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* StrayAnimalStory: A stray dog needs to find a master.
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* ShoutOut: The narrator announces that "I'll throw myself into a strange interlude," then starts verbalizing the thoughts of the dog. This is a shout-out to the 1930s play ''Theatre/StrangeInterlude'' when the {{Internal Monologues}} of the characters are delivered to the audience via NoFourthWall direct address.

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* ShoutOut: The narrator announces that "I'll throw myself into a strange interlude," then starts verbalizing the thoughts of the dog. This is a shout-out to the 1930s play ''Theatre/StrangeInterlude'' when the {{Internal Monologues}} Monologue}}s of the characters are delivered to the audience via NoFourthWall direct address.
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* TimePassesMontage: A montage shows the dog running around town trying to approach various people only to be ignored. A spinning clock shows the afternoon is waning.

Wanted--a master
A homeless canine vagabond
I'll throw myself into a strange interlude
dog catcher
Bitter face
Time passes montage
Spicy sparkling subtle shows
Off into the dog

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* TimePassesMontage: A montage shows the dog running around town trying to approach various people only to be ignored. A spinning clock shows the afternoon is waning.

Wanted--a master
A homeless canine vagabond
I'll throw myself into a strange interlude
dog catcher
Bitter face
Time passes montage
Spicy sparkling subtle shows
Off into the dog
waning.
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''Wanted--A Master'' is a 1936 short film (10 minutes) directed by Gunther von Fritsch and Arthur Ornitz.

It's a story of a stray dog that needs a master. A dog is living in an abandoned junkyard. He goes out to scrounge some food. In the middle of the scrounging he reads a headline (yes, the dog can read) announcing that starting at 3 pm the city is going start rounding up and euthanizing strays.

The dog realizes that he needs to find a master immediately. He starts roaming all over the city, looking for a human to take him in, working against that 3 pm deadline. The search proves unexpectedly difficult.

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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: At the end, the dog's possible savior is about to go into a {{Burlesque}} show, which would be disastrous for the dog. The burlesque show has a sign advertising "spicy, sparkling, subtle shows."
* {{Butterface}}: A very weird moment has the dog, out on the street, spotting the shapely calves of a woman in a skirt. He approaches, barks, the woman turns, and she's revealed to be a slightly homely woman in her fifties. The dog turns and trots away. Why would ''a dog'' care what its master looked like?
* DiabolicalDogCatcher: A Diabolical Manager Of Dog Catchers has issued a 3 pm execution order.
* FromStrayToPet: "A homeless canine vagabond" tries to find himself an owner.
* {{Narrator}}: As always, no dialogue, but instead Pete Smith narrating his story.
* ShoutOut: The narrator announces that "I'll throw myself into a strange interlude," then starts verbalizing the thoughts of the dog. This is a shout-out to the 1930s play ''Theatre/StrangeInterlude'' when the {{Internal Monologues}} of the characters are delivered to the audience via NoFourthWall direct address.
* TimePassesMontage: A montage shows the dog running around town trying to approach various people only to be ignored. A spinning clock shows the afternoon is waning.

Wanted--a master
A homeless canine vagabond
I'll throw myself into a strange interlude
dog catcher
Bitter face
Time passes montage
Spicy sparkling subtle shows
Off into the dog

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