children's video series, Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales and Legends.
- In 1999, Annie Get Your Gun was revived on Broadway with Bernadette Peters in the title role.
- In 2006, an episode of PBS's American Experience
documented Oakley's life.
Annie Oakley: Movie of Her Story
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Annie Oakley: The Musical
Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music written by Irving Berlin and a book by Herbert Fields and his sister Dorothy Fields. The story is a fictionalized version of the life of Annie Oakley (1860-1926), who was a sharpshooter from Ohio, and her husband, Frank Butler.A number of Internet sources claim that the musical is based on Walter Havighurst's book Annie Oakley of the Wild West, but the book was written in 1954, eight years after the musical was first produced.
The 1946 Broadway production was a hit, and the musical had long runs in both New York (1,147 performances) and London, spawning revivals, a 1950 film version and television versions. Songs that became hits include "There's No Business Like Show Business", "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly", "You Can't Get A Man With A Gun", "They Say It's Wonderful", and "Anything You Can Do."
Annie Oakley: Annie Get Your Gun
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Annie Oakley: More Videos and Music
Annie Oakley: Clips from Annie Get Your Gun
I am, indeed, very grateful for your many kind words in my obituary. How such a report started I do not know. I am thankful to say I am in the best of health.
Annie Oakley: Where to Learn More
Women In Ohio HistoryExtensive bio of Annie.
Annie Oakley House in Cambridge, Maryland
A history of Annie and Frank Butler that covers much of what happened to them after they retired to Cambridge.
Buffalo Bill Historical Center
Bio of Annie covering her show career
Annie Oakley Foundation
Seeks to provide accurate information on the life and legend of Annie Oakley, to disseminate educational materials, and to create and maintain the Annie Oakley Education, Cultural and Sports Activity Center.
Annie Oakley: Got Something to Say?
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My favorite story about Annie Oakley is how she beat an astonished Frank Butler in a shooting match. Some fellows with more ego might not have been able to deal with that; instead he goes and marries her. :) Posted May 10, 2008 |
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Wonderful. Those women who made something of themselves back then are just so impressive. What else can I say. Posted April 26, 2008 |
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