She retired from acting after the advent of sound film. Hale had trouble finding a solid career in sound film. There were fewer slapstick comedies produced at the advent of sound film. Additional inventions grew out of sound film audio technology. With the advent of sound film, Dulac's career shifted. The times changed and Phalke fell victim to the emerging technology of sound film. Nonetheless, her film is cited as one of the first examples of a sound film. Filming also took place on soundstages at the Las Vegas Video Sound Film Production Center. Comedy film scripts have used innuendo since the beginning of sound film itself. Tod Browning remade the film as a sound film in 1935. Its success prompted Hollywood to convert from silent to sound film production en masse. Series of various genres were particularly popular during the first decade of sound film. However, with the advent of the sound film in 1931, theatre was declining. The standardized frame rate for commercial sound film is 24 frames per second. This late return to motion pictures fortunately preserves Nazimova and her art on sound film.