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Entertainment & Arts

TV & VIDEO - April 30, 1990

By GREG BRAXTON
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Beach Boys Movie Sued: Irving Music Co. has sued a film production company, accusing them of lying to win permission to use Beach Boys songs in an ABC television movie based on an unauthorized biography of the surf-music group. The Los Angeles Superior Court suit alleges Leonard Hill Productions told Irving agents that they wanted to use the songs for a “teen-age coming-of-age story” or in a film about “vacationing kids who liked Beach Boys music.” The ABC film, “The Story of the Beach Boys: Summer Dreams” aired Sunday.

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Greg Braxton

A lifelong Los Angeles resident, Greg Braxton has written for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades. He currently is a staff writer covering television for the Calendar section, and has also written extensively about trends and cultural issues in the entertainment field.

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