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 cinegrapher 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 (194...
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Date of birth:
- Jul 5, 1900
Date of death:
- Mar 1, 1974 (age 73 years)
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Also known as:
- Merritt Gerstad,
- M. Gerstad,
- Merritt Gerstedt,
- Merrott B. Gerstad,
- Merritt Berstad
