THE CROWD  (1928): 

The future holds unlimited potential for John Sims, because he's born on the Fourth of July, 1900. But dreams soon fade with his father's death while John is still a lad. Like many before him, John sets out to make his mark in New York City, but ends up a faceless worker (#137) in a large business. Still, he is happy with his fate and soon meets a young woman named Mary on a blind double-date. Things take their course and they soon marry and live in a small apartment. Soon John is bickering with Mary and finds that he has no love for the in-laws. When the marriage looks like a bust, he finds that Mary is pregnant and he stays. After 5 years, he has a son and a daughter and the same dead-end job. When tragedy strikes, John must find the conviction to continue or lose what little he has left.. 

LONESOME  (1928):

A lonesome boy and a lonesome girl meet accidentally on their Saturday off at Coney Island. It's love at first sight, but in the thrill and bewilderment of their escape from loneliness and sudden romance, they don't even realize they don't even know each other's names until a fire breaks out and they are separated.