Annie Oakley is an 1894 black-and-white silent film from Edison Studios, produced by William K. L. Dickson with William Heise as cinematographer.
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Directed by | William Kennedy Dickson |
Produced by | William Kennedy Dickson |
Starring | Annie Oakley, Frank E. Butler |
Cinematography | William Heise |
Distributed by | Edison Manufacturing Company |
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Running time | 21 seconds |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Edison had wanted to see if his kinetoscope could capture the flight of a bullet, so he employed Oakley for the film.[1]
Filmed on a single reel, using standard 35 mm gauge, it has a 21-second runtime. Shot on November 1, 1894, in Edison's Black Maria studio, the film is most notable for being Annie Oakley's first appearance on film. The film shows her using a rifle to shoot at several stationary objects and thrown disks. The man assisting her is likely her husband, Frank E. Butler. Both were veterans of Buffalo Bill's Wild West show.[2]: 201–202, 262
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