How the Earth Was Carpeted (1914)
The mighty Kalpoor of Swat had a shrewd suspicion that as a raconteur of humorous stories he had quite a bit on the justly famed Joe Miller. The Kalpoor liked everybody to be cheerful about him and he particularly liked everybody to explode in roars of laughter whenever he cracked a joke. Nur-ed-Din was a peculiarly poetic poet. Because he was so particularly peculiar and poetic, and also because he was desperately in love with the Princess Zulika, it happened that he one day failed to laugh at one of the Kalpoor's witticisms. The justly incensed potentate immediately exiled the poet from his court. Some weeks later, the light of Asia, the Mighty Elephant, the Kalpoor of Swat, placed his saintly foot on an ordinary pebble and leaped into the air with a loud and particularly devout exclamation. The idea that his austere and roseate foot should thus be subject to indignity from such lowly objects as pebbles struck the Kalpoor as a distinct reflection on the existing condition of things. Accordingly he issued a proclamation promising tremendous sums of gold and the hand of his daughter, Zulika, to the man who should carpet the earth for him. Zulika, who had her own ideas on the subject of marriage, went and begged her banished Nur-ed-Din to try to do something. So while the wise men and philosophers racked their brains in vain over the problem, Nur-ed-Din let his own massive intelligence dwell lightly on possible solutions. And at last he hit it. The Kalpoor was in a very bad humor when Nnr-ed-Diu disguised as an old man, presented himself at court. The summary execution of a few score contenders for the prize who had failed to make good had not appreciably improved the royal temper. But when Nur-ed-Din placed a fine pair of shoes on the royal feet and showed the Kalpoor how easily he could walk over tacks and broken glass, the monarch praised his gods in a loud voice, forgave Nur-ed-Din and bestowed the promised rewards upon him.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Ashley Miller | Director |
| Ethel Browning | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Augustus Phillips | |
| Mary Fuller | |
| Frank A. Lyons | |
| William West |
