Your Hand - Something About One Of Your Most Important Items Aka Your Hand - Cuts (1932)

Joe Noble animation. Cartoon begins with a man walking along from right to left. Arrives at a sign which reads: “Madam Bunko“. C/U of sign - she tells fortunes. M/S of a fortune teller's tent with a sign hanging on the outside with a hand drawn on it. He stops by the sign and the hand makes a beckoning gesture. He walks into the tent. Suddenly he runs out again, a huge hand grabs him and pulls him back into the tent. Interior of the tent. Our friend has his palm read. Madam Bunko says: “I see a dark woman and a journey.“ C/U of the man looking shocked. His eyes turn into figures - on represents himself playing a banjo - the other is a black woman dancing. The man says “Now I'll Tell Yours.“ He tells Madam Bunko“ “I see a journey with a handsome stranger with a black moustache.“ He then looks angry and says “Get your hat. You're pinched for fortune telling.“ Mrs Bunko looks shocked and falls off her chair. Intertitle reads: “Now let's be serious and take a scientific peep at our hand - “ We