1.0Humane Hollywoodhttps://humanehollywood.orgHumane Hollywoodhttps://humanehollywood.orgrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3FTAXjJxqO"><a href="https://humanehollywood.org/production/tender-the/">Tender, The</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://humanehollywood.org/production/tender-the/embed/#?secret=3FTAXjJxqO" width="600" height="338" title="“Tender, The” — Humane Hollywood" data-secret="3FTAXjJxqO" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://humanehollywood.org/app/uploads/2020/02/pGHV66sw5YuX9j4hCqXt0u8VvGb.jpg500750The Tender is a story about the love and devotion between an abused and abandoned dog and a lonely young girl. The film opens in an elegant Chicago mansion where people are engaged in various forms of gambling. In one smoke-filled room a dog fight takes place between a Doberman and a Pit-Bull. The Doberman loses and, near death, the badly injured dog is taken to a bridge and dumped into the watery grave below. Somehow he manages to swim ashore and collapses amid trash in a seedy neighborhood. He's discovered by a young girl, called The Tender, who nurses him and brings food to him. Although slow to trust humans, a bond develops between this pitiful dog and this lonely, motherless girl. Nearly recovered, he attempts to follow the girl home through city streets and onto elevated train tracks where he's captured by animal control officers and taken to the city pound. He escapes the pound by jumping through a glass window and finds his way to The Tender's shabby apartment where she lives with her father. Her father, Bobby, is still mourning the death of his wife and has difficulty holding a job. He accepts a job from his brother-in-law, a shady character who entangles Bobby in a phony deal because he wants custody of The Tender. Bobby decides to flee with his daughter to California and, ignoring The Tender's pleas, abandons the dog in a junkyard. Once more the dog escapes and begins a cross-country odyssey to seek the one person who has shown him love and kindness.