title: George Dromgold
text: # George Dromgold
  
  George C. Dromgold (July 14, 1893 – April 9, 1948) was an actor and writer, who wrote a book about his South Seas exploration.
  
  ## Early years
  
  George Dromgold was the son of R. W. Dromgold, a Los Angeles businessman, real estate investor, and member of the Los Angeles City Council, and Nellie Squire Dromgold. George Dromgold worked as a salesman, lived for a time in Honolulu, and entered movies in 1914. He received his first screenplay credit in 1927.
  
  ## Later career
  
  In 1933, Dromgold and James B. Shackelford traveled to the Great Barrier Reef and Papua, spending three months at Fiji. At Suva, they observed and analyzed fire-walking. Dromgold wrote a book, Two Lugs on a Lugger, with photographs by Shackelford, describing their adventures.
  
  ## Selected filmography
  
  * In Wrong (1919)
  * Go and Get It (1920)
  * Through the Back Door (1921)
  * Minnie (1922)
  * Fools First (1922)
  * The Lying Truth (1922)
  * Waking Up the Town (1925)
  * Polly of the Movies (1927)
  * Ragtime (1927)
  * Love Over Night (1928)
  * Marked Money (1928)
  * Celebrity (1928)
  * Square Shoulders (1929)
  