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May 6 • 29 tweets • 23 min read
One of the tapes I digitized is a casting tape from the early 1990s. Actresses doing a read for a potential part. I wondered how many would hit in today's google-filled world. Quite a few.
Maya Danzinger.
Lisa Emery. (Darlene Snell on Ozark.)
Talia Balsam. (Lots of great work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talia_Bal…)
I have to get back to some other work, so others feel free to find the rest. Here's the tape:

archive.org/details/Greenh…
Jennifer Van Dyck.
The audition, by the way, is for Annie Sez, a chain of clothing stores huge at one time. Landing a spokeswoman/appearance role in this would be well worth it for an actress.
Tara King. imdb.com/name/nm0455322/
Kristi Barron (@kristibarron4)
@kristibarron4 Candy Clark. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_Cla…
Janet Zarish. imdb.com/name/nm0953504/
Stacy Logan. njtheater.com/Person/1210/St…
Donna Mitchell. imdb.com/name/nm0593291/
Anna Holbrook. imdb.com/name/nm0390020/
Hannah Cox. imdb.com/name/nm0185048
Brooke Alexander. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Al…
"Jason, this seems like a weird way to spend time."

I like pattern matching, the arcs of working actors fascinates me, the auditioning parties all clearly say their name at the start of each clip, and google is free.
Blanche Baker. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_B…
Tonja Walker. imdb.com/name/nm0908270/
Daryl Meyer. imdb.com/name/nm0583073/
Katherine Borowitz. Met some sweet guy I like a lot. imdb.com/name/nm0097274/
Betsy Walton. Now in real estate. sothebysrealty.com/eng/associate/…
Ilene Kristen. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilene_Kri…
Liza Morrow. imdb.com/name/nm0607521/
Jan Maxwell. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Maxwe… (RIP 2018).
An example of an Annie Sez ad of this sort:

Kathleen Bridget Kelly. imdb.com/name/nm0446553/
Wendy Makkena. imdb.com/name/nm0538655/ at @wendy_makkena
@Wendy_Makkena At this point, it becomes harder to discern the names. A number of these actresses might have changed their name, not done other work, or I just can't make the name out enough for google's fuzzy matching.

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Well, I went from zero knowledge about the fact someone is uploading AMERICAN AIRLINES REEL TO REEL TAPES THAT PLAYED ON THE MUSICAL CHANNELS IN THE AIR IN THE 1960s to knowing we have nearly 100 hours of them, so:

archive.org/details/chrisc…
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I actually tried to get GET LAMP on Netflix in 2010. Really! I contacted them and the people there didn't know what to do, and they told me to call some guy in the midwest.
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