Momma Don't Allow
1956 British film
- 25 January 1956 (1956-01-25) (UK)
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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
External links
- Momma Don't Allow at IMDb
- BFI's "screenonline" on Momma Don't Allow.
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Films directed by Karel Reisz
- Momma Don't Allow (1955)
- We Are the Lambeth Boys (1959)
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960)
- Night Must Fall (1964)
- Morgan – A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966)
- Isadora (1968)
- The Gambler (1974)
- Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)
- The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
- Sweet Dreams (1985)
- Everybody Wins (1990)
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