Annie Oakley (1935)

Director:

George Stevens

Writers:

Joseph Fields (story) and
Ewart Adamson (story) ...
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Release Date:

24 March 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Western

Tagline:

The sharpshooting star of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show lives again to thrill you in a drama of fighting men and red romance!

Plot:

A romanticized biography of the famous sharpshooter.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Annie Oakley | Rivalry | Sharpshooter | Showmanship

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck	...	Annie Oakley
Preston Foster	...	Toby Walker
Melvyn Douglas	...	Jeff Hogarth
Moroni Olsen	...	Col. William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody
Pert Kelton	...	Vera Delmar
Andy Clyde	...	James MacIvor
Chief Thunderbird	...	Sitting Bull (as Chief Thunder Bird)
Margaret Armstrong	...	Mrs. Oakley
Delmar Watson	...	Wesley Oakley
Adeline Craig	...	Susan Oakley
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ernie Adams	...	Wrangler at Buffalo Bill's Show (uncredited)
Richard Alexander	...	Crown Prince Wilhelm (uncredited)
Philip Armenta	...	Rain-in-theFace (uncredited)
Frank Austin	...	Friend of Lem (uncredited)
Brooks Benedict	...	Man in Saloon (uncredited)
Willie Best	...	Second Cook (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone	...	Shooting Match Judge (uncredited)
Eddie Borden	...	Man at Shooting Contest (uncredited)
Harry Bowen	...	Man at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
Sonny Bupp	...	Boy at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
Iron Eyes Cody	...	Indian in Show (uncredited)
James Dime	...	Extra (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn	...	Wrangler at Chow (uncredited)
Dick Elliott	...	Major Ned Buntline (uncredited)
Bud Geary	...	Roustabout (uncredited)
Donald Haines	...	Boy at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
Charlie Hall	...	Drunk in Saloon (uncredited)
Sam Harris	...	German Officer (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman	...	Lem Jordan, Store Owner (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst	...	Doctor Treating Toby (uncredited)
Gladden James	...	Doctor Treating Annie (uncredited)
Si Jenks	...	Friend of Lem (uncredited)
Donald Kerr	...	Charlie, Shooting Gallery Barker (uncredited)
George Lollier	...	Man in Saloon (uncredited)
Walter Long	...	Dan, First Indian Hater (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch	...	Wild West Show Announcer (uncredited)
Joe Smith Marba	...	Undetrmined Role (uncredited)
Jim Mason	...	Third Indian Hater (uncredited)
Philo McCullough	...	Officer (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie	...	Sheriff Bixby (uncredited)
Sammy McKim	...	Boy at Shooting Gallery (uncredited)
Lew Meehan	...	Second Indian Hater (uncredited)
Frank Mills	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Jack Rice	...	Bit Man in Saloon (uncredited)
Will Stanton	...	Drunk (uncredited)
Jerry Tucker	...	Boy at shooting gallery (uncredited)
E. Alyn Warren	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Blue Washington	...	Cook (uncredited)

Directed by
George Stevens

Writing credits
Joseph Fields		(story) (as Joseph A. Fields) and
Ewart Adamson		(story)
Joel Sayre		(screenplay) and
John Twist		(screenplay)

Produced by
Cliff Reid	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Alberto Colombo		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
J. Roy Hunt
Harold Wenstrom		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Jack Hively

Art Direction by
Van Nest Polglase

Makeup Department
Robert J. Schiffer	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Hartnett	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Perry Ferguson	....	associate art director

Sound Department
John L. Cass	....	sound recordist

Music Department
Alberto Colombo	....	musical director
Philip Faulkner Jr.	....	music recordist (as P.J. Faulkner Jr.)
W. Franke Harling	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Max Steiner	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Roy Webb	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Other crew
Robert Sisk	....	production associate
Elizabeth McGaffey	....	researcher (uncredited)

Production Companies

• RKO Radio Pictures

Distributors

• RKO Radio Pictures (1935) (USA) (theatrical)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1952) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• C&C Television Corporation (1955) (USA) (TV)
• RKO Radio Pictures (1957) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Comet Video (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Manga Films (200?) (Spain) (DVD)
• RKO Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2004) (Italy) (DVD)
• Turner Home Entertainment (1993) (USA) (VHS) (The RKO collection)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

90 min | Spain:92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Sioux

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Victor System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #1538)

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

RKO Radio Pictures

Trivia:

Available in computer-colorized version.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the movie, during the European tour, Annie shoots a cigarette out of the German Kaiser's mouth. Annie wouldn't do that due to the danger and shot the cigarette out of his hand. During WWI Annie, reminisced that if she could do it over she'd let him put it in his mouth and then miss.

Quotes:

MacIvor: Oh, oh, that's not for ladies.
Vera Delmar: [entering saloon] Oh, I'm no lady.
First man: Pardon me, miss. This is a saloon.
Vera Delmar: Oh, how cozy.
Second man: Well, I've lived for sixty years and that's the first time I ever saw a woman goin' into a saloon.
First man: Next thing you know they will be smoking cigarettes.
Second man: Oh, talk sense, man, talk sense.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Susan Slept Here (1954)

Soundtrack:

The Little Brown Jug

Stanwyck Good Choice For The Role

Barbara Stanwyck, as I have mentioned in other reviews, was a tough woman but a likable one, at least with me. I don't normally go for those tough dames but her voice and personality she brought to a lot of roles always attracted me. A case in point was this movie. I doubt if another actress would have made this a better-than-average film, which Stanwyck did.

Preston Foster's character in here, meanwhile, undergoes one of the fastest transformations I've ever seen on film, from arrogant pig to very likable good guy in no time at all. In fact, he turned out to be such a good guy that parts of this film, where "Toby Walker" was wronged, are difficult to watch.

There's a little humor also thrown in this western, mainly involving "Sitting Bull." It's been a long time since I've seen this film but I would definitely watch it again if it came out on DVD.