Camera
Merritt B. Gerstad
EN, DE, ES cinema · 66 credits
Born
5 July 1900
Died
1 March 1974 (aged 73)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as M. Gerstad · Merritt Gerstad · Merrott B. Gerstad · Merritt Gerstedt
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known for
Filmography
Conflict
Director of Photography
Rhapsody in Blue
Additional Photography
Watch on the Rhine
Director of Photography
Night in New Orleans
Director of Photography
Tom, Dick and Harry
Director of Photography
The House Across the Bay
Director of Photography
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
1940
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Director of Photography
Slightly Honorable
Director of Photography
Winter Carnival
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Eternally Yours
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Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
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She Married an Artist
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Seventh Heaven
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Souls at Sea
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Strike Me Pink
Director of Photography
The Magnificent Brute
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The Great Ziegfeld
Director of Photography
One Rainy Afternoon
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The Luckiest Girl in the World
Director of Photography
A Night at the Opera
Director of Photography
The Daring Young Man
Cinematography
Social Register
Director of Photography
Imitation of Life
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Beloved
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The Secret of Madame Blanche
Director of Photography
Only Yesterday
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Goldie Gets Along
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The Mayor of Hell
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Freaks
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Payment Deferred
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Night World
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Strange Justice
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The Great Lover
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Flying High
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Gentleman's Fate
Cinematography
Guilty Hands
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Never the Twain Shall Meet
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Daybreak
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West of Broadway
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Call of the Flesh
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A Lady to Love
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Remote Control
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Our Blushing Brides
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Every Woman's Longing
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Those Three French Girls
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Sevilla de mis Amores
Cinematography
Devil-May-Care
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Navy Blues
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
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The Thirteenth Chair
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A Man's Man
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Tide of Empire
Cinematography
Wonder of Women
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Circus Rookies
1928
Circus Rookies
Cinematography
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Director of Photography
The Unknown
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Mockery
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London After Midnight
Director of Photography
The Ice Flood
1926
The Ice Flood
Director of Photography
The Mad Whirl
Director of Photography
Tessie
1925
Tessie
Cinematography
The Phantom Horseman
Cinematography
The Man from Wyoming
Director of Photography
Fight and Win
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The Galloping Ace
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The Poor Simp
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