Merritt B. Gerstad
Camera
- Born
- July 5, 1900 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- March 1, 1974 (age 73)
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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.
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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.
Known for
Freaks
January 1, 1932
A Night at the Opera
November 15, 1935
The Unknown
May 29, 1927
The Great Ziegfeld
April 8, 1936
Imitation of Life
November 23, 1934
Conflict
June 15, 1945
Watch on the Rhine
August 27, 1943
The Mayor of Hell
June 24, 1933
London After Midnight
December 3, 1927
Eternally Yours
October 7, 1939
Tom, Dick and Harry
June 13, 1941
Our Blushing Brides
July 19, 1930
Behind the camera66
- 1945Rhapsody in Blue Additional Photography
- 1945Conflict Director of Photography
- 1943Watch on the Rhine Director of Photography
- 1942Night in New Orleans Director of Photography
- 1941Tom, Dick and Harry Director of Photography
- 1940The House Across the Bay Director of Photography
- 1940Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things Director of Photography
- 1939Slightly Honorable Director of Photography
- 1939Eternally Yours Director of Photography
- 1939