Summary
Dodging a Million unfurls a delightful tapestry of comedic irony, charting the improbable trajectory of Arabella Flynn, a seemingly ordinary shop girl. Through a delightful twist of fate or perhaps, more accurately, a profound misunderstanding, Arabella becomes convinced she is the recipient of a sudden, vast inheritance. This newfound, albeit illusory, affluence propels her into a dizzying vortex of extravagant spending, a lavish indulgence that inevitably culminates in a precarious financial quagmire. Just as the walls of her self-created illusion threaten to collapse, exposing her to the harsh realities of her misjudgment, the narrative executes a breathtaking pirouette. In a stroke of narrative serendipity that defies mere coincidence, Arabella discovers her initial misapprehension was, in fact, a premonition of truth: she *is* genuinely an heiress. This astonishing revelation not only salvages her from imminent financial ruin but also serendipitously paves the way for a socially advantageous union with the scion of a prominent corset manufacturing empire, cementing her ascent into the very echelons of society she had so blithely, if mistakenly, attempted to inhabit. The film thus explores the capricious nature of fortune, the intoxicating allure of wealth, and the often-comical dance between perception and reality, all while delivering a satisfying, if utterly improbable, Cinderella story for the modern age.
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Mabel plays Arabella Flynn, a shop girl who mistakenly thinks she is an heiress. She gets in a jam on a spending spree only to discover that she actually is an heiress and can marry the heir of a corset manufacturer.
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