Central Casting

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Central Casting is a casting company located in Burbank, California, United States. They currently specialize in casting extras, body doubles, and stand-ins.

Contents 1 History 2 Trivia 3 References 4 External links

[edit] History

Central Casting was established in 1925 initially as a wing of the major Hollywood movie studios. By the 1970s they came to dominate the field of extras casting.

The name of this company had developed into a jargon term denoting a generic or a stereotypical location where someone could travel to and cast a specific character type for a specific type of film or television production. The term Central Casting is also in widespread use outside of the film industry.

In April 2006 Central Casting officially opened its New York division.

[edit] Trivia

Central Casting is also the name of several out-of-state casting agencies, and of a broker for MUSH players.

Central Casting is also the name of a series of role-playing supplements originally published about 1990 by Task Force Games. These supplements were aimed at "fleshing out" characters to be used during role-playing games by providing randomly generated background information for the characters.

The phrase "Straight out of Central Casting" can be used to describe an individual who unwittingly meets the primary stereotypes associated with their personal characteristics.

[edit] References

• "You Won't Find These Definitions in Webster's". Career Journal, Wall Street Journal. http://careerjournal.com./recruiters/workingwith/19990802-lang.html. Retrieved January 8 2005.  — includes an example of the slang use of "central casting" as applied to the recruitment industry
• "Central Casting". OnLine NewsHour. http://www.pbs.org./newshour/bb/media/july-dec03/newscentral_12-11.html. Retrieved January 10 2005.  — Central casting of news

[edit] External links

• "Central Casting is a registered trademark of Entertainment Partners."
• Central Casting, a casting agency in Washington D.C.
• Central Casting, a broker for peripheral characters in MUSHes
• West Coast Central Casting, a casting agency
• Chumleigh’s Central Casting, a casting agency for vaudeville acts

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