Merritt B. Gerstad
Personal Info
Known for
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1900-07-05
Day of Death
1974-03-01 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Merritt B. Gerstad
Biography
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.
Crew
(1945)
Conflict
Director of Photography
(1945)
Rhapsody in Blue
Additional Photography
(1943)
Watch on the Rhine
Director of Photography
(1942)
Night in New Orleans
Director of Photography
(1941)
Tom, Dick and Harry
Director of Photography
(1940)
The House Across the Bay
Director of Photography
(1940)
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
Director of Photography
(1939)
Slightly Honorable
Director of Photography
(1939)
Winter Carnival
Director of Photography
(1939)
Eternally Yours
Director of Photography
(1939)
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Director of Photography
(1937)
She Married an Artist
Director of Photography
(1937)
Seventh Heaven
Director of Photography
(1937)
Souls at Sea
Director of Photography
(1936)
Strike Me Pink
Director of Photography
(1936)
The Magnificent Brute
Director of Photography
(1936)
The Great Ziegfeld
Director of Photography
(1936)
One Rainy Afternoon
Director of Photography
(1936)
The Luckiest Girl in the World
Director of Photography
(1935)
A Night at the Opera
Director of Photography
(1935)
The Daring Young Man
Cinematography
(1934)
Social Register
Director of Photography
(1934)
Imitation of Life
Director of Photography
(1934)
Beloved
Director of Photography
(1933)
The Secret of Madame Blanche
Director of Photography
(1933)
Only Yesterday
Director of Photography
(1933)
Goldie Gets Along
Director of Photography
(1933)
The Mayor of Hell
Director of Photography
(1932)
Freaks
Director of Photography
(1932)
Payment Deferred
Director of Photography
(1932)
Night World
Director of Photography
(1932)
Strange Justice
Director of Photography
(1931)
The Great Lover
Director of Photography
(1931)
Flying High
Director of Photography
(1931)
Gentleman's Fate
Cinematography
(1931)
Guilty Hands
Director of Photography
(1931)
Never the Twain Shall Meet
Director of Photography
(1931)
Daybreak
Director of Photography
(1930)
Call of the Flesh
Director of Photography
(1930)
A Lady to Love
Director of Photography
(1930)
Remote Control
Director of Photography
(1930)
Our Blushing Brides
Director of Photography
(1930)
Every Woman's Longing
Director of Photography
(1930)
Those Three French Girls
Director of Photography
(1929)
Devil-May-Care
Director of Photography
(1929)
Navy Blues
Director of Photography
(1929)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Director of Photography
(1929)
The Thirteenth Chair
Director of Photography
(1929)
A Man's Man
Director of Photography
(1929)
Tide of Empire
Cinematography
(1927)
The Unknown
Director of Photography
(1927)
Mockery
Director of Photography
(1927)
London After Midnight
Director of Photography
(1926)
The Ice Flood
Director of Photography
(1925)
The Mad Whirl
Director of Photography
(1924)
The Phantom Horseman
Cinematography
(1924)
The Man from Wyoming
Director of Photography