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Annie Oakley is an 1894 American black-and-white silent film from Edison Studios, produced by William K. L. Dickson with William Heise as cinematographer.
Synopsis
The film shows Oakley performing trick shooting as she was known for in her live shows. The first scene is of Oakley shooting her Marlin 91 .22 caliber rifle 25 times in 27 seconds. There is also a scene of her shooting composition balls in the air. The man assisting her is likely her husband, Frank E. Butler. Both were veterans of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.: 201–202, 262
Background
The film is most notable for being Annie Oakley's first appearance on film. Thomas Edison had wanted to see if his kinetoscope could capture the smoke from a rifle, so he employed Oakley to film some of her shooting.: 66 In 1894, kinetoscopes were installed in 60 locations in major cities around the country.: 53 Viewing the films cost a nickel.: 55
It was filmed on a single reel using standard 35 mm gauge at Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey, November 1, 1894. The original film had a 90-second runtime.: 66 The surviving film is preserved by the Library of Congress.
See also
List of Western films before 1920
References
External links
Annie Oakley at IMDb
Annie Oakley at AllMovie
Annie Oakley at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
AnnieOakley is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
Annie Oakley at the Library of Congress
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