The Carpet from Bagdad

The Carpet from Bagdad
Wheeler Oakman, Kathlyn Williams and Charles Clary in The Carpet from Bagdad
Directed by	Colin Campbell
Written by	Harold MacGrath
Based on	The Carpet from Bagdad by Harold MacGrath
Starring	Kathlyn Williams Wheeler Oakman Guy Oliver Charles Clary
Production company	Selig Polyscope Company
Distributed by	V-L-S-E, Incorporated
Release date	May 3, 1915 (1915-05-03)
Running time	5 reels[1]
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

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 (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 carpet's guardian.

Marketing for the film included a media tour of part of the set and an invitation-only screening sponsored by the publisher of MacGrath's book. The Carpet from Bagdad was released on May 3, 1915 to mostly positive reviews. Many praised the tinted desert scenes and realistic Middle East imagery, although some felt the scenery overshadowed the characters. The film is now mostly lost, although one badly damaged reel was salvaged from the RMS Lusitania in 1982.