Biography
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Merritt B. Gerstad (5 July 1900, Chicago, Illinois β 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.
Filmography
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Movies 72
Director 12
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Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
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Cinematographer

Conflict (1945)
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Director of Photography

Watch on the Rhine (1943)
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Cinematographer

Night in New Orleans (1942)
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Director of Photography

Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)
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4
Cinematographer

The House Across the Bay (1940)
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4
Cinematographer

Slightly Honorable (1939)
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Director of Photography

Eternally Yours (1939)
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Cinematographer

Winter Carnival (1939)
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Cinematographer

I'm from Missouri (1939)
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Cinematographer

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)
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Cinematographer

She Married an Artist (1937)
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Director of Photography

Souls at Sea (1937)
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Cinematographer

As Good as Married (1937)
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Cinematographer

Seventh Heaven (1937)
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Cinematographer

The Magnificent Brute (1936)
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Director of Photography

The Luckiest Girl in the World (1936)
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Cinematographer

Girls Dormitory (1936)
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Director of Photography

One Rainy Afternoon (1936)
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Director of Photography

The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
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Cinematographer

Strike Me Pink (1936)
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Director of Photography

A Night at the Opera (1935)
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4.29
Cinematographer

Orchids to You (1935)
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Cinematographer

The Daring Young Man (1935)
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Cinematographer

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
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Cinematographer

Imitation of Life (1934)
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Cinematographer

Social Register (1934)
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Cinematographer

Beloved (1934)
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Cinematographer

Only Yesterday (1933)
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Director of Photography

The Mayor of Hell (1933)
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Cinematographer

The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)
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Cinematographer

Goldie Gets Along (1933)
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Cinematographer

Payment Deferred (1932)
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Cinematographer

Strange Justice (1932)
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Cinematographer

Night World (1932)
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Director of Photography

Freaks (1932)
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5.5
Cinematographer

West of Broadway (1931)
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Cinematographer

Flying High (1931)
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Cinematographer

Guilty Hands (1931)
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Cinematographer

The Great Lover (1931)
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Cinematographer

Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931)
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Cinematographer

Daybreak (1931)
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Cinematographer

Gentleman's Fate (1931)
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Cinematographer

The Singer of Seville (1931)
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Cinematographer

Sevilla de mis Amores (1930)
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Cinematographer

Remote Control (1930)
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Cinematographer

Those Three French Girls (1930)
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Cinematographer

Call of the Flesh (1930)
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Cinematographer

Our Blushing Brides (1930)
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3.5
Cinematographer

Every woman's longing (1930)
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Cinematographer

A Lady to Love (1930)
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Cinematographer

Devil-May-Care (1929)
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Cinematographer

Navy Blues (1929)
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Cinematographer

The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
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Cinematographer

Wonder of Women (1929)
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Cinematographer

A Man's Man (1929)
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Cinematographer

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
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Cinematographer

Tide of Empire (1929)
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Cinematographer

Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928)
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Cinematographer

Forbidden Hours (1928)
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Cinematographer

A Certain Young Man (1928)
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Cinematographer

London After Midnight (1927)
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Director of Photography

Mockery (1927)
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Cinematographer

The Unknown (1927)
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4.36
Cinematographer

The Ice Flood (1926)
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Cinematographer

The Road to Mandalay (1926)
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Cinematographer

Dangerous Innocence (1925)
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Cinematographer

The Mad Whirl (1925)
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Cinematographer

The Galloping Ace (1924)
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Cinematographer

The Phantom Horseman (1924)
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Director of Photography

The Man from Wyoming (1924)
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Information
Known ForCamera
GenderMale
Birthday1900-07-05
Deathday1974-03-01 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceChicago, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsM. Gerstad, Merritt Gerstad, Merrott B. Gerstad, Merritt Gerstedt
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