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Secret Agent · Beat 43 · permalink

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31:08–32:28 Registered 1936

Machine annotation by Qwen/Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B-Instruct, cut beats-0.2, prompt beats-0.2. Machine checks passed (partial). 4 quotes checked against the transcript; 4 names checked for a spoken or on-screen source; 0 of 1 visible events checked against a frame. Not human-reviewed. Observations and transcript may still be wrong.

Frame at 31:4831:48

Play from 31:08 on the Internet Archive This passage on the film's page

Evidence and details

Starts here: pause in speech. Sequence 28 · shots 77–77. Observations cite a frame (frame:n) or a time (t:m:ss); frames are the sampled ones above.

Place
other (other, interior) evidence: frame:1
People
  • man in tuxedo with bow tie, mid-adult, standing, gesturing with hand near chin visible, audible
  • man in suit, mid-adult, mustache, partially visible behind p1 visible
  • man in suit, mid-adult, balding, seated, partially visible visible
  • woman with blonde hair, mid-adult, patterned dress, seated, profile view visible
Seen happening
  • A man in a tuxedo speaks while gesturing near his chin. [frame:1]
Also said
“But are these the regulations governed by the Geneva Convention of 1864? No, monsieur. They are the regulations of the casino. Have you got a copy of the regulations? There's no need. They are well known. He hasn't got a copy of the rules.” 32:13 · “He's gonna stand the center under no circumstances whatever and we allow to have this dog molested unless you show us a copy of the regulations governing the Transportation of livestock in this casino, right?” 32:26
Seen
tuxedo with bow tie [frame:1], suit [frame:1], patterned dress [frame:1], curtains [frame:1], columns [frame:1]
Interpretation
Model opinion, not evidence: mood: comedic; themes: bureaucratic absurdity, social satire, miscommunication; style notes: medium close-up, formal attire, studio lighting, static framing

A man in a tuxedo speaks with others in a formal indoor setting while a dog-related dispute unfolds. The dialogue references casino regulations and the Geneva Convention, suggesting a comedic or satirical tone.

“I'm going to keep you.” 31:18 · “I'm not asking you, will you kindly take that dog out of the cave? Oh nonsense, the dog was tied up. Look, it's broken its lead. Why did you look so startled? What is that back model again? That's our man. Oh no. You mean the man you may have to?” 31:19 automatic transcript, may be wrong

The record

No renewal found An automated finding, not a verdict. A renewal would have appeared in the Copyright Office's renewal registrations 27 to 29 years after the term began. Those volumes are loaded and our parse of them found no matching renewal. If that is right, a work published 1931–1963 that was not renewed entered the public domain at the end of its 28th year; the volumes are OCR of old print, and the method page reports how often the parse has been found to miss one. Evidence dossier. The finding concerns the US copyright record for the film; it is not clearance for any use, and this page's annotation is machine output.

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Frame from Secret Agent (1936) at 31:48 (passage 31:08–32:28); US record: No renewal found

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