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Entertainment & Sports

Mar. 17, 2011

Dali Works Take Center Stage in Lawsuit

Salvador Dali's set pieces caused controversy during the filming of 1945's "Spellbound," and are causing new controversy in a $20 million lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court.


By Jean-Luc Renault


Daily Journal Staff Writer


When famed artist Salvador Dali created a series of surreal paintings and sculptures to adorn a dream scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 1945 psychological mystery "Spellbound," the lavish set pieces caused controversy among the filmmakers.


More than 60 years later, those same works are stirring new controversy as part of a $20 million lawsuit in Orange County Superior Court over a dispute...

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