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Merritt B. Gerstad

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.

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Movies Made by Merritt B. Gerstad (62)

Rhapsody in Blue (1945)

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Conflict (1945)

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Watch on the Rhine (1943)

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Night in New Orleans (1942)

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Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)

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The House Across the Bay (1940)

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Slightly Honorable (1939)

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Eternally Yours (1939)

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Winter Carnival (1939)

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She Married an Artist (1937)

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Souls at Sea (1937)

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Seventh Heaven (1937)

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The Magnificent Brute (1936)

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One Rainy Afternoon (1936)

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The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

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Strike Me Pink (1936)

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A Night at the Opera (1935)

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Imitation of Life (1934)

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Social Register (1934)

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Beloved (1934)

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Only Yesterday (1933)

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The Mayor of Hell (1933)

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Goldie Gets Along (1933)

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Payment Deferred (1932)

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Strange Justice (1932)

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Night World (1932)

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Freaks (1932)

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West of Broadway (1931)

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Flying High (1931)

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Guilty Hands (1931)

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The Great Lover (1931)

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Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931)

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Daybreak (1931)

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Remote Control (1930)

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Those Three French Girls (1930)

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Call of the Flesh (1930)

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Our Blushing Brides (1930)

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Every Woman's Longing (1930)

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A Lady to Love (1930)

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Devil-May-Care (1929)

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Navy Blues (1929)

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The Thirteenth Chair (1929)

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Wonder of Women (1929)

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A Man's Man (1929)

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)

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Tide of Empire (1929)

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Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928)

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London After Midnight (1927)

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Mockery (1927)

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The Unknown (1927)

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The Ice Flood (1926)

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The Mad Whirl (1925)

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The Galloping Ace (1924)

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The Man from Wyoming (1924)

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Same first name: Merritt

Same surname: Gerstad