ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

Annie Get Your Gun
MGM, 1950, Color, 107 minutes, ***
Released May, 1950

Musical comedy loosely based on the life story of Annie Oakley. Began as an Irving Berlin stage play in 1946, starring Ethel Merman in the title role. The real show-stopper in this film is Howard Keel and Betty Hutton singing "Anything You Can Do"! Due to legal entanglements, the film wasn't released on video until November, 2000.

This is the film Judy Garland was working on when she was suspended from MGM in 1949. Due to the recent resurgence of interest in Judy's work, all of her pre-recordings and all scenes that were filmed have been released for collectors.

Produced by: Arthur Freed
Directed by: George Sidney
Screen Play by: Sidney Sheldon
Music and Lyrics by: Irving Berlin
Book by: Herbert Fields and Dorothy Fields
Based on the Musical Play Produced on the Stage by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, II
Musical Numbers Staged by: Robert Alton
Musical Direction: Adolph Deutsch
Art Directors: Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse
Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis
Associate: Richard A. Pefferle
Women's Costumes by: Helen Rose
Men's Costumes by: Walter Plunkett
Hair Styles Designed by: Sydney Guilaroff
Make-Up Created by: Jack Dawn
Recording Supervisor: Douglas Shearer
Director of Photography: Charles Rosher
Special Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie, Warren Newcombe
Montage Sequences by: Peter Ballbusch
Color by Technicolor
Technicolor Color Consultants: Henri Jaffa, James Gooch
Film Editor: James E. Newcom

Awards: Academy Award for Best Score (Musical); Academy Award nominations for Best Color Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (Color)

Cast: Betty Hutton [Annie Oakley], Howard Keel [Frank Butler], Louis Calhern [Buffalo Bill], J. Carrol Naish [Chief Sitting Bull], Edward Arnold [Pawnee Bill], Keenan Wynn [Charlie Davenport], Benay Venuta [Dolly Tate], Clinton Sundberg [Foster Wilson], James Harrison [Mac], Bradley Mora [Little Jake], Susan Odin [Jessie], Diana Dick [Nellie], Chief Yowlachie [Little Horse], Robert Malcolm [Conductor], Lee Tung Foo [Waiter], William Tannen [Barker], Anne O'Neal [Miss Willoughby], Evelyn Beresford [Queen Victoria], John Hamilton [Ship Captain], Edward Earle [Footman], Marjorie Wood [Constance], Elizabeth Flournoy [Helen], Mae Clarke [Mrs. Adams], Frank Wilcox [Mr. Clay], Andre Charlot [President Loubet of France], Nino Pipitone [King Victor Emmanuel of Italy], John Mylong [Kaiser Wilhelm II], Eleanor Brown [Minnie], Carl Sepulveda, Carol Henry, Fred Gilman [Cowboys]

Musical Program: [0:00] Main Title (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:01] Colonel Buffalo Bill (performed by Keenan Wynn, Benay Venuta, Howard Keel and Company); [0:10] Doin' What Comes Natur'lly (Performed by Betty Hutton and Siblings [dubbed by Childrens Chorus]); [0:16] The Girl That I Marry (sung by Howard Keel); [0:18] You Can't Get a Man with a Gun (performed by Betty Hutton); [0:29] There's No Business Like Show Business (sung by Keenan Wynn, Howard Keel, Louis Calhern, Betty Hutton and Chorus); [0:39] They Say It's Wonderful (sung by Betty Hutton and Howard Keel); [0:48] There's No Business Like Show Business (sung by Betty Hutton); [0:52] My Defenses Are Down (sung by Howard Keel and Chorus); [1:04] I'm an Indian Too (sung and danced by Betty Hutton and Indians); [1:23] The Girl That I Marry (reprised by Betty Hutton); [1:31] I've Got the Sun in the Morning (sung by Betty Hutton and off-screen Chorus); [1:37] Anything You Can Do (performed by Betty Hutton and Howard Keel); [1:46] There's No Business Like Show Business (sung by Company and Chorus)



judy Garland was originally cast in the role of Annie Oakley, but was replaced by Betty Hutton. Judy pre-recorded all songs and filmed two scenes.