Personal Info
Known For
Camera
Gender
Male
July 5, 1900
Died
March 1, 1974 (73 years old)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- M. Gerstad
- Merritt Gerstad
- Merrott B. Gerstad
- Merritt Gerstedt
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.
Known For
Crew
Rhapsody in Blue
Additional Photography
1945
Conflict
Director of Photography
1945
Watch on the Rhine
Director of Photography
1943
Tom, Dick and Harry
Director of Photography
1941
The House Across the Bay
Director of Photography
1940
Eternally Yours
Director of Photography
1939
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Director of Photography
1939
Souls at Sea
Director of Photography
1937
Seventh Heaven
Director of Photography
1937
One Rainy Afternoon
Director of Photography
1936
The Great Ziegfeld
Director of Photography
1936
A Night at the Opera
Director of Photography
1935