Annie Get Your Gun

Annie Get Your Gun is a stage musical loosely based on the life of sharpshooter Annie Oakley.

1950 MGM film version

In the 1950 MGM movie production directed by George Sidney, Betty Hutton played Annie with Howard Keel in the role of Frank Butler. Originally, Judy Garland had been cast for the title role, but was forced to back out of the production due to personal problems that would soon end her career with MGM. Only two production numbers were completed with Garland: "Doin' What Comes Naturally" and "I'm an Indian Too" and these were released to the public for the first time in the 1990s in That's Entertainment III!

Related Topics:
MGM - George Sidney - Betty Hutton - Howard Keel - Judy Garland - That's Entertainment III

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Despite the production problems, the film became popular in its own right, though in 1973 it disappeared from sight due to a dispute between Irving Berlin and MGM over music rights. It was not until the film's 50th Anniversary in 2000 that it was seen again in its entirety.

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