In which film does Faye Dunaway yell, "No more wire hangers!"?

Faye Dunaway had a need to yell, "No more wire hangers!" in the 1981 movie "Mommie Dearest". In the biographical drama film, glamorous yet lonely star Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway) takes in two orphans, and at first the unconventional family seems happy. However, when Joan's attempts at romance go sour and she is fired from her contract with MGM studios, she will use callous and abusive behavior towards her daughter Christina (Diana Scarwid). Her actions now become more active and pronounced; she makes comments like the above one. When Christina leaves home, she finds that her mother's presence is still overshadowing her life.

"Mommie Dearest" is an American film that was directed by Frank Perry and produced by Frank Yablans. The film depicts Christina Crawford's adoptive mother, actress Joan Crawford as a criminal. It shows how she abused her adopted children for fame and her career. The film's stars include Dunaway, Scarwid, and Mara Hobel. Steve Forrest as Gregg Savitt, Howard Da Silva as Louis B. Mayer, Michael Edwards as Ted Gelber, Alda as Carol Ann, and Harry Goz as Alfred Steele were in feature roles. This movie was adapted for the screen by Perry, Robert Getchell, Tracy Hotchner, and Yablans. The 1978 autobiography of the same name provided the basis for the film. Paramount Pictures made distribution.

Despite mixed reviews from movie pundits, "Mommie Dearest" was a commercial success. It grossed $39 million US dollars worldwide from a $5 million dollar budget.

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Steve Tingle

My dad used wire coat hangers for electric arc welding, cheaper than the proper thing and did just as good a job! He would call this when he'd used up all in the house!

Cari G.

Rumour has it that they picked the perfect person for the role. Birds of a feather.

steve

I cannot even see a photograph of Joan Crawford without immediately thinking "Mommie Dearest." That is my loss, since she was a good actress. Controversial, and with many character flaws, true, but then, we ALL have our share of them.

JohnnyRoulette

Merri Sillery, That’s not altogether true. This came out in 1981. She had a few good ones after that- Barfly (1987), The Handmaid’s Tale (1990), The Two James (1990), Arizona Dream (1993), Don Juan DeMarco (1994) She was 40 in 1981. Unfortunately, that didn’t used to bode well for actresses who had been considered beautiful in their younger days. I mean, that 14 years after Bonnie & Clyde and 5 years after the brilliant and prescient Network. She was really never on a great trajectory. There are duds and ignored films scattered in from start to finish.