Gail Davis, TV's `Annie Oakley'

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 18, 1997 ;     71 words ......toting rancher in the popular 1950s television series "Annie Oakley," died of cancer Saturday. She was 71. A skilled rider and a crack shot, Davis appeared in a number of Gene Autry Westerns and did most of her own stunt work. Autry created the syndicated "Annie Oakley" series for ...

Annie Oakley[R]: nature in a bottle[R]. (A Special Section To Gifts &...

Gifts & Decorative Accessories;  March 1, 2002 ;     388 words ...It's hard to believe the Annie Oakley Perfumery began on Renee Gabet...Gabet. Truly an American original, Annie Oakley perfumery is one of the few companies...and bottles it own fragrances. Annie Oakley Perfumery offers a full product...

Garst Museum opens Annie Oakley Center Two rooms, hallway feature items,...

Dayton Daily News;  August 4, 2005 ;     492 words ...GREENVILLE -- The Annie Oakley collection at the Garst Museum recently...29, the Garst Museum opened the Annie Oakley Center. The display, that encompasses...the largest public collection of Annie Oakley material," curator Dr. Paul Fees...

Annie Oakley

A New Dictionary of Eponyms;      316 words ...Annie Oakley An Annie Oakley is a complimentary ticket to a theater. The ticket has holes punched...cash at the box office. This oddity came about in an unusual way. Annie Oakley (1860–1926), born in Darke County, Ohio, was the stage name...

What to Watch

The Washington Post;  May 7, 2006 ;     649 words ...Monday: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: ANNIE OAKLEY 9 p.m. on MPT, 10 p.m. on WETA She was known as a legendary...family. She won a shooting contest against Frank Butler, a crack shot on the entertainment circuit. She also won Butler's heart -- marrying him, touring the world as "Annie Oakley" ...

YOU CAN'T GET A MAN WITH A GUN-BUT YOU CAN GET AN AUDIENCE: MARKETING...

The Journal of American Drama and Theatre;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the mind of popular audiences. Little Annie Oakley, the legendary cowgirl sharpshooter...transforming into fact. The persona of Annie Oakley has inspired plays, musicals, films...or skills. This is not the case with Annie Oakley, for historians do not contest her marksmanship...

"LITTLE SURE SHOT": The Saga of Annie Oakley

Humanities;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Annie Oakley, legendary sharpshooter and celebrated...noted for being an excellent wing shot, Annie Oakley beat him, missing only three birds out...movies, little is known about the real Annie Oakley, an intensely private, complicated woman...

WORLD-RENOWNED ANNIE OAKLEY OFTEN VISITED RELATIVES IN JOLIET

Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  August 29, 2000 ;     682 words ...In the early 1900s, Annie Oakley visited Joliet so often that a...1936, Hollywood released its first Annie Oakley movie, which stared Barbara Stanwyck...promotion of the new movie. "When Annie Oakley died in 1926, she left all her...

Being Annie Oakley: Modern Girls, New World Woman

Frontiers;  January 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......for New World play, little girls in Annie Oakley outfits domesticated and settled the...narratives of New World conquest, the Annie Oakley character's embodiment of "frontier...transformative, convergent persona harnessed by Annie Oakley gear. In the mid-twentieth century...

Annie Oakley (5 stars out of 5): A PBS program captures the complexity of...

Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL);  May 8, 2006 ;     613 words ......of Annie Get Your Gun. Sharpshooter Annie Oakley scored a bull's-eye in winning her country...important clues to her character in Annie Oakley, which American Experience presents...richer than Berlin's rousing musical. If Annie Oakley were simply the cowgirl or simply the...

The wild, wild (Mid)West: TARGETING THE MYSTERIOUS ANNIE OAKLEY.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  July 11, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Yet the most astonishing fact about Annie Oakley may be this: She wasn't a child of the...Colonel and Little Missie: Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, and the Beginnings of Superstardom...defining the real-life, flesh-and-blood Annie Oakley -- and her real name, by the way, wasn...

COUNTRY SUPERSTAR FINDS SOULMATE IN ANNIE OAKLEY.(LIVING)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  February 8, 2001 ;     373 words ......Your Gun'' has brought Ms. McEntire, as Annie Oakley, to Broadway until the end of May. Ms...around her neck. The performer has played Annie Oakley once before - in 1995 in ''Buffalo Girls...so weird - the similarities between Annie Oakley and myself,'' Ms. McEntire says, rattling...

OAKLEY, ANNIE (1860-1926)

Young Students Learning Library;      182 words ...00-00-0000 Annie Oakley was only 6 years old when she began helping to support her family...Anne Oakley Mozee in a log cabin in Darke County, Ohio. She became a crack shot with rifles, pistols, and shotguns. At age 15, Annie entered a shooting...

Anniversaries

The Independent - London;  August 13, 1997 ;     344 words ......Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 1820; William Thomas Best, organist and composer, 1826; Annie Oakley (Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee (Moses)), crack shot, 1860; Sir William Alexander Craigie, lexicographer, 1867; John Nicholson Ireland, composer...

'ANNIE OAKLEY' COMING TO HISTORIC TEA AT LONGACRE HOUSE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 15, 2007 ;     228 words ......on February 27 from 1 to 3 p.m. as "Annie Oakley" appears as the guest host and speaker. Annie Oakley will be portrayed by Charlotte Austin...history, and especially the stories of Annie Oakley. She may even give them a flash of her...