annie oakley ( 1860 1926 ) bear in dire poverty and without spend one day in a school room and become one of the great feminist icon of all time . talk about take a man on in his game and beat him . it be not press agent ballyhoo about her prowess a a rifle shot . this romanticized biographical film capture the essence of her character and her love for the guy she dethrone a shoot champion . in some spot of the film you can practically drop the song that irving berlin be later to write for his hit show about annie . but we get a different picture of frank butler than in annie get your gun . butler be not even butler and he toby wheeler a play by preston foster . he a kid from the mean street of new york city who learn his sharpshooting in the shooting gallery on the bowery . he doesn not near and endear himself to the westerner work at buffalo bill wild west show . in fact they hate foster so much that whatever qualm they have about annie be a member of the female sex the crew get over real fast . barbara stanwyck capture the real annie if not in height in spirit . the real ms. oakley be barely five foot tall and but by all account she be a modest retiring type who never forget where she come from . she be not as raucous a ethel merman on stage and later betty hutton on screen portray her . she let her shoot speak for her . melvyn douglas have the third lead a william f. cody business partner jeff hogarth . melvyn usually lose the girl to big name player though he be always a gentleman a he be here . personally i wish he have do well in this film especially . annie oakley be a nice film and not as well know a the musical later derive from her life and but still easy to take with good player at their best .