1. - There, there, Annie.Copy !req
2. Come on, Annie, go to sleep.Copy !req
3. Go to sleep.Copy !req
4. Lyda, honey, you come hereCopy !req
5. and watch your sister
for a minute. Come on.Copy !req
6. - Mommy!Copy !req
7. - Folks always said there
was something a mite unusualCopy !req
8. about little Annie.Copy !req
9. She could kinda hold her on,
they said.Copy !req
10. Right from the start.Copy !req
11. Now, we got a lot of legends
taking up space here in America.Copy !req
12. Some are true, some are truer.Copy !req
13. But the truest of them allCopy !req
14. is the legend
of Miss Annie Oakley.Copy !req
15. You see, Annie really did liveCopy !req
16. and grew up right along
with our country.Copy !req
17. And everything I'm gonna
tell you in this tale is true.Copy !req
18. And actually did happen.Copy !req
19. One way or another.Copy !req
20. Now, as you may have noticed,Copy !req
21. Annie's folks weren't fixed up
too luxurious.Copy !req
22. But the first thing you ought
to know about legends is...Copy !req
23. sometimes, they get their starts
in the humblest places.Copy !req
24. Sometimes, that's what spurs
them on to become legends.Copy !req
25. Leastways,
that's the way it was for Annie.Copy !req
26. - Annie!Copy !req
27. Annie!Copy !req
28. Now where is that child?Copy !req
29. Now if you had told
this little snip of a girlCopy !req
30. she was gonna grow up
to see London and Paris
and Oklahoma CityCopy !req
31. and be famous around
the whole wide world,Copy !req
32. I think she would've looked
at you a little strange.Copy !req
33. Why, they scarcely
had enough to eat.Copy !req
34. And after Annie's daddy
got himself sick and died,Copy !req
35. they just couldn't have been
any worse off.Copy !req
36. Another girl might have
sit-and-sighed,Copy !req
37. but Annie, Annie Moses,
as she was called then,Copy !req
38. she had this drive,Copy !req
39. this all-fire determination
to do something, anything.Copy !req
40. Even hauling out her pa's
old musket.Copy !req
41. And that's where it all started.Copy !req
42. - Little John! Lyda!
Come on, settle down!Copy !req
43. It's dinner time. Settle down.Copy !req
44. You remember now,
if you don't eat all your nuts,Copy !req
45. you don't get any berries. OK?Copy !req
46. - Now there's something
a body could eat!Copy !req
47. - Annie! How did you get that?Copy !req
48. What did you do?Copy !req
49. - I don't know, Ma.Copy !req
50. I just kinda aimed
and I just know.Copy !req
51. So, little Annie
started feeding her familyCopy !req
52. and selling her grouse
in the nearest town,Copy !req
53. Greenville it was called.Copy !req
54. And before you knew it,
she was all grown up.Copy !req
55. Still with that same
uncanny aim.Copy !req
56. - Oh! How you doin'?Copy !req
57. Fifteen dollars?Copy !req
58. Mama, I can't take that!Copy !req
59. - It's for Cincinatti.Copy !req
60. - Cincinatti?Copy !req
61. - Honey, you've been working
like a dogCopy !req
62. since heaven knows when.Copy !req
63. - I know, Mama, but I like it.Copy !req
64. And anyway, we're selling
out of Greenville and MeadvilleCopy !req
65. and all the way down
to Asheville.Copy !req
66. - Honey, we're set up pretty
good here nowCopy !req
67. and you haven't seen
your sister Lyda in years,Copy !req
68. not since she got married.Copy !req
69. And they just got that pretty
little house, she says.Copy !req
70. And I know that they would be...Copy !req
71. down right thrilled if you would
come and stay with them.Copy !req
72. - I guess you're angling
to get rid of me.Copy !req
73. - Reckon so.Copy !req
74. It'll be a mighty good thing
for you, honey.Copy !req
75. - Well, I guess I could go.Copy !req
76. For a bit.Copy !req
77. It's just such a long way away,
Mama, and...Copy !req
78. I'm gonna miss you.Copy !req
79. - You can write.Copy !req
80. But you remember now,Copy !req
81. the Pony Express rates
go down after 11pm.Copy !req
82. - I know.Copy !req
83. - Oh, Annie, I see good things
ahead for you.Copy !req
84. You was always aimed
in the right direction.Copy !req
85. - Oh, Mama.Copy !req
86. I'm gonna be back.Copy !req
87. - Oh, I know! I know...Copy !req
88. - I love you, Mama.Copy !req
89. - I reckon you'll be taking
the carriage to town.Copy !req
90. - Nope.Copy !req
91. I think I'm gonna take me
on that new railroad thing.Copy !req
92. - Annie!Copy !req
93. You can't!Copy !req
94. - Annie!Copy !req
95. - Lyda?Copy !req
96. Annie!Copy !req
97. [high-pitched]: Lyda!Copy !req
98. - Oh, what a perfect delight.Copy !req
99. Oh, beloved sister, do come in.Copy !req
100. Wait till you see it,
it's so pretty.Copy !req
101. Joseph!Copy !req
102. - Oh, Lyda, it's beautiful!Copy !req
103. Now, what do you call
this area again?Copy !req
104. Walnut Hills?Copy !req
105. - Walnut Hills?
Oh Annie, this is East.Copy !req
106. Walnut Hills,
we're practically in Hyde Park.Copy !req
107. Really! Walnut Hills!Copy !req
108. Next thing, you'd have us
living on the waterfront!Copy !req
109. Joseph!Copy !req
110. Oh, my!Copy !req
111. Oh, my!Copy !req
112. Oh, my!Copy !req
113. Where'd you get that rag?Copy !req
114. - It's your dress,
don't you remember?Copy !req
115. - Really? No.Copy !req
116. No, I don't recall that.Copy !req
117. No! I don't fancy I recall that!Copy !req
118. - Where'd you get that laugh?Copy !req
119. - What laugh?
I've always laughed like this.Copy !req
120. - No, you didn't!Copy !req
121. You use to laugh like this,
remember?Copy !req
122. - Oh, Annie!
I never laughed like that!Copy !req
123. Oh! Joseph, Joseph!Copy !req
124. Joseph, this is
my beloved sister.Copy !req
125. - Beloved sister.Copy !req
126. You wouldn't by chanceCopy !req
127. be the beloved shooting ace,
would you?Copy !req
128. - Joseph!
Now, Annie's coming here
to be a young lady now.Copy !req
129. A refined, elegant,
fastidious young lady.Copy !req
130. - You know, we've got this
refined, fastidious,Copy !req
131. elegant shooting gallery that—Copy !req
132. - Joseph! Now, you pay him
no mind, Annie!Copy !req
133. - Where exactly is this refined,Copy !req
134. elegant, fastidious
shooting gallery?Copy !req
135. - It's at the refined, elegant,
fastidious beer garden.Copy !req
136. - God blast it! I said no!Copy !req
137. It's not what a lady does!Copy !req
138. - Sh, sh, sh!
- Oh my...Copy !req
139. Oh my.Copy !req
140. Annie.Copy !req
141. Annie, I know that you wantCopy !req
142. to do the right lady-like thing.Copy !req
143. And I know, I just know
that you knowCopy !req
144. what the right thing
is to do now, don't you?Copy !req
145. Yeeha!Copy !req
146. I mean, how very very clever,
you dearest sister.Copy !req
147. - Annie, this is incredible.Copy !req
148. - Yeah?Copy !req
149. - Annie, Annie!Copy !req
150. I've got an idea.Copy !req
151. - Now, Joseph.
- Will you shush!Copy !req
152. Have you ever heard
of Frank Butler?Copy !req
153. - Oh! Frank Butler?Copy !req
154. Oh, now, Joseph, I don't think
this is proper.Copy !req
155. Do you think we'd get
to meet him and all?Copy !req
156. - Who's Frank Butler?Copy !req
157. - Isn't he something!Copy !req
158. - Yep, and he ain't
bad-looking either.Copy !req
159. - Oh!Copy !req
160. - Well, good day to you,
friends.Copy !req
161. Come to watch me practice?Copy !req
162. - It's him! It's really him!Copy !req
163. Oh, Mr. Butler!Copy !req
164. Oh, Mr. Butler,Copy !req
165. I'm such a big fan.Copy !req
166. - Well, thank you.
- I admire you truly. I do.Copy !req
167. - Thank you very much.Copy !req
168. - Annie, show some respect.Copy !req
169. - I don't fawn, Lyda.Copy !req
170. - Actually, we've...Copy !req
171. We've got a little
challenge for you.Copy !req
172. - Oh! A challenge, eh?Copy !req
173. Little treat for the ladies?Copy !req
174. - No, no, actually...Copy !req
175. this is our challenge.Copy !req
176. - Yeah, look, mister,
I don't have time for joking.Copy !req
177. - Oh no, Mr. Butler, no!
It's no joke.Copy !req
178. She's my sister and, um...Copy !req
179. Yesterday, we were over
at the shooting gallery.Copy !req
180. Oh, you should've seen her!Copy !req
181. Bam, bam!Copy !req
182. In a... lady-like way of course.Copy !req
183. Oh, Annie, shoot something,
go on, show him!Copy !req
184. - Not if he don't want me to.Copy !req
185. - Oh, Mr. Butler, she's so good,
you wouldn't believe!Copy !req
186. - Yeah, look, little lady.Copy !req
187. You see, this ain't exactly
the same as a shooting galleryCopy !req
188. and this isn't the stuff
that a little girl could do.Copy !req
189. Now, I'll give you an example.Copy !req
190. See, those cans
way, way over there.Copy !req
191. I'm talking about those little
tincy, wincy—Copy !req
192. - Those ones?Copy !req
193. - What's your name, girl?Copy !req
194. - Phoebe Anne Moses.Copy !req
195. But everybody calls me Annie.Copy !req
196. - Alright, now, you see
those bottles there?Copy !req
197. - Yeah.
- You take the one on the right,Copy !req
198. I'll take the one on the left.Copy !req
199. - Annie, Annie, maybe you should
let him win.Copy !req
200. - I don't fawn, Lyda,
and I always do my best.Copy !req
201. - Annie, it's not lady-like.
- Sh!Copy !req
202. - Stop, stop!Copy !req
203. - Yeeha!Copy !req
204. Oh, my! Oh, my...Copy !req
205. - Alright, let's try
the clay pigeons.Copy !req
206. - Now, that is no way to talk
about my sister.Copy !req
207. - Ladies first.Copy !req
208. - Pull.Copy !req
209. It's off a little bit.Copy !req
210. - Pull.Copy !req
211. Well, Annie beat the pants off
Mr. Butler that day.Copy !req
212. Funny thing was, Mr. Butler
didn't seem to mind a bit.Copy !req
213. - Smile!Copy !req
214. - Congratulations!Copy !req
215. So, Annie and Frank
set out together.Copy !req
216. Young Frank had some mighty
fine plans for the two of them.Copy !req
217. Just like Ma said,Copy !req
218. Annie always seemed to aim
in the right direction.Copy !req
219. - Well, I still say
we should've told them.Copy !req
220. - Lyda could've never taken it.Copy !req
221. Not in a million years.Copy !req
222. - But that's why
I wanted to tell her!Copy !req
223. Her baby sister,
part of a shooting team.Copy !req
224. She'd have died.Copy !req
225. - Not a team.Copy !req
226. - What?Copy !req
227. - Not a team.Copy !req
228. I have a better idea.Copy !req
229. Just you.Copy !req
230. - Frank, what are you
talking about?Copy !req
231. - Just you, all by yourself.Copy !req
232. - Frank! Wait a minute.Copy !req
233. - I've been thinking about it,
it's a good idea.Copy !req
234. - I've got something
to tell you.Copy !req
235. You don't look
like a Frank to me.Copy !req
236. You look more like a...Copy !req
237. Jimmy.Copy !req
238. - Fair enough.Copy !req
239. - Fair enough.Copy !req
240. Now, what are you saying?Copy !req
241. You're gonna give up shooting?Copy !req
242. - Sweet peas, you know
I'm a practical man.Copy !req
243. Now, I deal in realities.Copy !req
244. And the reality
is that you...Copy !req
245. have very green eyes.Copy !req
246. Now, I mean,
there's more than that.Copy !req
247. The reality is
that you shoot better than me.Copy !req
248. - Oh!Copy !req
249. - In fact, you shoot better
than just about anybodyCopy !req
250. I ever saw in my life.
- Oh, go on!Copy !req
251. - Now, would I lie to you?Copy !req
252. - Certainly!Copy !req
253. For one thing, my eyes are blue.Copy !req
254. - Honey, you're gonna be a star.Copy !req
255. And I'm gonna be your manager.Copy !req
256. - Jimmy, are you saying
you're gonna give up
shooting for me?Copy !req
257. - I'm not giving anything up.Copy !req
258. I'm gaining for us.Copy !req
259. And we are a team.Copy !req
260. For the rest of our lives.Copy !req
261. Okay, the question is...Copy !req
262. what's your stage name gonna be?Copy !req
263. Now, it can't be Butler.Copy !req
264. You've gotta have a name
of your own.Copy !req
265. Annie Moses.Copy !req
266. - Oh, no, Jimmy.Copy !req
267. It's gotta be something special.Copy !req
268. - Welcome aboard
the Erie Railroad, friends.Copy !req
269. Next stop:
"Schimmel-Heimmer"...Copy !req
270. and Oakley!Copy !req
271. - Annie Schimmel-Heimmer.Copy !req
272. Oh well, I'll think
of something.Copy !req
273. - Okay, you.Copy !req
274. - Well, where are we heading
now, Jimmy?Copy !req
275. - I got a plan.Copy !req
276. I got a plan.Copy !req
277. You remember a fellow named
Buffalo Bill?Copy !req
278. - Buffalo Bill Cody, the Scout?Copy !req
279. - Mmm-hmm.Copy !req
280. - Oh my!Copy !req
281. I read all the books about him.Copy !req
282. Buffalo Bill on the Prairie,Copy !req
283. Buffalo Bill
and the Indian Girl...Copy !req
284. Buffalo Bill...Copy !req
285. Buffalo Bill Cody!Copy !req
286. - Ladies and Gentlemen,Copy !req
287. welcome to Buffalo Bill'sCopy !req
288. Rocky Mountain
and Prairie Exhibition.Copy !req
289. Ah-ha!Copy !req
290. Featuring...Copy !req
291. some of the truest wonders
of the wildest prairies,Copy !req
292. just as they really happened.Copy !req
293. Yeeha!Copy !req
294. And now, ladies and gentlemen,
a reenactmentCopy !req
295. of the famous Pony Express.Copy !req
296. Yeeha!Copy !req
297. Yeeha!Copy !req
298. - Jimmy, I thought you said
this was a big name outfit.Copy !req
299. - Now, roping demonstration
by Pete Williams.Copy !req
300. - Yeeha!Copy !req
301. - Mister Cody.
- What?Copy !req
302. I'm not Cody.Copy !req
303. Cody's out.
Are you from the bank?Copy !req
304. - My name's Frank Butler.Copy !req
305. - You're not from the bank.Copy !req
306. - Got a little proposition
for you.Copy !req
307. - Look, look. Can't you see
I'm a busy man?Copy !req
308. I got a show to put on here.Copy !req
309. Frank Butler, the marksman?Copy !req
310. - That's right.
- Yeah, I heard of you.Copy !req
311. You're supposed
to be really good.Copy !req
312. - Well...
- Maybe we could use you.Copy !req
313. Of course, we're kind of
booked up right at the moment.Copy !req
314. But why don't we...Copy !req
315. we get together after the show.
We'll talk things over.Copy !req
316. - Well, it's not me, you see,
it's my wife.Copy !req
317. - I don't think I quite
rightly heard that.Copy !req
318. For a moment there, it sounded
like you said your wife?Copy !req
319. - Yeah, you heard me right.Copy !req
320. Now, I'm being straight
with you, Cody.Copy !req
321. She is a markswoman.Copy !req
322. Now, she's much better than me.Copy !req
323. What I was thinking, we could
make it a wild west show,Copy !req
324. with her trick-shooting,
the whole thing.Copy !req
325. - Listen, mister—
- Of course, there's a bit
of a problem now,Copy !req
326. cause she's real busy what with
all her engagements and all,Copy !req
327. but I was thinking, for you,Copy !req
328. we could work something out.Copy !req
329. - Listen, buddy,Copy !req
330. let me give you a hint.Copy !req
331. This is a big show.Copy !req
332. This is... this is the big time.Copy !req
333. This is big business.Copy !req
334. Well, the gist of what
I'm trying to say here is:Copy !req
335. you bring me
a trick shooter, fine.Copy !req
336. A roper, okay.Copy !req
337. But I got no place in this show
for a young girl.Copy !req
338. What I need is someone
who could hit this.Copy !req
339. No!Copy !req
340. - Have a drink on me, Cody.Copy !req
341. - Now, ladies and gentlemen,Copy !req
342. Miss Annie Oakley.Copy !req
343. Ladies and gentlemen,Copy !req
344. that fearless sharp shooter,Copy !req
345. Miss Annie Oakley.Copy !req
346. Ladies and gentlemen,Copy !req
347. the newest sensationCopy !req
348. and brilliant markswoman,Copy !req
349. that little girl
of the western plains,Copy !req
350. Miss... Annie...Copy !req
351. Oakley!Copy !req
352. And now, Miss Oakley
will demonstrateCopy !req
353. her uncanny and
devastating accuracy!Copy !req
354. And, just like any other wife,Copy !req
355. Miss Annie tries
to get her husbandCopy !req
356. to cut down
on his card-playing.Copy !req
357. - Your first story.Copy !req
358. "By far, the star attraction
of the Wild West ShowCopy !req
359. was little Miss Annie Oakley,"Copy !req
360. whose name should've been
Annie Shimmel-heimmer...Copy !req
361. - Oh, it doesn't say that!Copy !req
362. - Oh, it doesn't,
but it does say,
"star attraction".Copy !req
363. You see, it's happening.Copy !req
364. Oh, sweet pea, just like I said.Copy !req
365. - Well, save it
and I'll send it to Mama.Copy !req
366. - We're gonna have a room
full of theseCopy !req
367. before you're done, honey.Copy !req
368. You're just getting
bigger and bigger.Copy !req
369. - You sound kinda dreamy.Copy !req
370. - No, you're bringing them in,
honey!Copy !req
371. And Cody's building up the show.Copy !req
372. You'll see.Copy !req
373. - Princess!Copy !req
374. I got someone here who'd like
to make your acquaintance.Copy !req
375. - Chief Sitting Bull.Copy !req
376. - Yeah.Copy !req
377. The governor brought himCopy !req
378. and a delegation of Indians
to see the show.Copy !req
379. - Miss Annie,
he says he is very honouredCopy !req
380. to meet the greatest shooter
he has ever seen.Copy !req
381. - Oh, please tell him thank youCopy !req
382. and that I'm deeply honoured.Copy !req
383. That's it,
butter the old buzzard up.Copy !req
384. - Cody!Copy !req
385. - See if you can get him
to join the show.Copy !req
386. - Cody!Copy !req
387. - Come on, Chief Sitting Bull
in our show,Copy !req
388. we could reenact
Custer's Last Stand.Copy !req
389. - He has given you
an Indian name.Copy !req
390. "Watanya Cicilla":
Little Miss Sure Shot.Copy !req
391. - Little Miss Sure Shot!Copy !req
392. Oh, that's beautiful.Copy !req
393. - That's great! We'll use it
on the poster.Copy !req
394. Tell him we'll give him
credit for it!Copy !req
395. - Cody!
- Come on, princess,Copy !req
396. I've been working on the old
buzzard all day long.Copy !req
397. I would go to 40$ a week!Copy !req
398. Tell you what.Copy !req
399. Tell him I will pay him...Copy !req
400. 20$ a week.Copy !req
401. Okay? 20 big round
American dollars.Copy !req
402. - The Chief has asked that...Copy !req
403. he make you his honorary
daughter.Copy !req
404. - His daughter...Copy !req
405. Please tell him that...Copy !req
406. my own father died
when I was just a little girlCopy !req
407. and I would be...Copy !req
408. honoured...Copy !req
409. to have such a great man
as my father.Copy !req
410. - See if you can get him
at a special dad's rate.Copy !req
411. - Oh, Cody! Don't you ever stop?Copy !req
412. - Will you please use your charm
to do something here?Copy !req
413. Alright, alright.Copy !req
414. Tell him...Copy !req
415. Tell him I'm willing
to go as high...Copy !req
416. as 25$ a week.Copy !req
417. 25, seven suns, seven moons.Copy !req
418. 25! Big money!Copy !req
419. - He'll sign.Copy !req
420. - Good.
- 50 bucks.Copy !req
421. - 50 bucks?Copy !req
422. That's a fortune!
- Oh, come on, Bill!Copy !req
423. - I wouldn't pay that to Custer
and he's dead.Copy !req
424. - He is worth that,
and then some.Copy !req
425. And that's what I get.
- Think of the headlines, Bill.Copy !req
426. - And Miss Annie must ask him.Copy !req
427. - Please, tell himCopy !req
428. that I would be honouredCopy !req
429. if he, my father,Copy !req
430. would join us.Copy !req
431. - Yeah, here,
have a seat, Chief.Copy !req
432. - I hate trading with Indians.
- Oh, Cody!Copy !req
433. - 50.Copy !req
434. Thank you very much.Copy !req
435. Old buzzard.Copy !req
436. - I'm so happy
that you're joining us.Copy !req
437. I hope you are
happy here with us.Copy !req
438. - I'll be as happy
as an old buzzard can be.Copy !req
439. Nevertheless,
Buffalo Bill did okay.Copy !req
440. Turned out folks were
more than a bit curious
to see Sitting Bull.Copy !req
441. Thousands of folks
poured in to see the show.Copy !req
442. And before long,
Cody got himself the notionCopy !req
443. of taking the setup
on the road.Copy !req
444. And just like Jimmy said,Copy !req
445. Annie kept getting bigger.Copy !req
446. And bigger, and bigger!Copy !req
447. And in no time at all,Copy !req
448. it seemed they were headed for
the biggest town of them all...Copy !req
449. a town whose name even today
strikes awe and admirationCopy !req
450. into the hearts
of American men and women.Copy !req
451. But Annie
was finding out stardomCopy !req
452. wasn't all it was
cracked up to be.Copy !req
453. - Annie! Annie!Copy !req
454. - Annie, I hear it's all tricks,
ain't it?Copy !req
455. - They're back again!Copy !req
456. Cody, where have you been?Copy !req
457. I have been
waiting and waiting for you!Copy !req
458. - Oh, oh, the Queen summons me
to her humble abode.Copy !req
459. Hello, Bull.Copy !req
460. - I need your help, here, Cody.Copy !req
461. This fan mail, I must be getting
200 letters a day.Copy !req
462. - 200?
- Yes,Copy !req
463. and between
the press conferencesCopy !req
464. and the interviews and the—Copy !req
465. - You get 200 letters a day?Copy !req
466. - Yes, and the photographersCopy !req
467. are following me around
everywhere I go.Copy !req
468. - They do?Copy !req
469. That reminds me,Copy !req
470. I want you wearing
something frillier.Copy !req
471. - Frillier? I'm saying I don't
want them around at all!Copy !req
472. - Not want photographers?Copy !req
473. Where's your business sense,
woman?Copy !req
474. This is New York!
This is the big time!Copy !req
475. This is publicity.Copy !req
476. I want you to start wearing
a bow on your hair.Copy !req
477. Make yourself look younger.Copy !req
478. Bye, Bull.Copy !req
479. - A bow?Copy !req
480. You want me to wear a bow
in my hair? Fine.Copy !req
481. Fine, I'll just wear
a little bow in my hair.Copy !req
482. He wants me to wear a bow
in my hair.Copy !req
483. You know, he's got an entire
character written for me.Copy !req
484. I gotta act a certain way,Copy !req
485. I gotta dress a certain way.Copy !req
486. I have to be sweet and demure.Copy !req
487. He doesn't listen to a word
I say.Copy !req
488. He doesn't listen to anybody.Copy !req
489. And these people,Copy !req
490. why won't they just
leave me alone?Copy !req
491. They don't know me.Copy !req
492. What do they want from me?Copy !req
493. You know, it's all wrong.Copy !req
494. It's just all wrong. I hate it!Copy !req
495. - Annie.
- I hate it!Copy !req
496. I just don't know
who I am anymore.Copy !req
497. - Let me say something, Annie.Copy !req
498. Have you ever thought
about the wayCopy !req
499. my people are portrayed
in the show?Copy !req
500. And in every Wild West story
you hear?Copy !req
501. They call us "savages".Copy !req
502. Wild men who attack
peaceful settlers,Copy !req
503. and ambush innocent soldiers.Copy !req
504. It never occurs to anyoneCopy !req
505. that we've just been
defending our own land.Copy !req
506. Our home.Copy !req
507. Against foreign invaders.Copy !req
508. - Your own land.Copy !req
509. - The crowd boos me
when I ride out. Don't they?Copy !req
510. Well, it used to disturb me.Copy !req
511. But one day, I realized,Copy !req
512. it doesn't matter.Copy !req
513. - Oh, but it does.Copy !req
514. It's wrong!
- No, Annie.Copy !req
515. It's not what they think
that matters.Copy !req
516. Your public is ephemeral.Copy !req
517. It's what you think,
what you stand for...Copy !req
518. your character...Copy !req
519. That's what matters.Copy !req
520. - But what is that?Copy !req
521. I mean, who am I?Copy !req
522. - You're a brilliant marksman,
Annie.Copy !req
523. The romance of the West.Copy !req
524. - I know, but I feelCopy !req
525. like a runaway Colt.Copy !req
526. With nothing to tether onto.Copy !req
527. - You have your shooting.Copy !req
528. You have me.Copy !req
529. And you have Frank.Copy !req
530. - And I have Greenville.Copy !req
531. - Yes. Yes!Copy !req
532. These are your roots,
Annie. Your home.Copy !req
533. That's what you should cherish.Copy !req
534. It's your core.
It's who you are.Copy !req
535. History will remember you
as a brave and strong womanCopy !req
536. who could shoot like an angel.Copy !req
537. An angel who stood up
for herself.Copy !req
538. These people mean no harm.Copy !req
539. They just want to reach out...Copy !req
540. and touch history.Copy !req
541. - So when you're out there
riding aroundCopy !req
542. and they're booing you like...Copy !req
543. What you're saying to yourself
that whole time is...Copy !req
544. "I know who I am.Copy !req
545. I know who I am."Copy !req
546. - No, Annie.Copy !req
547. When they're booing me,Copy !req
548. what I actually say
to myself is:Copy !req
549. "50 dollars a week.
50 dollars a week."Copy !req
550. Annie started
feeling a mite better
after that.Copy !req
551. She could see Buffalo Bill
was just a manCopy !req
552. who loved his show.Copy !req
553. - Ladies and gentlemen
of New York City.Copy !req
554. Tonight, right here
on Staten Island,Copy !req
555. in honour of the greatest state
in the union, the Empire State,Copy !req
556. and with the aid of
the very latest
in modern wizardry,Copy !req
557. eighties technology,
we are proud to presentCopy !req
558. our very firstCopy !req
559. night performnance!Copy !req
560. Calcium flare! On!Copy !req
561. - That old Cody sure does like
these gadgets, doesn't he.Copy !req
562. - And now,Copy !req
563. America's national
entertainment,Copy !req
564. the one and only,Copy !req
565. genuine and authentic,Copy !req
566. unique and original,Copy !req
567. Wild West Show!Copy !req
568. Including...Copy !req
569. Including, as you know,Copy !req
570. the war chief
of the Fighting Sioux,Copy !req
571. that feared and famous warrior
of the Western Plains:Copy !req
572. Chief Sitting Bull!Copy !req
573. And now,Copy !req
574. may I introduce
our biggest star,Copy !req
575. the fearless lass,Copy !req
576. The lovely maid,Copy !req
577. the little girl
with the magic gun,Copy !req
578. Little Miss Sure Shot!Copy !req
579. - See, you're a hit.
I told you, didn't I?Copy !req
580. - You sure did, Jimmy.Copy !req
581. - Miss Annie Oakley!Copy !req
582. And now, Miss Annie will displayCopy !req
583. her consummate
and incredible nerve...Copy !req
584. and skill.Copy !req
585. From an angle
never before tried,Copy !req
586. Miss Oakley will shoot a bullet
at the tomahawkCopy !req
587. with such accuracy
that the bullet will split,Copy !req
588. shattering both crystal balls
with only one shot.Copy !req
589. And like every good wife,Copy !req
590. at the end of the day,
Miss Annie sees...Copy !req
591. that her man needs
to light up that smoke.Copy !req
592. But she also knows
that it's bad for him.Copy !req
593. - Annie dazzled alright.Copy !req
594. And she was enjoying it.Copy !req
595. Soon, she could handle
those press boys like nothing.Copy !req
596. - Sure it ain't a trick, missie?Copy !req
597. - And she was enjoying
her fan mail too.Copy !req
598. - Jimmy, look.Copy !req
599. It's a letter from Mark Twain.Copy !req
600. - Some fans were
as famous as she was.Copy !req
601. - Yeah, but who's
this Samuel Clemens?Copy !req
602. Look what Al Graham Bell
sent over.Copy !req
603. - A telephone.Copy !req
604. - Miss Oakley?
- Yes.Copy !req
605. - I'm Thomas Edison.Copy !req
606. - With all those new
telephones and telegramsCopy !req
607. and railroads sprouting up,Copy !req
608. word travelled like wildfire.Copy !req
609. You see, she was starring
in the best and biggest show
of that time.Copy !req
610. A show that brought
a little nostalgia back
to all those big new cities.Copy !req
611. Folks just couldn't get out
fast enough to see the show.Copy !req
612. Visiting the camp,
seeing those notorious
gunslingers,Copy !req
613. the ferocious Indians...Copy !req
614. And the daring, reckless cowboy
scouts in their natural habitat.Copy !req
615. - Hello, Delmonico's?Copy !req
616. Table for 20.Copy !req
617. - And soon, Annie was
the very first superstarCopy !req
618. this growing-up
country ever saw.Copy !req
619. Annie and Frank
had a high old time exploringCopy !req
620. the newest big-city
contraptions.Copy !req
621. Not to mention young Tom
Edison's newest invention.Copy !req
622. - Move. Move!Copy !req
623. Everyone does that.Copy !req
624. - Maybe, uh...Copy !req
625. Maybe make like you're shooting
something, sweet pea.Copy !req
626. - Ah...
- With the rifle.Copy !req
627. - Good.Copy !req
628. Beautiful!Copy !req
629. Perfect!Copy !req
630. - Of course it's perfect.
She always is.Copy !req
631. She's a superstar.Copy !req
632. - And through it all,Copy !req
633. Annie and Frank
still led themselves
a normal domestic life.Copy !req
634. - Good night, baby.
- Oh, good night, sweet pea.Copy !req
635. - That blasted mosquito.Copy !req
636. London?Copy !req
637. - Why not?Copy !req
638. London, Paris,
maybe even Germany.Copy !req
639. - But Bill,
what about Greenville?Copy !req
640. - Greenville? Princess,
princess...Copy !req
641. Get with it,
this is the eighties.Copy !req
642. This is the big time.Copy !req
643. Big cities!Copy !req
644. Big-time show business!Copy !req
645. You're gonna love London.
I promise you, you'll see.Copy !req
646. We're gonna be twice
as big over there.Copy !req
647. - Sure enough, the Wild West
was even a bigger hit in LondonCopy !req
648. than it had been in New York.Copy !req
649. Fact is, those English folks
had just about been dying
to see what we've been up to.Copy !req
650. Ever since we had
that little spat with them
about 100 years back.Copy !req
651. Thousands of people crowded in.Copy !req
652. And by far, the star
of the show was
Little Miss Sure Shot.Copy !req
653. How they raved about her!Copy !req
654. Well, in their own way,
of course.Copy !req
655. Not just in the ring, mind you.Copy !req
656. But socially too.Copy !req
657. All of England loved
her natural charm.Copy !req
658. - Your Majesty.Copy !req
659. Queen Victoria.Copy !req
660. - Miss Oakley, fine, fine
shooting. Fine indeed.Copy !req
661. - Oh, I'm just deeply honoured.Copy !req
662. May I please present to you
my husband?Copy !req
663. - It's a great pleasure—
- No, no, you bow.Copy !req
664. - I'm sorry.
- Frank Butler.Copy !req
665. It's your 50th jubilee,
isn't it?Copy !req
666. Imagine being queen of England
for 50 years.Copy !req
667. - Yes. Well, it is secure.Copy !req
668. Not much chance of advancement.Copy !req
669. But I suppose
when you're the head
of a sovereign state,Copy !req
670. there isn't much further up
you can go.Copy !req
671. Where do you come from,
my child? New York?Copy !req
672. - Oh, no, no. I'm just
from a small little town.Copy !req
673. A country town:
Greenville, Ohio.Copy !req
674. But it's a fine place.Copy !req
675. - No need to apologize.Copy !req
676. Us, we prefer the country life.Copy !req
677. - Really? You do?Copy !req
678. - Yes.Copy !req
679. The plain, homespun life.Copy !req
680. - It is the best thing
in the world, isn't it?Copy !req
681. - Rustic simplicity.Copy !req
682. Windsor Castle.Copy !req
683. Now that's simple living.Copy !req
684. - You don't think I could ask
you just a small favour, do you?Copy !req
685. You see, it'd be great
if I could just
get a little tokenCopy !req
686. to show my mom that I met you.Copy !req
687. A photograph perhaps, or...Copy !req
688. - Oh, nonsense!Copy !req
689. I'd be delighted. Delighted!Copy !req
690. I must say, it's the least
I could do for the brilliant
marksman of the Western PlainsCopy !req
691. who conquered the British Empire
single-handedly.Copy !req
692. Well, it's been lovely,
but we must go.Copy !req
693. - Are you gonna stop by and see
Buffalo Bill before you leave?Copy !req
694. - Yes, we'll try.Copy !req
695. We'll try.Copy !req
696. Oh, catchy tune.Copy !req
697. Always cheers me up.Copy !req
698. - Bye, now.Copy !req
699. - The Queen came here?Copy !req
700. And she didn't come to see me.Copy !req
701. Did she forget
the name of the show?Copy !req
702. - Oh, Cody.Copy !req
703. - What a sweet and simple
little girlCopy !req
704. of the Western Plains it is.Copy !req
705. You couldn't wait to get
that picture up on your wall,
could you?Copy !req
706. No, you wanted everyone to knowCopy !req
707. that she came here to see you
and didn't come to see me!Copy !req
708. I bet you just love that!Copy !req
709. - Oh, you're just tired.Copy !req
710. - Oh, an observant little girl
of the Western Plains.Copy !req
711. Quick as a whip, how about that!Copy !req
712. Any other gems
you'd care to drop?Copy !req
713. Any other pearls of wisdom?Copy !req
714. - Oh, well, you know the old
saying about pearls, don't you?Copy !req
715. - Prefer fancy words for a girl
from Darke County.Copy !req
716. - Oh, pretty fancy words
for a boy from Le Claire, Iowa!Copy !req
717. - Chut!Copy !req
718. - Oh, come on, Will.Copy !req
719. No more fight.Copy !req
720. - Oh, here comes the old charm.Copy !req
721. That doesn't always work,
sweet cakes.Copy !req
722. - Cody.
- Maybe with your pals,
Vicky and her—Copy !req
723. - Cody!
- Okay, okay.Copy !req
724. Uncle, uncle.Copy !req
725. Oh, who needs it anyway?Copy !req
726. - Oh, what in tarnation's
going on with you?Copy !req
727. - Hey, sweet pea.
- What?Copy !req
728. - Did Cody tell you about
the invitation?Copy !req
729. - What invitation?Copy !req
730. - Well, it's
from Prince Wilhelm.Copy !req
731. You're going to Germany, honey.Copy !req
732. You're gonna shoot
for the prince.Copy !req
733. - Germany!Copy !req
734. Me, by myself?
- That's right.Copy !req
735. - Just like you always wanted.Copy !req
736. - Oh, Cody, don't you ever stop!Copy !req
737. - Oh, look at those
pretty green eyes.Copy !req
738. - They're blue.Copy !req
739. - You've had those eyes
on the number one slotCopy !req
740. ever since the first day
you got here. Didn't you?Copy !req
741. Yeah, I ought to have knownCopy !req
742. with all those metals
you're all the time wearing.Copy !req
743. That should've been the tip-off!Copy !req
744. - Did I walk in in the middle
of something here?Copy !req
745. - You were just sitting there,
biding your time, waiting your
chance.Copy !req
746. Well, go... Go on!Copy !req
747. I'm sure Germany
will be very happy to see you.Copy !req
748. And tell Billy boy "howdy"
from me.Copy !req
749. - So, Annie went on
to Germany by herselfCopy !req
750. while the Wild West
stayed behind.Copy !req
751. She was an international
superstar, now.Copy !req
752. The toast of the world.Copy !req
753. But that wasn't it for Annie.Copy !req
754. Although she was famous,
something was missing.Copy !req
755. Annie and Frank sailed back
to New York.Copy !req
756. - Oh, Jimmy.Copy !req
757. What did I do?Copy !req
758. I always wanted Mama to see me
in a Wild West show.Copy !req
759. Oh, Jimmy, what am I gonna do?Copy !req
760. - Honey, you don't me to tell
you what to do.Copy !req
761. You were always real good
at figuring out
your own answers, now.Copy !req
762. What do you see in your heart,
sweet pea?Copy !req
763. - I'd hate to tell you.Copy !req
764. I miss that show.
- Well, then,Copy !req
765. go pay a call on old Bill Cody.Copy !req
766. You know they're right over
on Staten Island again.Copy !req
767. - I wouldn't talk
to that buzzard,Copy !req
768. not after what he said and did!Copy !req
769. I wouldn't talk to him
if he came here banging
on that door,Copy !req
770. hat in hand, begging me on.Copy !req
771. Oh, thanks.Copy !req
772. Here you go.Copy !req
773. - Annie Oakley! Oh, my...Copy !req
774. I'm Winthrop Gardner.Copy !req
775. And me and my buddy Gordon,Copy !req
776. we're gonna run away next summer
and join the Wild West.Copy !req
777. - You're gonna run away?Copy !req
778. - Yeah, I'm gonna be a marksman,
just like you, Miss Oakley.Copy !req
779. - Now what does your mom say
about all that?Copy !req
780. Isn't she gonna miss you?
- Nah.Copy !req
781. - You know, Winthrop,
the Wild West,Copy !req
782. it's a wonderful,
wonderful show to be in.Copy !req
783. You know, it just might be
the best place a person
could ever be,Copy !req
784. but home is a mighty
sweet place too,Copy !req
785. and you ought not be hopping
and jumping up to leave it
too soon.Copy !req
786. Believe me, I'd know.Copy !req
787. And anyway, if I'm not mistaken,Copy !req
788. you're not quite full-grown yet.Copy !req
789. - I'm gonna be 12 years old
next fall.Copy !req
790. - I'll make you a deal.Copy !req
791. When you turn 18,Copy !req
792. you come visit meCopy !req
793. and I'll help you join
the Wild West.Copy !req
794. - You will?
- I promise.Copy !req
795. And I never break my promises.Copy !req
796. - Well, okay, I guess.Copy !req
797. But Miss Oakley, can I just go
get Gordon so he can meet you?Copy !req
798. Please? Please?Copy !req
799. - Okay, go on.Copy !req
800. Pretty cute, these kids.Copy !req
801. - You really do miss that show,
don't you?Copy !req
802. - Young Gordon's pretty quick.Copy !req
803. Yes, sir, the one, the only...Copy !req
804. - I don't ask anything
but to come in, Miss Annie.Copy !req
805. - Well, what is it, Bill?
Are your receipts down?Copy !req
806. - Mighty harsh words.Copy !req
807. But I reckon I deserve it.Copy !req
808. - His receipts are down.Copy !req
809. Well, come on in.Copy !req
810. - Frank.
- Hello, Bill.Copy !req
811. - You know, I'm not
coming back, Cody.Copy !req
812. - I'm not asking you to, Annie.
I'm not saying anything. I...Copy !req
813. I just want to...Copy !req
814. Well, I'm...Copy !req
815. I'm not exactly the sort of man
who's very good at apologizing.Copy !req
816. - Is that what this is?Copy !req
817. - Could be.Copy !req
818. - Well, I guess it's about
as close to somethingCopy !req
819. resembling an apology
as I might get from you.Copy !req
820. Now, supposing...Copy !req
821. I was to come back.Copy !req
822. - Don't be toying with me.Copy !req
823. - I wouldn't do that.Copy !req
824. - You mean, you might?Copy !req
825. - There's just one thing.Copy !req
826. It's Greenville.Copy !req
827. Now you know, Bill,
I have been yearning
and yearningCopy !req
828. to go back home with the show.Copy !req
829. The whole show!
The whole Wild West.Copy !req
830. I want my folk...Copy !req
831. I want my momma to see me shoot.Copy !req
832. I want all my people to see
what I do, to see my show.Copy !req
833. - My show.Copy !req
834. - I want my momma
to see me shoot.Copy !req
835. It's my roots, that's what I am.Copy !req
836. And that's what I ask.Copy !req
837. - And then, you'd come back?Copy !req
838. - Could be.Copy !req
839. - Well, I could see
what I could do.Copy !req
840. - Well, it's gotta be
Greenville.Copy !req
841. If you give me Greenville,Copy !req
842. I'll sign up right now.Copy !req
843. - Oh, you're a tough one, Annie.
You always were.Copy !req
844. I'll see what I can do.Copy !req
845. - Well, you know, I have my old
contract right in this drawer.Copy !req
846. And you know, I could just sign
it and date it now and save us
some time, and...Copy !req
847. - The surprise in an hour.Copy !req
848. Welcome home, princess.Copy !req
849. Frank.
- Bill.Copy !req
850. - Did you see me?
- Yes, I did.Copy !req
851. - Did you see what he did?Copy !req
852. He came in here...Copy !req
853. just hoping...Copy !req
854. - Mm.Copy !req
855. - Not expecting nothing.
- No.Copy !req
856. - Almost like a regular
human being.Copy !req
857. - Take a look at this.Copy !req
858. - That buzzard!Copy !req
859. Cody!Copy !req
860. - Ladies and gentlemen,
that little girl
from Darke County.Copy !req
861. Your own native daughter,
the pride of Greenville,Copy !req
862. that international superstar,Copy !req
863. Miss Annie Oakley!Copy !req
864. Now, ladies and gentlemen,
a trick never before tried.Copy !req
865. Miss Oakley will shot a dimeCopy !req
866. out of her husband's hand,Copy !req
867. using not her natural vision.Copy !req
868. Not a mirror.Copy !req
869. But the shiny blade...Copy !req
870. of a Bowie knife.Copy !req
871. - Annie, that was so spiffy!Copy !req
872. And here are my little angels.Copy !req
873. Anifern, and Cornelius Edgar.Copy !req
874. - Hello.Copy !req
875. Hi, Joe.
- Joseph, how are you?Copy !req
876. - Frank, you're looking good.
- Thank you.Copy !req
877. - Glad to tell you we finally
moved to Hyde Park.Copy !req
878. - Well, congratulations.Copy !req
879. That's wonderful!Copy !req
880. - Oh, Momma.Copy !req
881. I've been waiting, and waiting
and waiting to show you this.Copy !req
882. - Oh, Annie.
I am so proud of you.Copy !req
883. - You know that that was
the only thing that was missing?Copy !req
884. I can be truly happy now.Copy !req
885. - Oh, Frank, this is
so exciting.Copy !req
886. And I see that you're still
as handsome as ever.Copy !req
887. - Well...Copy !req
888. And you haven't changed
a bit either, Lyda.Copy !req
889. - Hello, Cody.Copy !req
890. - Great show, Annie.
- Thanks.Copy !req
891. I'd like to present to you
my momma.Copy !req
892. This is Buffalo Bill Cody.Copy !req
893. - Misses Moses,
this is a genuine pleasure.Copy !req
894. One that I have too long
been denied.Copy !req
895. I've been begging
and begging AnnieCopy !req
896. to let me bring my show
here to Greenville—Copy !req
897. - Cody!
- Annie, he is just
like you said.Copy !req
898. Only he's even more full
of blarney than I thought.Copy !req
899. - Great to have you back,
princess.Copy !req
900. - Yeah?
- Yeah.Copy !req
901. Oh, you know I can't get along
without you.Copy !req
902. Things just weren't the same
when you weren't here.Copy !req
903. - Is that a real apology?Copy !req
904. - The humblest.Copy !req
905. - Oh, I never could
stay mad at you.Copy !req
906. Oh, I'm so happy.Copy !req
907. Come here and meet
everybody else.Copy !req
908. This is Lyda and this is Joe.Copy !req
909. This is her children over there.Copy !req
910. That's Anifern
and Cornelius Edgar.Copy !req
911. This is Buffalo Bill Cody!
- How you doing?Copy !req
912. To Greenville!Copy !req
913. To Greenville!Copy !req
914. - Well, after that,
they toured and toured.Copy !req
915. Annie never missed a day.Copy !req
916. Never missed a shot neither.Copy !req
917. Finally, in 1910,
the Wild West folkCopy !req
918. kind of went
their own separate ways.Copy !req
919. In 1917, Cody went on to that
big showplace in the sky,Copy !req
920. where no doubt he set himself
up a rip-roaring time.Copy !req
921. And later around the 1920s,Copy !req
922. Annie and Frank retired.Copy !req
923. They couldn't help but marvel
at the changes they'd seen.Copy !req
924. - Now, they got these X-rays.Copy !req
925. Cameras that can see
right through you.Copy !req
926. And those airplanes,Copy !req
927. what was the name of that fellow
who flew across the Atlantic?Copy !req
928. - Lindbergh.
- Lindbergh.Copy !req
929. Gosh! Can you imagine
being able to...Copy !req
930. to just pick up and fly
anywhere you wanted to?Copy !req
931. - I don't know.Copy !req
932. Who's ever dreamed
of something like that?Copy !req
933. Look at these.Copy !req
934. You know...Copy !req
935. Annie, I feel like we kind
of watched this all happen.Copy !req
936. We saw it all.Copy !req
937. A great, big country growing up
right in front of our eyes.Copy !req
938. - With all those people.
- Yeah.Copy !req
939. - Jimmy, they just gave me
so much.Copy !req
940. - Oh, come on. Come on.Copy !req
941. You gave them a bit
of yourself too, sweet pea.Copy !req
942. The romance of the west.Copy !req
943. - Oh, that was me.Copy !req
944. - International superstar.Copy !req
945. - Just like you always said,
Jimmy.
- Well...Copy !req
946. It sure was something,
huh, sweet pea?Copy !req
947. - I was something, Jimmy.Copy !req
948. difuzeCopy !req