Stan Without Ollie

Posted on 2012-07-172012-07-17 by Ted Okuda

Author : Ted Okuda

Publisher : McFarland

Release : 2012-07-17

ISBN-13 : 0786447818

Page : 248 pages

Rating : 4.5/5 from 818 voters

"Long before his momentous teaming with Oliver Hardy, comedian Stan Laurel (1890-1965) was a motion picture star. This is a film-by-film look at the pictures Stan made as a solo artist, as well as those he wrote and directed for other stars and shows hisdevelopment as a movie comedian and filmmaker"--Provided by publisher.

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