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
all 64
Movies 64
Director 21
Additional Photography
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Movie
Director of Photography
Conflict (1945)
Movie
Cinematographer
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Movie
Cinematographer
Night in New Orleans (1942)
Movie
Cinematographer
Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)
Movie
4
Cinematographer
The House Across the Bay (1940)
Movie
4
Cinematographer
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things (1940)
Movie
Director of Photography
Slightly Honorable (1939)
Movie
Director of Photography
Eternally Yours (1939)
Movie
Director of Photography
Winter Carnival (1939)
Movie
Cinematographer
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (1939)
Movie
Cinematographer
She Married an Artist (1937)
Movie
Director of Photography
Souls at Sea (1937)
Movie
Cinematographer
Seventh Heaven (1937)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Magnificent Brute (1936)
Movie
Cinematographer
Girls Dormitory (1936)
Movie
Director of Photography
One Rainy Afternoon (1936)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Movie
Director of Photography
Strike Me Pink (1936)
Movie
Director of Photography
A Night at the Opera (1935)
Movie
4.29
Cinematography
The Daring Young Man (1935)
Movie
Director of Photography
Imitation of Life (1934)
Movie
Director of Photography
Social Register (1934)
Movie
Director of Photography
Beloved (1934)
Movie
Director of Photography
Only Yesterday (1933)
Movie
Director of Photography
The Mayor of Hell (1933)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)
Movie
Cinematographer
Goldie Gets Along (1933)
Movie
Cinematographer
Payment Deferred (1932)
Movie
Cinematographer
Strange Justice (1932)
Movie
Director of Photography
Night World (1932)
Movie
Director of Photography
Freaks (1932)
Movie
5.5
Cinematographer
West of Broadway (1931)
Movie
Director of Photography
Flying High (1931)
Movie
Cinematographer
Guilty Hands (1931)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Great Lover (1931)
Movie
Cinematographer
Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931)
Movie
Cinematographer
Daybreak (1931)
Movie
Cinematographer
Gentleman's Fate (1931)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Singer of Seville (1931)
Movie
Cinematographer
Sevilla de mis Amores (1930)
Movie
Director of Photography
Remote Control (1930)
Movie
Director of Photography
Those Three French Girls (1930)
Movie
Cinematographer
Call of the Flesh (1930)
Movie
Cinematographer
Our Blushing Brides (1930)
Movie
3.5
Cinematographer
Every woman's longing (1930)
Movie
Cinematographer
A Lady to Love (1930)
Movie
Director of Photography
Devil-May-Care (1929)
Movie
Cinematographer
Navy Blues (1929)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Thirteenth Chair (1929)
Movie
Cinematographer
Wonder of Women (1929)
Movie
Cinematographer
A Man's Man (1929)
Movie
Director of Photography
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)
Movie
Cinematographer
Tide of Empire (1929)
Movie
Cinematographer
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928)
Movie
Cinematographer
Forbidden Hours (1928)
Movie
Cinematographer
London After Midnight (1927)
Movie
Director of Photography
Mockery (1927)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Unknown (1927)
Movie
4.36
Cinematographer
The Ice Flood (1926)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Road to Mandalay (1926)
Movie
Cinematographer
Dangerous Innocence (1925)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Phantom Horseman (1924)
Movie
Cinematographer
The Man from Wyoming (1924)
Movie
Ratings
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1929
1932
1930
1945
Information
Known ForCamera
GenderMale
Birthday1900-07-05
Deathday1974-03-01 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceChicago, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsM. Gerstad, Merritt Gerstad, Merrott B. Gerstad, Merritt Gerstedt
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