Starhops (Original screenplay for the 1978 film, actor Dick Miller's working copy)

Marina del Rey: First American Films, 1978. Draft script for the 1978 film. Copy belonging to actor Dick Miller, with his name on the front wrapper and title page, and his manuscript ink annotations throughout. Missing seven pages, likely as used or issued.

Screenwriter Stephanie Rothman worked as one of two female directors (the other being Barbara Peeters) at Roger Corman's New World Pictures, most notably directing the films "The Student Nurses" (1970) and "Terminal Island" (1974). Rothman was initially intended to direct "Starhops," but executives at Dimension Pictures chose to drastically rewrite the script and hire Peeters as director (truncated) instead, leading Rothman to remove her name from the script. The script on offer here is solely authored by Rothman.

Set and shot on location in Venice Beach.

Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriter Stephanie Rothman. 108 leaves, with last page of text numbered 105. Xerographic duplication, rectos only. Pages and wrapper Very Good plus, with faint foxing to the final leaf and light rusting to the binding, bound internally with a silver prong. (Inventory #: 154198)