Is My Palm Read (1933)

For customer Betty Boop, psychic reader Prof. Bimbo conjures up an adventure on a haunted tropical island in his crystal ball.

Director:

Dave Fleischer

Stars:

Mae Questel

Cast

Uncredited cast:
Mae Questel	...	Betty Boop (voice) (uncredited)

Storyline

Bimbo is a fortune teller; Koko is his doorman; Betty is a customer. Bimbo sees a ride on a steamship, a wreck, Betty stranded on a tropical island. Betty then gets trapped inside a haunted grass hut; Bimbo gets her plea for help, and comes to her rescue. Back at the fortune telling booth, Bimbo reveals himself, but the ghosts come out of the crystal ball and start chasing them.

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Plot Keywords:

crystal ball | ghost | betty boop | fortune teller | tropical island | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Animation | Family | Short

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 February 1933 (USA)

Also Known As:

Professor Bimbo

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fleischer Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

5 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

The Hays Office would have had a coronary with this one!

There are scenes in this short, although incredibly tame today, that probably shocked the various moral watchdogs of 1933 and clearly the soon to be created Hays Office would NOT have been happy with this short. I think it's simply wonderful. Bimbo and Koko are both in this one and this is a prime example of what can be done with animation when the animators realize that the intended audience was composed not only of children, but adults as well and that not all adults are blue-haired little old ladies or Bible salesmen from Topeka, Kansas. The Fleischers did some marvelous work and this is an excellent sample of that work. In print and available. Well worth watching. Most highly recommended.