The Carpet from Bagdad
The Carpet from Bagdad is a 1915 American silent adventure film directed by Colin Campbell and based on Harold MacGraths 1911 eponymous novel. In the story, Horace Wadsworth played by Guy Oliver, one of a gang of criminals also planning a bank robbery in New York, steals the titular prayer rug from its Baghdad mosque. He sells the carpet to antique dealer George Jones Wheeler Oakman to fund the robbery scheme. But the theft places both men and Fortune Chedsoye Kathlyn Williams, the innocent daughter of another conspirator, in danger from the carpets guardian.
Horace Wadsworth, disinherited brother of New York banker Arthur Wadsworth, joins a gang of international criminals. He plots to rob his brothers bank by constructing a tunnel from the nearby home of antique dealer George Jones, who is currently on a trip to Cairo to purchase antique rugs. Horace follows him there, and learning of the Sacred Carpet of Bagdad, joins the caravan of its sworn guardian, Mohamed. Meanwhile, Horaces confederates Major Callahan and Mrs. Chedsoye arrive in Cairo along with Mrs. Chedsoyes daughter, Fortune, who is unaware of her mothers illicit activities.When the criminals meet with Jones in Cairo, he becomes enamored with Fortune. Horace steals the Sacred Carpet from Mohameds mosque and sells it to Jones to fund the robbery plan. Fortune, becoming suspicious of her mother and the surrounding events, steals the prayer rug from Jones and hides it in her mothers effects. Unable to locate the stolen carpet, Mohamed kidnaps Horace, Jones, and Fortune. Meanwhile, Mrs. Chedsoye and Major Callahan return to New York, where a fourth member of the conspiracy, Wallace, has acquired forged paperwork to gain access to the Jones residence. ........
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