L.A. Crime writer to speak at police museum

Teen-criminal-turned-novelist James Ellroy is known for L.A. Confidential and The Black Dahlia, but less so for his tireless support of the Los Angeles Police Museum in Lincoln Heights. Their newest exhibit is about Gangster Squad – the movie even filmed here – and this Friday the “Demon Dog” is front man for a double delight of noir films from the 1950s.

By James Bartlett

January 24, 2013