Jay Leyda Movies

  • 1925
    Battleship Potemkin

    Battleship Potemkin

    Battleship Potemkin

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    A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The...

    Battleship Potemkin
  • 1931
    A Bronx Morning

    A Bronx Morning

    A Bronx Morning

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    Arrival in the Bronx is shown with a view from an elevated train as it enters the city. Then follows a montage of sights from the Bronx. Many typical...

    A Bronx Morning
  • 1937
    People of the Cumberland

    People of the Cumberland

    People of the Cumberland

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    The film takes place in rural Tennessee, where communities have experienced economic and environmental devastation created by the coal mining...

    People of the Cumberland
  • 1981
    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

    Strong Medicine

    5.61981HD

    Adaptation of an avant-garde play about Rhoda, a hysterical heroine who feels oppressed by the people around her. She suffers through her birthday...

    Strong Medicine
  • 1955
    Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study

    Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study

    Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study

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    "Eisenstein journeyed to Mexico in late 1930 to begin shooting a film. With backing provided by Upton and Mary Craig Sinclair, the great Soviet...

    Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
  • 1941
    Youth Gets a Break

    Youth Gets a Break

    Youth Gets a Break

    01941HD

    Short subject commissioned by the National Youth Association to show their efforts at providing job training for unemployed poor youth.

    Youth Gets a Break