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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.
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
(1932)
Director of Photography
Conflict
(1945)
Director of Photography
The Great Ziegfeld
(1936)
Director of Photography
Imitation of Life
(1934)
Director of Photography
The Unknown
(1927)
Director of Photography
A Night at the Opera
(1935)
Director of Photography
Full Filmography
Camera
The Ice Flood
(1926)
Director of Photography
The Unknown
(1927)
Director of Photography
Mockery
(1927)
Director of Photography
London After Midnight
(1927)
Director of Photography
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
(1929)
Director of Photography
Navy Blues
(1929)
Director of Photography
The Thirteenth Chair
(1929)
Director of Photography
Devil-May-Care
(1929)
Director of Photography
A Man's Man
(1929)
Director of Photography
Our Blushing Brides
(1930)
Director of Photography
A Lady to Love
(1930)
Director of Photography
Remote Control
(1930)
Director of Photography
Those Three French Girls
(1930)
Director of Photography
Call of the Flesh
(1930)
Director of Photography
Every woman's longing
(1930)
Director of Photography
The Great Lover
(1931)
Director of Photography
Flying High
(1931)
Director of Photography
Guilty Hands
(1931)
Director of Photography
Never the Twain Shall Meet
(1931)
Director of Photography
Daybreak
(1931)
Director of Photography
Freaks
(1932)
Director of Photography
Payment Deferred
(1932)
Director of Photography
Strange Justice
(1932)
Director of Photography
Night World
(1932)
Director of Photography
The Secret of Madame Blanche
(1933)
Director of Photography
Only Yesterday
(1933)
Director of Photography
Goldie Gets Along
(1933)
Director of Photography
The Mayor of Hell
(1933)
Director of Photography
Social Register
(1934)
Director of Photography
Imitation of Life
(1934)
Director of Photography
Beloved
(1934)
Director of Photography
A Night at the Opera
(1935)
Director of Photography
Strike Me Pink
(1936)
Director of Photography
The Magnificent Brute
(1936)
Director of Photography
The Great Ziegfeld
(1936)
Director of Photography
One Rainy Afternoon
(1936)
Director of Photography
She Married an Artist
(1937)
Director of Photography
Seventh Heaven
(1937)
Director of Photography
Souls at Sea
(1937)
Director of Photography
Winter Carnival
(1939)
Director of Photography
Slightly Honorable
(1939)
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Eternally Yours
(1939)
Director of Photography
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
(1939)
Director of Photography
The House Across the Bay
(1940)
Director of Photography
Andy Hardy's Dilemma: A Lesson in Mathematics... and Other Things
(1940)
Director of Photography
Tom, Dick and Harry
(1941)
Director of Photography
Night in New Orleans
(1942)
Director of Photography
Watch on the Rhine
(1943)
Director of Photography
Conflict
(1945)
Director of Photography
Rhapsody in Blue
(1945)
Additional Photography
Crew