Annie Oakley (1935 film) man with a grudge tries to shoot Sitting Bull. Toby grabs the man's gun just as it goes off, saving his friend's life. However, his eyes are affected by the closeness of the shot. While Annie's fortunes rise, Toby's decline. He hides his injury, but ends up shooting Annie in the hand and is dismissed from the show. Much to Annie's heartbreak, Jeff and Wild Bill keep Toby away from her. However, during a chance meeting, a woman accompanying Toby tells Annie that she's been nothing but bad luck to him. Although Toby tries to stop the woman, Annie feels
History of rodeo West Shows and Fourth of July celebrations with Buffalo Bill Cody, Annie Oakley, and other charismatic stars lending their glamour and prestige to the spectacle. Oakley was a sharpshooter in Cody's Wild West show (rather than as a rodeo performer), but she created the image of the cowgirl and appeared as the first cowgirl in a western film shot by Thomas Alva Edison in 1894. In the early decades of the twentieth century, rodeo became a spectator sport with round ups, frontier days, and other themed exhibitions attracting regional audiences. In the 1920s, Madison Square Garden and Boston Garden drew