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Show FAMOUS MOVIE DIRECTOR DIES MONROVIA. Cal., June 17 li: Henry B. Walthall, the "little colonel" of the motion picture "Birth of a Nation," died in a sanitarium here today. Sanitarium attaches refused to reveal the cause of death. The elderly actor has been coming here for treatment off and on for some months, they said. Relatives at Walthall's Beverly hills home said he suffered a complete breakdown some weeks ago. He went back to work on a film based upon ttie trans-Pacific "China Clipper," and made a trip to Alameda, Cal., for a scene there, accompanied by a trained nurse. Returning, he failed rapidly- A week ago he contracted influenza, in-fluenza, which was reported to have developed into pneumonia. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary, C. Walthall, and a 17-year 17-year old daughter, Patricia. They were not at ttie sanitarium when he died. |
