Merritt B. Gerstad

Merritt B. Gerstad

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Merritt B. Gerstad (5 July 1900, Chicago, Illinois – 1 March 1974, Laguna Beach, California) was an American cinematographer of silent and early sound films. After beginning as a cinematographer on films for Universal, he worked for MGM, working with director Tod Browning on (the lost) London After Midnight (1927) and Freaks (1932), and Sam Wood on the Marx Brothers A Night at the Opera (1935). Later he was at Warner Bros. for Watch on the Rhine (1943) starring Bette Davis, Conflict (1945) with Humphrey Bogart in the lead, and the Gershwin biopic Rhapsody in Blue (1945), his last credit.

Camera

1945

Rhapsody in Blue
Movie

Additional Photography

1945

Conflict
Movie

Director of Photography

1943

Watch on the Rhine
Movie

Director of Photography

1942

Night in New Orleans
Movie

Director of Photography

1941

Tom, Dick and Harry
Movie

Director of Photography

1939

Slightly Honorable
Movie

Director of Photography

1939

Eternally Yours
Movie

Director of Photography

1939

Winter Carnival
Movie

Director of Photography

1937

Souls at Sea
Movie

Director of Photography

1937

Seventh Heaven
Movie

Director of Photography

1936

1936

The Great Ziegfeld
Movie

Director of Photography

1935

A Night at the Opera
Movie

Director of Photography

1934

Imitation of Life
Movie

Director of Photography

1934

Beloved
Movie

Director of Photography

1933

Only Yesterday
Movie

Director of Photography

1933

The Mayor of Hell
Movie

Director of Photography

1933

The Secret of Madame Blanche
Movie

Director of Photography

1932

Freaks
Movie

Director of Photography

1931

West of Broadway
Movie

Director of Photography

1931

Flying High
Movie

Director of Photography

1931

Guilty Hands
Movie

Director of Photography

1930

Our Blushing Brides
Movie

Director of Photography

1930

Every Woman's Longing
Movie

Director of Photography

1930

A Lady to Love
Movie

Director of Photography

1929

Navy Blues
Movie

Director of Photography

1929

Wonder of Women
Movie

Director of Photography

1928

Alias Jimmy Valentine
Movie

Director of Photography

1927

London After Midnight
Movie

Director of Photography

1927

Mockery
Movie

Director of Photography

1927

The Unknown
Movie

Director of Photography

1924

Fight and Win
Movie

Director of Photography

1924

Fight and Win
Movie

Director of Photography

1924

Fight and Win
Movie

Director of Photography

1924

The Galloping Ace
Movie

Director of Photography

1920

The Poor Simp
Movie

Director of Photography

Crew

1930

1928

Circus Rookies
Movie

Cinematography

1928

Circus Rookies
Movie

Cinematography

1928

Circus Rookies
Movie

Cinematography

Infos

Full Name
Merritt B. Gerstad
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
7/5/1900
Date of Death
3/1/1974
Also Known As

M. Gerstad

Merritt Gerstad

Merrott B. Gerstad

Merritt Gerstedt