Topic: New Stan Laurel book, 5/18/12

[falsealarms]

Ted Okuda and James Neibaur have teamed up to write a new book about Stan Laurel. It's titled Stan without Ollie: The Stan Laurel Solo Films, 1917-1927 and will be released by McFarland on May 18th. Jerry Lewis has written the forward. Amazon has a pre-order at $38 (McFarland books tend to run expensive).

http://www.amazon.com/Stan-without-Ollie-Laurel-1917-1927/dp/0786447818/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1326955024&sr=1-1

[metaldams]

I'm sure this will be an awesome read.  I'm not the world's biggest fan of Stan Laurel solo, a few shorts I like but most seem to be second rate and not as good as what he'd achieve later.  That said, I'd love to read a good evaluation of this phase of his career, perhaps it'll make me rethink things.

[BeAStooge]

Not yet published.  Updated release date still to be determined.

[FineBari3]

I recall James saying something on Facebook about the book coming out earlier than the official release date.