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1928·Romance·1h 10m
7.1
★
Two lonely people in the big city meet and enjoy the thrills of an amusement park, only to lose each other in the crowd after spending a great day together. Will they ever see each other again?
Directed by Pál Fejős
loneliness
amusement park

Cast

Barbara Kent
Barbara Kent
Mary
Glenn Tryon
Glenn Tryon
Jim
Fay Holderness
Fay Holderness
Overdressed Woman
Eddie Phillips
Eddie Phillips
The Sport
Andy Devine
Andy Devine
Jim's Friend (uncredited)
Henry Armetta
Henry Armetta
Ferris Wheel Guy (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
Edgar Dearing
Cop (uncredited)
Louise Emmons
Louise Emmons
Telephone Caller (uncredited)
Fred Esmelton
Fred Esmelton
Swami (uncredited)
Churchill Ross
Churchill Ross
Telephone Caller (uncredited)

Crew

Pál Fejős
Pál Fejős
Director
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Carl Laemmle Jr.
Supervising Producer
Carl Laemmle
Carl Laemmle
Presenter

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Reagan
Reagan
Lonesome
i love the transatlantic accent
i love the transatlantic accent
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chi
chi
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very cute
very cute
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Sepia Gore
Sepia Gore
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I don’t ever wanna hear again about The Jazz Singer because it’s one thing to be an gimmicky experiment in sound and pictures which is the only significant thing about that film but its another when we’re talking effective early use of sound in cinema, Lonesome deserves that spot in history for how it uses sound to aid its storytelling. 30 or so minutes into the film, we’re introduced to two characters who have so much in common, live in the same city, go the same subway train, by modern standard it’s clear these two are just set up to meet and fall in love, every intimate detail points to their connection and the moment they meet, just when you think it’ll be simple and sweet, THEY START TALKING and that’s when it clicks. This is the first time we hear them talk, in the same way this is the first time they meet one another and simultaneously we’re able to occupy not just both perspectives but the cinematic transcendent viewpoint that makes cinema the immediate artform for the senses. Subsequent usage of sound sees the two love birds reaffirms and promises one another their love only for it to be threatened by the elements that seemingly earlier had just brought them close together before revealing one more profoundly magical joke on all of us that we just can’t help but fall for. Easily one of the most direct, visceral and vivid depiction of fresh love you’ll ever see, so innocent but so powerful all the same. Yeah, this is what love feels like at its purest most romantic form.
I don’t ever wanna hear again about The Jazz Singer because it’s one thing to be an gimmicky experiment in sound and pictures which is the only significant thing about that film but its another when we’re talking effective early use of sound in cinema, Lonesome deserves that spot in history for how it uses sound to aid its storytelling. 30 or so minutes into the film, we’re introduced to two characters who have so much in common, live in the same city, go the same subway train, by modern standard it’s clear these two are just set up to meet and fall in love, every intimate detail points to their connection and the moment they meet, just when you think it’ll be simple and sweet, THEY START TALKING and that’s when it clicks. This is the first time we hear them talk, in the same way this is the first time they meet one another and simultaneously we’re able to occupy not just both perspectives but the cinematic transcendent viewpoint that makes cinema the immediate artform for the senses. Subsequent usage of sound sees the two love birds reaffirms and promises one another their love only for it to be threatened by the elements that seemingly earlier had just brought them close together before revealing one more profoundly magical joke on all of us that we just can’t help but fall for. Easily one of the most direct, visceral and vivid depiction of fresh love you’ll ever see, so innocent but so powerful all the same. Yeah, this is what love feels like at its purest most romantic form.
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Sepia Gore
Sepia Gore
Lonesome
I don’t ever wanna hear again about The Jazz Singer because it’s one thing to be an gimmicky experiment in sound and pictures which is the only significant thing about that film but its another when we’re talking effective early use of sound in cinema, Lonesome deserves that spot in history for how it uses sound to aid its storytelling. 30 or so minutes into the film, we’re introduced to two characters who have so much in common, live in the same city, go the same subway train, by modern standard it’s clear these two are just set up to meet and fall in love, every intimate detail points to their connection and the moment they meet, just when you think it’ll be simple and sweet, THEY START TALKING and that’s when it clicks. This is the first time we hear them talk, in the same way this is the first time they meet one another and simultaneously we’re able to occupy not just both perspectives but the cinematic transcendent viewpoint that makes cinema the immediate artform for the senses. Subsequent usage of sound sees the two love birds reaffirms and promises one another their love only for it to be threatened by the elements that seemingly earlier had just brought them close together before revealing one more profoundly magical joke on all of us that we just can’t help but fall for. Easily one of the most direct, visceral and vivid depiction of fresh love you’ll ever see, so innocent but so powerful all the same. Yeah, this is what love feels like at its purest most romantic form.
I don’t ever wanna hear again about The Jazz Singer because it’s one thing to be an gimmicky experiment in sound and pictures which is the only significant thing about that film but its another when we’re talking effective early use of sound in cinema, Lonesome deserves that spot in history for how it uses sound to aid its storytelling. 30 or so minutes into the film, we’re introduced to two characters who have so much in common, live in the same city, go the same subway train, by modern standard it’s clear these two are just set up to meet and fall in love, every intimate detail points to their connection and the moment they meet, just when you think it’ll be simple and sweet, THEY START TALKING and that’s when it clicks. This is the first time we hear them talk, in the same way this is the first time they meet one another and simultaneously we’re able to occupy not just both perspectives but the cinematic transcendent viewpoint that makes cinema the immediate artform for the senses. Subsequent usage of sound sees the two love birds reaffirms and promises one another their love only for it to be threatened by the elements that seemingly earlier had just brought them close together before revealing one more profoundly magical joke on all of us that we just can’t help but fall for. Easily one of the most direct, visceral and vivid depiction of fresh love you’ll ever see, so innocent but so powerful all the same. Yeah, this is what love feels like at its purest most romantic form.
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Adam5300
Adam5300
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I actually was stressing when I thought they wouldn't find eachother. Yeah some of the concepts are a little backdated , but that was the time period. The editing techniques used tho were not , the overlays were brilliantly used.
I actually was stressing when I thought they wouldn't find eachother. Yeah some of the concepts are a little backdated , but that was the time period. The editing techniques used tho were not , the overlays were brilliantly used.
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