Dodging a Million

Dodging a Million
1918 magazine ad
Directed by	George Loane Tucker
Written by	Edgar Selwyn A. M. Kennedy George Loane Tucker
Starring	Mabel Normand
Cinematography	Oliver T. Marsh
Production company	Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
Distributed by	Goldwyn Distributing Corporation
Release date	January 28, 1918 (1918-01-28)
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent

Dodging a Million is a 1918 American comedy film starring Mabel Normand and Tom Moore, directed by George Loane Tucker, written by A. M. Kennedy, Edgar Selwyn, and Loane, and photographed by Oliver T. Marsh. The black and white silent film was released by the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation. It is not known whether the film currently survives,^[1] and it may be a lost film.^[2]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[3] employed as a mannequin, Arabella Flynn (Normand) decides to have one good time and so with gown and coat belonging to her employer she goes to a fashionable restaurant where she attracts the attention of Jack Forsythe (Moore). During her meal her employer comes into the place so Arabella rushes pell mell into the street. Arriving at her boarding house, she finds that she has fallen heir to a fortune. She immediately goes to a fashionable hotel where, because of her inheritance, she is the center of attention. After several fashionable shops have given her their wares and extended unlimited credit, they learn a mistake has been made in her check and flock immediately to her hotel to demand payment. In the midst of her trouble Arabella learns that the only mistake made is in the size of her check. After she has reassured her creditors, she agrees to become the wife of Jack.