Momma Don't Allow (1956)

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Directed by

Tony Richardson

Karel Reisz

Starring

Chris Barber
Himself - trombone

Ron Bowden
Himself - drums

Jim Bray
Himself - bass

Lonnie Donegan
Himself - banjo and vocals

Pat Halcox
Himself - trumpet

Ottilie Patterson
Herself - vocals

Monty Sunshine
Himself - clarinet

Written by

Karel Reisz
written by

Tony Richardson
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Description: This lively Free Cinema short captures a night out at the Wood Green Jazz Club, where teenagers jive to trad jazz. Momma Don’t Allow was one of the first trio of films to appear under the banner of the Free Cinema documentary movement, which launched with a programme at London’s National Film Theatre in February 1956. The films shared a low-budget aesthetic thanks to cheap, handheld 16mm cameras and non-synchronised sound – without narration – and a focus on ordinary, often working-class subjects. The ‘movement’ that followed lasted until the sixth Free Cinema programme in 1959. ... (more)