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Henry B. Walthall stands out clearly as one of these pioneer stalwarts

In my early days I was literally hampered by dramatic instinct, human sympathy and emotional feeling. At first I overacted, rather, over-felt.

Henry B. Walthall is a strong emotional actor and has always displayed a natural aptitude for the work — born to it, one might say

His father wanted him to become a farmer, and his mother hoped he would follow the law. But he became an actor because that was the one career that interested him.