Merritt B. Gerstad

Merritt B. Gerstad(5 July 1900,Chicago,Illinois– 1 March 1974,Laguna Beach,California) was an Americancinematographerof silent and early sound films.

Lili Damita,Charles Brabin,and Merritt B. Gerstad on the set ofThe Bridge of San Luis Rey(1929)

L-R:Benjamin Christensen,Merritt B. Gerstad andLon Chaneyon set ofMockery(1927)

Career

After beginning as a cinematographer on films forUniversal,he worked for MGM, working with directorTod Browningon (the lost)London After Midnight(1927) andFreaks(1932), andSam Woodon theMarx BrothersA Night at the Opera(1935). Later he was atWarner Bros.forWatch on the Rhine(1943) starringBette Davis,Conflict(1945) withHumphrey Bogartin the lead, and theGershwinbiopicRhapsody in Blue(1945), his last credit.

Partial filmography

• The Poor Simp(1920)
• Under Oath(1922)
• The Man from Wyoming(1924)
• High Speed(1924)
• Tessie(1925)
• The Road to Mandalay(1926)
• The Ice Flood(1926)
• The Unknown(1927)
• Mockery(1927)
• London After Midnight(1927)
• Circus Rookies(1928)
• Forbidden Hours(1928)
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey(1929)
• The Thirteenth Chair(1929)
• Devil-May-Care(1929)
• Our Blushing Brides(1930)
• Call of the Flesh(1930)
• West of Broadway(1931)
• Freaks(1932)
• Night World(1932)
• Payment Deferred(1932)
• Goldie Gets Along(1933)
• Only Yesterday(1933)
• Imitation of Life(1934)
• A Night at the Opera(1935)
• One Rainy Afternoon(1936)
• Girls' Dormitory(1936)
• The Magnificent Brute(1936)
• The Luckiest Girl in the World(1936)
• Seventh Heaven(1937)
• Eternally Yours(1939)
• Slightly Honorable(1939)
• Tom, Dick and Harry(1941)
• Conflict(1945)
• Rhapsody in Blue(1945)

External links

• Merritt B. GerstadatIMDb