It's an old movie maybe 70's or 80's about a mom who beats up her two children with hangers and other stuff i think.
Anyone know what i'm talking about or watch it?
2006-12-15 20:17:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
This movie was based on a biographical book written by Christina Crawford, the adopted daughter of Joan Crawford (screen queen.) Both the book and movie came out in 1981.
The following is the line written and used in the film about the hangers: "No... wire... hangers. What's wire hangers doing in this closet when I told you: no wire hangers EVER? I work and work 'till I'm half-dead, and I hear people saying, "She's getting old." And what do I get? A daughter... who cares as much about the beautiful dresses I give her... as she cares about me. What's wire hangers doing in this closet? Answer me. I buy you beautiful dresses, and you treat them like they were some dishrag. You do. Three hundred dollar dress on a wire hanger. We'll see how many you've got if they're hidden somewhere. We'll see... we'll see. Get out of that bed. All of this is coming out. Out. Out. Out. Out. Out. Out. You've got any more? We're gonna see how many wire hangers you've got in your closet. Wire hangers, why? Why? Christina, get out of that bed. Get out of that bed. You live in the most beautiful house in Brentwood and you don't care if your clothes are stretched out from wire hangers. And your room looks like some two-dollar-a-week furnished room in some two-bit back street town in Oklahoma. Get up. Get up. Clean up this mess."
Personally I hated to watch it because I was adopted by an abusive mother. But I also related to what Christina had to do to get passed her childhood trauma's which was write the book.
2006-12-15 20:50:31 · answer #1 · answered by allannela 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It was an amazing movie about Joan Crawford, the Hollywood actress. It was based on a book by her adopted daughter, Christina. There was a lot of controversy that came out about whether it was really true or not, because two of Crawford's other adopted children (who were not depicted in the movie) came forward and claimed that much of it was not. But one has to wonder if they may have been doing that to protect their inheritance, as they were the only two children to receive anything from Joan Crawford's estate.
2006-12-16 01:59:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Long, long ago, I watched an excerpt of it. It was at least a 70s movie, if not, earlier than that. In the part that I watched, the Mom had a meltdown because the daughter stored her clothes on wire hangers, instead of wood. She threw the clothes at the girl. and had her conniption right then and there.
2006-12-15 21:12:36 · answer #3 · answered by 42ITUS™ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Based on a true story, and I read the book of the same title "Mommy Dearest". Joan Crawford had some serious issues, and just didn't know how to care for her children. To the outside world she portrayed herself the loving mother, but behind the scenes she was a tyrannt to her children. She was a sick woman.
2006-12-15 20:44:32 · answer #4 · answered by Kat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's an awesome movie about Joan Crawford. I love it. Makes you look at wire coat hangers differently.
2006-12-15 20:18:59 · answer #5 · answered by Hanky 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That was one of the best movies i have ever seen... i think that the part with the wire hanger will live forever! i just watched diary of a mad black woman and there was a scene with a wire hanger... it was so flippin funny!
2006-12-16 02:12:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a movie about Joan Crawford. She was a messed up momma thats for sure.
2006-12-15 20:19:57 · answer #7 · answered by Danelle 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That was a good movie, and if you want to annoy your mom call her mommy dearest! They hate that! Haa Ha
2006-12-15 20:35:12 · answer #8 · answered by hatethinkingofnicknames 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yeah it was a great movie...with the famous "no wire hangers" line...based on joan crawford....very good movie...
2006-12-15 20:20:44 · answer #9 · answered by michele m 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What scares me the most are those eyebrows!
2006-12-15 20:38:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋