The Carpet from Bagdad is a 1915 American silent adventure film directed by Colin Campbell and based on Harold MacGrath's 1911 eponymous novel. In the story, Horace Wadsworth, 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 to fund the robbery scheme. But the theft places both men and Fortune Chedsoye, the innocent daughter of another conspirator, in danger from the carpet's guardian.
Wheeler Oakman, Kathlyn Williams and Charles Clary in The Carpet from Bagdad
Guy Oliver and Wheeler Oakman in a scene with the Sacred Carpet of Bagdad
Harold MacGrath was a bestselling and prolific American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He sometimes completed more than one novel per year for the mass market, covering romance, spies, mystery, and adventure.
Harold MacGrath
MacGrath's novella "Madame Who" was the lead story in Blue Book in September 1916
Image: Harold Mac Grath (Ragged Edge, 1922)