Momma Don't Allow

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Momma Don't Allow
Opening title
Directed byKarel Reisz
Tony Richardson
Written byKarel Reisz
Tony Richardson
StarringThe Chris Barber Jazz Band:
Chris Barber
Monty Sunshine
Pat Halcox
Ron Bowden
Lonnie Donegan
Jim Bray
Ottilie Patterson
CinematographyWalter Lassally
Edited byJohn Fletcher
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Film Institute
Release date
  • 25 January 1956 (1956-01-25) (UK)
Running time
22 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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

  1. ^ "Momma Don't Allow (1956)". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016.
  2. ^ "Watch Momma Don't Allow". BFI Player.
  3. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Free Cinema 1". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  4. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Momma Don't Allow (1956)". www.screenonline.org.uk.

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