The Unpainted Woman is a 1919 American drama film directed by Tod Browning that is based upon a story by Sinclair Lewis.

Charley Holt (Butler), son from one of the best families in Mullinsdale, cares for Gudrun and asks her to a dance.

A child is born to them, but after five years of hard drinking, Charley is fatally injured in a saloon fight, circumstances which distress Gudrun.

In return, he assists in the work and helps bring in the harvest, and when the barn catches fire, saves Gudrun and her child.

Martin is suspected of starting the fire, and narrowly survives an attempted lynching by the excited townspeople.