Momma Don't Allow

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{{Infobox film

| name = Momma Don't Allow

| image = Momma_Don't_Allow.jpg

| caption = Opening title

| director = Karel Reisz
Tony Richardson

| producer =

| writer = Karel Reisz
Tony Richardson

| narrator =

| starring = The Chris Barber Jazz Band:
Chris Barber
Monty Sunshine
Pat Halcox
Ron Bowden
Lonnie Donegan
Jim Bray
Ottilie Patterson

| music =

| cinematography = Walter Lassally

| editing = John Fletcher

| studio = BFI Experimental Film Fund

| distributor = British Film Institute

| released = {{Film date|df=y|1956|01|25|UK}}

| runtime = 22 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69e93c9d|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809193436/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69e93c9d|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 August 2016|title=Momma Don't Allow (1956)|website=BFI}} Produced by the British Film Institute Experimental Film Fund,{{Cite web|url=https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-momma-dont-allow-1956-online|title=Watch Momma Don't Allow|website=BFI Player}} it was first shown in February 1956 as part of the first Free Cinema programme at the National Film Theatre.{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/592843/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Free Cinema 1|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}

The film depicts a performance of The Chris Barber Jazz Band (with Ottilie Patterson) at The Fishmonger's Arms, a traditional jazz club in Wood Green, North London.{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/439003/|title=BFI Screenonline: Momma Don't Allow (1956)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}} It features extensive footage of skip jiving by the audience on the club's dance floor.