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Balto's Race to Nome Synopsis
In the 1920s in Alaska, an epidemic threatens the town of Nome. Balto, a rejected wolf-dog, sees an opportunity to prove his worth. A race against time begins across snowy landscapes to bring the antitoxin. Balto will have to overcome obstacles and prejudices to become a hero.
The Carpet from Bagdad Synopsis
The Pasha's servant Mohamed, is entrusted to guard the Sacred Carpet of Bagdad with his life. In New York, after banker Arthur Wadsworth forces his brother Horace to give up his inheritance, Horace joins a band of crooks and plans to rob the Wadsworth Bank by tunneling from the adjacent home of antique dealer George P. A. Jones. The gang follows Jones to Egypt and Bagdad, where Horace steals the carpet and sells it to Jones. Fortune Chedsoye, the innocent daughter of a gang member, falls in love with Jones. When Fortune discovers that Mohamed plans to kill Jones to retrieve the rug, she hides it with her mother's belongings. Mohamed forces Jones, Wadsworth, and Fortune into the desert, but they escape his torture during a sandstorm. Wadsworth then rejoins the gang at Jones' home in New York. When Fortune and Jones catch the crooks tunneling, Jones, sympathetically, gives them a two hour head-start before informing the police. Fortune and Jones keep the carpet, while in the East, Mohamed bows in resignation to Allah's will.
"Balto's Race to Nome" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "The Carpet from Bagdad" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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Balto's Race to Nome