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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Especially a traveling circus. Mascetto's pet monkey Coco thumbs his nose at a policeman.
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* TheWoobie - Angela.
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* ValuesDissonance - Quite a few examples from Gino. Besides the fact he seems to think that all prostitutes are in their trade by choice and enjoy it, also see WouldHitAGirl and SecondFaceSmoke.
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* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: The beloved mother Angela tries to get the money for, who acts as a prop to kickstart the whole plot, promptly dies between when she's arrested and able to get back to their home, allowing Angela to be free of any obligations to make the rest of the film happen.
* DarkIsEvil: Gino is dressed all in black when the movie timeskips ahead to when Angela gets out of prison, showing how dark and angry he's become.
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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: averted. Lisetta is shown as a depraved, cynical woman, a complete opposite to Angela's purity.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Gino and Angela.
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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: averted.Averted. Lisetta is shown as a depraved, cynical woman, a complete opposite to Angela's purity.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Gino and Angela. There was a whole foot difference between Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Gino dismisses any woman whose not pure and virginal as a slut and whore. Yet Angela never dares question if he's had many sexual partners or not while she was supposed to remain this IncorruptiblePurePureness simply waiting for the day he'd show up.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Gino and Angela. There was a whole foot difference between Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Gino dismisses any woman whose not pure and virginal as a slut and whore. Yet Angela never dares question if he's had many sexual partners or not while she was supposed to remain this IncorruptiblePurePureness simply waiting for the day he'd show up.
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* InUniverseCatharsis - in the end of the movie, Angela nd Gino's terrible meeting when he chases and almost strangles her, end in a massive catharsis for both of them, restoring their ruined love.
* JadeColoredGlasses - Angela wears these after fleeing Naples, before falling in love with Gino. Gion, in turn, puts them on after she disappears, and only ThePowerOfLove helps him overcome the trauma.
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* InUniverseCatharsis - in At the end of the movie, Angela nd and Gino's terrible meeting when he chases and almost strangles her, end her ends in a massive catharsis for both of them, restoring their ruined love.
* JadeColoredGlasses - Angela wears these after fleeingNaples, Naples before falling in love with Gino. Gion, Gino, in turn, puts them on after she disappears, and only ThePowerOfLove helps him overcome the trauma.
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* LoveRedeems - love makes Gino recover from what he became after Angela disappeared. It also made Angela literally a saint.
* MadonnaWhoreComplex - Gino surely thinks this way: he has no problem with hitting a prostitute, and almost strangles Angela before realizing she's saintly after all.
* MeaningfulName - Angela.
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* LoveRedeems - love Love makes Gino recover from what he became after Angela disappeared. It also made Angela literally a saint.
saint in his eyes.
* LovingAShadow: Deconstructed. Both Angela and Gino have this type of love to a degree and it's shown to be unhealthy. Angela warns Gino he only sees in her what he wants to see as he paints her portrait. Indeed, when he finds out she has very human flaws she was arrested for, he rages about she was a liar, a whore, and sent from Satan the whole time. It's shown Angela also doesn't seem to know the mind of her fiance that well and sees him as a far more ideal man then he actually is if she thinks disappearing without a trace will somehow still give him motivation to paint.
* MadonnaWhoreComplex - Gino surely thinks this way: he has no problem with hitting aprostitute, prostitute and almost strangles Angela before realizing she's saintly still a saintly, pure woman after all.
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* LovingAShadow: Deconstructed. Both Angela and Gino have this type of love to a degree and it's shown to be unhealthy. Angela warns Gino he only sees in her what he wants to see as he paints her portrait. Indeed, when he finds out she has very human flaws she was arrested for, he rages about she was a liar, a whore, and sent from Satan the whole time. It's shown Angela also doesn't seem to know the mind of her fiance that well and sees him as a far more ideal man then he actually is if she thinks disappearing without a trace will somehow still give him motivation to paint.
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* MoodWhiplash - one of Borzage's favorite tropes. We get lots of these, every new scene abruptly changing mood, going from tragic to funny to romantic to dramatic to heartwarming to heartbreaking.
* TheMuse - Angela, to Gino.
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* MoodWhiplash - one One of Borzage's favorite tropes. We get lots of these, every new scene abruptly changing mood, going from tragic to funny to romantic to dramatic to heartwarming to heartbreaking.
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* PoirotSpeak - the story takes place in Italy, and there's a healthy dose of lines like "Si, si, Mama! I will be back soon with the medicine.".
* ThePowerOfLove - movie's main theme.
* ReactionShot - before we see the portrait, we watch for almost half a minute Angela's reaction to it.
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* ReactionShot - before we see the portrait, we watch for almost half a minute Angela's reaction to it.
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* PoirotSpeak - the The story takes place in Italy, and there's a healthy dose of lines like "Si, si, Mama! I will be back soon with the medicine.".
* PoorCommunicationKills: Angela somehow thinks that Gino will somehow get over her sudden disappearance when she's taken to prison rather then just ''tell him'' what's going on. He becomes so enraged when he finds out the real reason that he almost strangles her. Even then, she still doesn't simply TELL HIM the whole reason she was arrested as a prostitute was because she was trying to get money for medicine for her dying mother.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Angela somehow thinks that Gino will somehow get over her sudden disappearance when she's taken to prison rather then just ''tell him'' what's going on. He becomes so enraged when he finds out the real reason that he almost strangles her. Even then, she still doesn't simply TELL HIM the whole reason she was arrested as a prostitute was because she was trying to get money for medicine for her dying mother.
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* SpiritualSuccessor - to Borzage's ''[[Film/SeventhHeaven 7th Heaven]]'' (1927), also starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.
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* TearfulSmile - before going to prison, Angela spend her last hour with Gino, celebrating and faking a smile with tears in her eyes.
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Second of [[ThoseTwoActors fourteen films]] co-starring Gaynor and Farrell.
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* DramaticIrony: Tons of this at the halfway point, after Gino finally sells a picture for big money, and keeps saying stuff like "Drink to the future, Angela!", while the cop waits outside to take Angela away.
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* AlmostKiss - after Angela sees her portrait, she and Gino lean to each other... But Mascetto appears to interrupt them.
* BreakTheCutie - happens to both Angela and Gino.
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* AlmostKiss - after AlmostKiss: After Angela sees her portrait, she and Gino lean to each other... But Mascetto appears to interrupt them.
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* ContrivedCoincidence - Gino and Angela running into the church where Angela's portrait is hanging.
* CryLaughing - Gino, during his breakdown, after Lisetta told him why Angela disappeared.
* CynicismCatalyst - For Angela, her mother's death. For Gino, Angela's disappearance.
* EpicTrackingShot - Borzage's trademark. Seen here in a shot that starts with Mascetto arguing about a sausage. The camera pulls back, then over two minutes completes a 360-degree turn around the set.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys - especially a traveling circus. Mascetto's pet monkey Coco thumbs his nose at a policeman.
* HealthcareMotivation - Angela's mother's illness makes her resort to prostitution.
* HeWentThatWay - Mascetto does this, sending the police away, while hiding Angela in a drum.
* HollywoodDarkness - whenever it becomes dark. Especially apparent in the last scene, where Gino lights a match to see Angela's face, entirely visible to the viewers.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold - averted. Lisetta is shown as a depraved, cynical woman, a complete opposite to Angela's purity.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl - Gino and Angela.
* IdiotBall - yes, Angela, the man who loves you would be devastated if he finds out that you're going to jail for robbery. So just disappear without a word, and he would be absolutely fine.
* InspectorJavert - Neri, sergeant of police, who chases Angela and later comes for her after she returns to Naples.
* CryLaughing - Gino, during his breakdown, after Lisetta told him why Angela disappeared.
* CynicismCatalyst - For Angela, her mother's death. For Gino, Angela's disappearance.
* EpicTrackingShot - Borzage's trademark. Seen here in a shot that starts with Mascetto arguing about a sausage. The camera pulls back, then over two minutes completes a 360-degree turn around the set.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys - especially a traveling circus. Mascetto's pet monkey Coco thumbs his nose at a policeman.
* HealthcareMotivation - Angela's mother's illness makes her resort to prostitution.
* HeWentThatWay - Mascetto does this, sending the police away, while hiding Angela in a drum.
* HollywoodDarkness - whenever it becomes dark. Especially apparent in the last scene, where Gino lights a match to see Angela's face, entirely visible to the viewers.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold - averted. Lisetta is shown as a depraved, cynical woman, a complete opposite to Angela's purity.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl - Gino and Angela.
* IdiotBall - yes, Angela, the man who loves you would be devastated if he finds out that you're going to jail for robbery. So just disappear without a word, and he would be absolutely fine.
* InspectorJavert - Neri, sergeant of police, who chases Angela and later comes for her after she returns to Naples.
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* ContrivedCoincidence - ContrivedCoincidence: Gino and Angela running into the church where Angela's portrait is hanging.
*CryLaughing - CryLaughing: Gino, during his breakdown, after Lisetta told him why Angela disappeared.
*CynicismCatalyst - CynicismCatalyst: For Angela, her mother's death. For Gino, Angela's disappearance.
*EpicTrackingShot - EpicTrackingShot: Borzage's trademark. Seen here in a shot that starts with Mascetto arguing about a sausage. The camera pulls back, then over two minutes completes a 360-degree turn around the set.
*EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys - EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: especially a traveling circus. Mascetto's pet monkey Coco thumbs his nose at a policeman.
*HealthcareMotivation - HealthcareMotivation: Angela's mother's illness makes her resort to prostitution.
*HeWentThatWay - HeWentThatWay: Mascetto does this, sending the police away, while hiding Angela in a drum.
*HollywoodDarkness - whenever HollywoodDarkness: Whenever it becomes dark. Especially apparent in the last scene, where Gino lights a match to see Angela's face, entirely visible to the viewers.
*HookerWithAHeartOfGold - HookerWithAHeartOfGold: averted. Lisetta is shown as a depraved, cynical woman, a complete opposite to Angela's purity.
*HugeGuyTinyGirl - HugeGuyTinyGirl: Gino and Angela.
*IdiotBall - yes, IdiotBall: Yes, Angela, the man who loves you would be devastated if he finds out that you're going to jail for robbery. So just disappear without a word, and he would be absolutely fine.
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* ShesGotLegs: A close-up of Angela's stocking-clad legs sticking up into the air, as she relaxes with the circus troupe while in costume.
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'''''Street Angel''''' is a 1928 silent melodrama directed by Creator/FrankBorzage, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. It tells the story of Angela (Janet Gaynor), a poor young girl from Naples whose mother is ill, and to pay for the medicine she decides to resort to prostitution. Before she actually gets a client, police catches her. She is sentenced to a year in prison, but flees with a traveling circus.
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'''''Street Angel''''' is a 1928 silent melodrama directed by Frank Borzage, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. It tells the story of Angela (Janet Gaynor), a poor young girl from Naples whose mother is ill, and to pay for the medicine she decides to resort to prostitution. Before she actually gets a client, police catches her. She is sentenced to a year in prison, but flees with a traveling circus.
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'''''Street Angel''''' is a 1928 silent melodrama directed by Frank Borzage, Creator/FrankBorzage, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. It tells the story of Angela (Janet Gaynor), a poor young girl from Naples whose mother is ill, and to pay for the medicine she decides to resort to prostitution. Before she actually gets a client, police catches her. She is sentenced to a year in prison, but flees with a traveling circus.
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** The original negative was destroyed in a fire in 1937. The movie was believed to be lost for many years, found and released only in 2008.
** In-universe: the crooks sell Angela's portrait pretending it's a recently discovered painting by an Old Master.
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** In-universe: the crooks sell Angela's portrait pretending it's a recently discovered painting by an Old Master.
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* TheMuse - Angela, to Gino.
* ThePowerOfLove - movie's main theme.
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[[caption-width-right:200:Everywhere... in every town, in every street... we pass, unknowing, human souls made great by love and adversity.]]
'''''Street Angel''''' is a 1928 silent melodrama directed by Frank Borzage, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. It tells the story of Angela (Janet Gaynor), a poor young girl from Naples whose mother is ill, and to pay for the medicine she decides to resort to prostitution. Before she actually gets a client, police catches her. She is sentenced to a year in prison, but flees with a traveling circus.
In circus she meets a young painter Gino (Charles Farrell) and falls in love. He paints Angela's portrait that captures her inner beauty and purity. After she injures her leg during a show, they leave circus and decide to settle down back in Naples.
Short on money, they sell the portrait to crooks who re-paint it into an icon of a saint, and sell it as a work by an Old Master. Meanwhile, Gino gets a big job to paint a mural for a theater, but at the same time a policeman recognizes Angela's face and comes to get her to prison, the very evening Gino asked her to marry him. Fearing that if Gino found out about her past, it would devastate him, and he wouldn't be able to paint anymore, Angela disappears without a word. It devastates Gino, and he can't paint anymore, so he loses the job and sinks into a depression, while Angela in jail is happy, believing her beloved is making great art.
Finally, Angela leaves the prison together with a prostitute Lisetta. Going to the theater, she learns what happened to Gino, finds their house empty and understands she has nowhere to go. Meanwhile, Lisetta meets Gino and tells him the truth about Angela, which makes him furious. Late at night, they both wander the docks and run into each other. Gino attacks Angela and chases her to a church where they see the painting of Angela as a saint. It helps Gino realize that Angela's inner beauty and purity are still with her. They reconcile, forgive each other and leave the church together.
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!!''Street Angel'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AlmostKiss - after Angela sees her portrait, she and Gino lean to each other... But Mascetto appears to interrupt them.
* BreakTheCutie - happens to both Angela and Gino.
* ChekhovsGun
** The circus drum that gets broken in the very first scene is later used to hide Angela from the police.
** Gino's painting, making a full circle and returning to save the couple in the end.
* ChekhovsGunman
** Mascetto, the circus entrepreneur. We see him in the beginning, quarreling with a merchant over a stolen sausage. Later he saves Angela from the police and she joins his circus.
** Lisetta is playing a pivotal role in the story, accidentally meeting the main characters at crucial points. Angela gets the idea to sell her body when she sees Lisetta from her window in the beginning. When Angela returns to Naples, Lisetta is her neighbor. In jail, both women end up in the same cell, leaving the jail at the same moment. After that Lisetta stumbles upon Gino in the bar, suggesting to look for Angela in the docks.
* ContrivedCoincidence - Gino and Angela running into the church where Angela's portrait is hanging.
* CryLaughing - Gino, during his breakdown, after Lisetta told him why Angela disappeared.
* CynicismCatalyst - For Angela, her mother's death. For Gino, Angela's disappearance.
* EpicTrackingShot - Borzage's trademark.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys - especially a traveling circus.
* HealthcareMotivation - Angela's mother's illness makes her resort to prostitution.
* HeWentThatWay - Mascetto does this, sending the police away, while hiding Angela in a drum.
* HollywoodDarkness - whenever it becomes dark. Especially apparent in the last scene, where Gino lights a match to see Angela's face, entirely visible to the viewers.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold - averted. Lisetta is shown as a depraved, cynical woman, a complete opposite to Angela's purity.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl - Gino and Angela.
* IdiotBall - yes, Angela, the man who loves you would be devastated if he finds out that you're going to jail for robbery. So just disappear without a word, and he would be absolutely fine.
* InspectorJavert - Neri, sergeant of police, who chases Angela and later comes for her after she returns to Naples.
* InUniverseCatharsis - in the end of the movie, Angela nd Gino's terrible meeting when he chases and almost strangles her, end in a massive catharsis for both of them, restoring their ruined love.
* JadeColoredGlasses - Angela wears these after fleeing Naples, before falling in love with Gino. Gion, in turn, puts them on after she disappears, and only ThePowerOfLove helps him overcome the trauma.
* {{Leitmotif}} - "O Sole Mio" is the song Gino constantly whistles. It becomes the music theme for their love with Angela.
* LoveRedeems - love makes Gino recover from what he became after Angela disappeared. It also made Angela literally a saint.
* MadonnaWhoreComplex - Gino surely thinks this way: he has no problem with hitting a prostitute, and almost strangles Angela before realizing she's saintly after all.
* MeaningfulName - Angela.
* {{Melodrama}}
* MissingEpisode
** The original negative was destroyed in a fire in 1937. The movie was believed to be lost for many years, found and released only in 2008.
** In-universe: the crooks sell Angela's portrait pretending it's a recently discovered painting by an Old Master.
* MoodDissonance - The scene where Angela tries to sell her body to buy medicine for her dying mother is surprisingly lighthearted and funny.
* MoodWhiplash - one of Borzage's favorite tropes. We get lots of these, every new scene abruptly changing mood, going from tragic to funny to romantic to dramatic to heartwarming to heartbreaking.
* ParentalAbandonment - Gino's parents and Angela's father are never seen or mentioned. Angela's mother dies in the very beginning of the movie.
* PoirotSpeak - the story takes place in Italy, and there's a healthy dose of lines like "Si, si, Mama! I will be back soon with the medicine.".
* ReactionShot - before we see the portrait, we watch for almost half a minute Angela's reaction to it.
* SecondFaceSmoke - Gino [[ValuesDissonance lovingly]] puffs smoke into Angela's face.
* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids - Angela's attitude while she's traveling with the circus, before falling in love with Gino.
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* SoundtrackDissonance
** While Gino is running the streets looking for disappeared Angela, he passes a street orchestra playing a joyful song.
** In-universe: when Angela is already going away with the policeman, Gino, not seeing her happily whistles "O Sole Mio". With tears in her eyes, Angela whistles along before disappearing.
* SpiritualSuccessor - to Borzage's '7th Heaven' (1927), also starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.
* {{Streetwalker}} - Lisetta. Angela tries to become one, and fails miserably.
* TearfulSmile - before going to prison, Angela spend her last hour with Gino, celebrating and faking a smile with tears in her eyes.
* TheMuse - Angela, to Gino.
* ThePowerOfLove - movie's main theme.
* TheWoobie - Angela.
* TitleDrop - Lisetta calls Angela a street angel when they met in jail.
* {{Tsundere}} - while traveling with the circus, Angela becomes cynical and behaves like this, mocking Gino and even destroying his painting. However, after she falls in love in him, she permanently returns to her real sweetheart self.
* ValuesDissonance - see WouldHitAGirl and SecondFaceSmoke.
* WatchOutForThatTree - Downplayed. Angela is so captivated by looking at a rich couple on the streets that she bumps into a wall.
* WouldHitAGirl - Gino can hit Lisetta [[ValuesDissonance and still be a romantic hero]].
[[caption-width-right:200:Everywhere... in every town, in every street... we pass, unknowing, human souls made great by love and adversity.]]
'''''Street Angel''''' is a 1928 silent melodrama directed by Frank Borzage, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. It tells the story of Angela (Janet Gaynor), a poor young girl from Naples whose mother is ill, and to pay for the medicine she decides to resort to prostitution. Before she actually gets a client, police catches her. She is sentenced to a year in prison, but flees with a traveling circus.
In circus she meets a young painter Gino (Charles Farrell) and falls in love. He paints Angela's portrait that captures her inner beauty and purity. After she injures her leg during a show, they leave circus and decide to settle down back in Naples.
Short on money, they sell the portrait to crooks who re-paint it into an icon of a saint, and sell it as a work by an Old Master. Meanwhile, Gino gets a big job to paint a mural for a theater, but at the same time a policeman recognizes Angela's face and comes to get her to prison, the very evening Gino asked her to marry him. Fearing that if Gino found out about her past, it would devastate him, and he wouldn't be able to paint anymore, Angela disappears without a word. It devastates Gino, and he can't paint anymore, so he loses the job and sinks into a depression, while Angela in jail is happy, believing her beloved is making great art.
Finally, Angela leaves the prison together with a prostitute Lisetta. Going to the theater, she learns what happened to Gino, finds their house empty and understands she has nowhere to go. Meanwhile, Lisetta meets Gino and tells him the truth about Angela, which makes him furious. Late at night, they both wander the docks and run into each other. Gino attacks Angela and chases her to a church where they see the painting of Angela as a saint. It helps Gino realize that Angela's inner beauty and purity are still with her. They reconcile, forgive each other and leave the church together.
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!!''Street Angel'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AlmostKiss - after Angela sees her portrait, she and Gino lean to each other... But Mascetto appears to interrupt them.
* BreakTheCutie - happens to both Angela and Gino.
* ChekhovsGun
** The circus drum that gets broken in the very first scene is later used to hide Angela from the police.
** Gino's painting, making a full circle and returning to save the couple in the end.
* ChekhovsGunman
** Mascetto, the circus entrepreneur. We see him in the beginning, quarreling with a merchant over a stolen sausage. Later he saves Angela from the police and she joins his circus.
** Lisetta is playing a pivotal role in the story, accidentally meeting the main characters at crucial points. Angela gets the idea to sell her body when she sees Lisetta from her window in the beginning. When Angela returns to Naples, Lisetta is her neighbor. In jail, both women end up in the same cell, leaving the jail at the same moment. After that Lisetta stumbles upon Gino in the bar, suggesting to look for Angela in the docks.
* ContrivedCoincidence - Gino and Angela running into the church where Angela's portrait is hanging.
* CryLaughing - Gino, during his breakdown, after Lisetta told him why Angela disappeared.
* CynicismCatalyst - For Angela, her mother's death. For Gino, Angela's disappearance.
* EpicTrackingShot - Borzage's trademark.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys - especially a traveling circus.
* HealthcareMotivation - Angela's mother's illness makes her resort to prostitution.
* HeWentThatWay - Mascetto does this, sending the police away, while hiding Angela in a drum.
* HollywoodDarkness - whenever it becomes dark. Especially apparent in the last scene, where Gino lights a match to see Angela's face, entirely visible to the viewers.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold - averted. Lisetta is shown as a depraved, cynical woman, a complete opposite to Angela's purity.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl - Gino and Angela.
* IdiotBall - yes, Angela, the man who loves you would be devastated if he finds out that you're going to jail for robbery. So just disappear without a word, and he would be absolutely fine.
* InspectorJavert - Neri, sergeant of police, who chases Angela and later comes for her after she returns to Naples.
* InUniverseCatharsis - in the end of the movie, Angela nd Gino's terrible meeting when he chases and almost strangles her, end in a massive catharsis for both of them, restoring their ruined love.
* JadeColoredGlasses - Angela wears these after fleeing Naples, before falling in love with Gino. Gion, in turn, puts them on after she disappears, and only ThePowerOfLove helps him overcome the trauma.
* {{Leitmotif}} - "O Sole Mio" is the song Gino constantly whistles. It becomes the music theme for their love with Angela.
* LoveRedeems - love makes Gino recover from what he became after Angela disappeared. It also made Angela literally a saint.
* MadonnaWhoreComplex - Gino surely thinks this way: he has no problem with hitting a prostitute, and almost strangles Angela before realizing she's saintly after all.
* MeaningfulName - Angela.
* {{Melodrama}}
* MissingEpisode
** The original negative was destroyed in a fire in 1937. The movie was believed to be lost for many years, found and released only in 2008.
** In-universe: the crooks sell Angela's portrait pretending it's a recently discovered painting by an Old Master.
* MoodDissonance - The scene where Angela tries to sell her body to buy medicine for her dying mother is surprisingly lighthearted and funny.
* MoodWhiplash - one of Borzage's favorite tropes. We get lots of these, every new scene abruptly changing mood, going from tragic to funny to romantic to dramatic to heartwarming to heartbreaking.
* ParentalAbandonment - Gino's parents and Angela's father are never seen or mentioned. Angela's mother dies in the very beginning of the movie.
* PoirotSpeak - the story takes place in Italy, and there's a healthy dose of lines like "Si, si, Mama! I will be back soon with the medicine.".
* ReactionShot - before we see the portrait, we watch for almost half a minute Angela's reaction to it.
* SecondFaceSmoke - Gino [[ValuesDissonance lovingly]] puffs smoke into Angela's face.
* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids - Angela's attitude while she's traveling with the circus, before falling in love with Gino.
* SilentMovie
* SoundtrackDissonance
** While Gino is running the streets looking for disappeared Angela, he passes a street orchestra playing a joyful song.
** In-universe: when Angela is already going away with the policeman, Gino, not seeing her happily whistles "O Sole Mio". With tears in her eyes, Angela whistles along before disappearing.
* SpiritualSuccessor - to Borzage's '7th Heaven' (1927), also starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell.
* {{Streetwalker}} - Lisetta. Angela tries to become one, and fails miserably.
* TearfulSmile - before going to prison, Angela spend her last hour with Gino, celebrating and faking a smile with tears in her eyes.
* TheMuse - Angela, to Gino.
* ThePowerOfLove - movie's main theme.
* TheWoobie - Angela.
* TitleDrop - Lisetta calls Angela a street angel when they met in jail.
* {{Tsundere}} - while traveling with the circus, Angela becomes cynical and behaves like this, mocking Gino and even destroying his painting. However, after she falls in love in him, she permanently returns to her real sweetheart self.
* ValuesDissonance - see WouldHitAGirl and SecondFaceSmoke.
* WatchOutForThatTree - Downplayed. Angela is so captivated by looking at a rich couple on the streets that she bumps into a wall.
* WouldHitAGirl - Gino can hit Lisetta [[ValuesDissonance and still be a romantic hero]].
