Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen (1933)

The portrait photographer Lu Tiemann owns a white wire-haired terrier named “Storch.” The charming dog serves Lu one particular purpose: he is supposed either to jump into parked cars with men at the wheel and catch their attention, or to hide in their cars and emerge while they are driving—with the same result. When the driver then wants a closer look at the “crazy” dog, he can read this inscription on its collar: “My name is Storch. I belong to Lu Tiemann, 17 Regentenstraße.” Quite a few well-to-do gentlemen fall for this little scheme, such as a fat consul or a factory owner and privy councillor, beside whom “Storch” brazenly takes a seat in the car. When the “finders” bring the trusting-looking mutt back to his owner, Lu pretends to be distressed, widening her eyes, and “scolds” her little dog: “How could you frighten your mistress like that? I didn’t sleep all night.” Then she turns to the “gallant rescuer” and says, “I don’t know how I can ever thank you. May I offer you a cognac? Do sit down here on the sofa.” One day, when Storch runs off, he loses his useful collar and, after chasing the doorman Rohleder’s German shepherd, promptly ends up in the hands of Lili Schrader. She rents a room from the widowed Mrs. Rohleder, whose brother is that very doorman. Rohleder earns his living working for the consul, Lu’s “best customer.” Since the dog is now without a collar and Lili does not want him to get lost, she promptly buys “Storch” a new one, this time bearing her own name. The terrier has by no means given up his old habits, and his antics in and around cars now lead strange gentlemen straight to Lili. She too consequently has the “pleasure” of meeting the consul, who is utterly astonished when Lili beats him out of her apartment after he makes unwanted advances. Meanwhile, Rohleder tries to get a job for Lili, his sister’s lodger. He finds one with the consul, but when the consul learns that the prospective employee is Lili Schrader, he refuses to hire her. Lili has better luck with the privy councillor, who hires the young woman as his secretary. The man has a nephew named Herbert, who also knows Lili. When Herbert’s uncle hears that he has met and fallen in love with a young woman who has a dog, alarm bells ring for the uncle, a wealthy factory owner and proprietor of Benzin A.G. He thinks Herbert is talking about Lu and goes to the actual owner of the dog, offering her 3,000 Reichsmarks to keep her hands off his nephew. The privy councillor and Lili go on a business trip together with the consul, who is also from Benzin A.G., while Herbert meets Lu during a pleasure trip to Lugano. The conversation soon turns to “Storch,” and the many misunderstandings are cleared up to everyone’s satisfaction. Lu Tiemann gets her dog back, the fat consul apologizes to Lili for mistaking her for Lu, and Herbert can finally take his Lili in his arms and begin a life together with her.