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Annie Oakley (Betty Hutton) is an incredible shot who was raised `Doin' What Comes Naturally'. Frank Butler (Howard Keel), the star sharpshooter in `Colonel Buffalo Bill''s show, however, knows full well that's not how `The Girl That I Marry' must be. Anyway, not at least until he finds that `My Defences are Down'. Though Annie defiantly says `Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better', she realizes that `You Can't Get a Man With a Gun'. The victor at the end is love; as you know, `It's Wonderful'. After all, `There's No Business Like Show Business'.

Hmm... getting a musical solely on the fact that it's a musical certainly doesn't guarantee it'll be good. Irving Berlin's never been a favorite of mine, so very few of the songs really made me sit up and take notice. "I've Got the Sun the Morning," while ridiculously unnecessary to the plot, was fun, and "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better" was simply classic. To my horror, though, my two favorite songs from the show ("Old-Fashioned Wedding" and "I Got Lost In His Arms") were cut! That alone brings this down a couple notches. But Betty Hutton's charming performance as the eager, tomboyish Annie Oakley, brings those notches back up. ;-)

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