In 1937 Paramount Pictures commissioned UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS, a new series of theatrical short subjects from Jerry Fairbanks Productions. These ten minute films, shot in glorious Magnacolor, cost the Studio nearly as much to produce as their full-length features.
The series profiled strange jobs, weird work, bizarre hobbies & crazy collections from all over the globe.
It was considered a very high risk venture.
It wasn’t expected to last.
It ran for 12 years.
UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS throws the spotlight on ordinary, everyday people who have chosen “the path less travelled” in the pursuit of extraordinarily odd jobs, crazy careers and hysterical hobbies. The series presents an incredible chronicle of pop culture, lifestyles and remarkable achievements by individuals the world over.
If “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” had produced a color motion picture series for the Silver Screen it would have looked exactly like this!
Sometimes outrageous (a woman who sells deceased fleas outfitted in evening attire), often remarkable (a young illustrator shows-off his line of whimsical sculptures - the first film footage ever captured of a young Dr. Seuss), the astonishing “blasts from the past” from UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS are as riveting today as when they first premiered.
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