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Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley was probably the most famous marksman/woman in the world when this short clip was produced in Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Barely five feet tall, Annie was always associated with the wild west, although she was born in 1860 as Phoebe Ann Oakley Mozee (or Moses)in Darke County, Ohio. Nevertheless, she was a staple in the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show and similar wild west companies. Because of her diminutive stature, she was billed as "Little Sure Shot." The man assisting her is this appearance is probably her husband, Frank E. Butler. Annie had outshot Butler (a famous dead-eye marksman himself) in a shooting contest in the 1880's. Instead of nursing his bruised ego because he had been throughly outgunned by a woman, Butler fell in love, married Little Sure Shot, and became her manager.
Genre: Western, Documentary, Short
Actor: Annie Oakley, Francis E. Butler
Director: William K.L. Dickson, William Heise, William K.L. Dickson
Country: United States of America
Produced By: Edison Studios, Edison Manufacturing Company
Runtime: 1
Release: 1894
Rating: 5.981 out of 10
Language: No Language, N/A,
Views: 235
Content Rating:N/A
Quality: DVD