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Momma Don't Allow

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Momma Don't Allow
Opening title
Directed by	Karel Reisz Tony Richardson
Written by	Karel Reisz Tony Richardson
Starring	The Chris Barber Jazz Band: Chris Barber Monty Sunshine Pat Halcox Ron Bowden Lonnie Donegan Jim Bray Ottilie Patterson
Cinematography	Walter Lassally
Edited by	John Fletcher
Production company	BFI Experimental Film Fund
Distributed by	British Film Institute
Release date	25 January 1956 (1956-01-25) (UK)
Running time	22 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Momma Don't Allow is a 1956 short British documentary film co-directed by Karel Reisz and Tony Richardson, and filmed by Walter Lassally.^[1] Produced by the British Film Institute Experimental Film Fund,^[2] it was first shown in February 1956, as part of the first Free Cinema programme at the National Film Theatre.^[3]

The film depicts a performance of The Chris Barber Jazz Band (with Ottilie Patterson) at The Fishmonger's Arms, a trad jazz club in Wood Green, North London.^[4] It features extensive footage of skip jiving by the audience on the club's dance floor.

References[edit]

^ "Momma Don't Allow (1956)". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016.

^ "Watch Momma Don't Allow". BFI Player.

^ "BFI Screenonline: Free Cinema 1". www.screenonline.org.uk.

^ "BFI Screenonline: Momma Don't Allow (1956)". www.screenonline.org.uk.

External links[edit]

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Films directed by Karel Reisz

Documentaries

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Sweet Dreams (1985)
Everybody Wins (1990)

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Films directed by Tony Richardson

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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)
Tom Jones (1963)
The Loved One (1965)
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Laughter in the Dark (1969)
Hamlet (1969)
Ned Kelly (1970)
A Delicate Balance (1973)
Dead Cert (1974)
Joseph Andrews (1977)
A Death in Canaan (1978)
The Border (1982)
The Hotel New Hampshire (1984)
Penalty Phase (1986)
The Phantom of the Opera (1990)
Women & Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
Blue Sky (1994)

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