A tale of a young telephone operator, Mary, who meets a factory worker, John, loses him in the urban throng, and finds him again, Lonesome is typical of director Paul Fejos's profound simplicity: his vision of loneliness in America has a mood and beauty all its own. In his lyric use of handheld camera, breathtakingly mobile location shooting, and multiple exposures, Fejos manages to celebrate love within the context of a realistically portrayed urban-industrial malaise. The Hungarian Fejos was a medical doctor, novelist, playwright, and anthropological and fiction filmmaker who worked in Europe and in Hollywood. His marvelous late silents were all but forgotten in the novelty of sound but they are excellent examples of the narrative as visual poetry. Lonesome is considered Fejos's masterpiece. This print contains the sound and dialogue sequences which were added when the film was released in its sound version.