Angela works on the street to earn money for her ailing mother. She is chased by the police and joins a traveling carnival who saves her. She meets a genius painter Gino and falls in love with him. As the police reveal her past as a street angel, she says goodbye to him.
After the success of 7th Heaven, Fox produces another beautiful love story with director Frank Borzage, Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Influenced by director Murnau who worked on Fox's production Sunrise (starring Janet Gaynor), film Street Angel shows similar visual styles, including the use of contrast and the fictitious story for sentimental romance. New 4 K Restoration from nitrate elements held by MoMA, funded by 20th Century Fox.