Charles Edward Pogue papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Charles Edward Pogue papers
- Date
- 1978-2016, undated (inclusive)
- Creator
- Pogue, Charles Edward
- Extent
- 16 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Actors.
- Plays.
- Science fiction.
- Screenplays.
- Scripts.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject.
- Preferred Citation
- 2018ms035: [Identification of item], Charles Edward Pogue Papers, 1978-2016, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Charles Edward Pogue is an American screenwriter and playwright born on January 18, 1950 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Pogue grew up in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, graduating from Highlands High School in 1968. He earned a degree in theater arts from the University of Kentucky in 1972. Moving to Los Angeles, California, Pogue began writing plays and screenplays primarily in the fantasy, science fiction, horror, and thriller genres.
- Some of Pogue's most well-known works are Psycho III (1986), The Fly (1986), D.O.A. (1988), Dragonheart (1996), and Kull the Conqueror (1997). Pogue wrote scripts for several adaptions of Sherlock Holmes, including both movies, such as The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983), and plays. Many of Pogue's projects have received praise and acclaim from critics.
- Pogue has also worked as a stage actor, performing leading roles in a variety of plays, including Hay Fever and The Rainmaker. As a strong advocate for writers' creative rights, Pogue served on the Board of Directors of the Writers Guild of America. Some of his more recent works include Tartuffe (2007) and A Flea in Her Ear (2014). Pogue lives in Lexington, Kentucky with his wife, Julieanne. Both Pogue and his wife are active in theatre productions, and he often works with the Actors Guild of Lexington in Lexington, Kentucky.
- Scope and Content
- The Charles Edward Pogue papers (dated 1978-2016, undated; 16 cubic feet; 16 boxes) primarily consists of scripts, screenplays, drafts, promotional materials, and notes related to plays and film projects on which Pogue worked as a screenwriter. The collection contains drafts and notes written by Pogue for over thirty films and plays. Notable projects are The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983), Psycho III (1986), The Fly (1986), D.O.A. (1988), Dragonheart (1996), and Kull the Conqueror (1997). The collection also includes other written materials associated with Pogue's projects, such as reviews, correspondence, outlines, and promotional items.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center. Intellectual rights have not been assigned to the University of Kentucky.
Contents of the Collection
The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1982, undated
The Ebony Ape, 1984-1987, undated
The Ebony Ape original script draft, 1984 May 29
The Ebony Ape promotional materials and correspondences, 1986 July 7- 1987 September 12
The Ebony Ape script draft, undated
The Ebony Ape staged reading script, undated
The Ebony Ape stage play, undated
The Ebony Ape script revised draft, undated
The Ebony Ape script and revisions, undated
The Ebony Ape promotional materials, undated
The Ebony Ape information, undated
The Britannia Kidnapping, undated
Scarlet Justice, 1983, undated
Slipstream, 1983-1988, undated
Slipstream notes and letters, 1983
Slipstream shooting script, 1988 March 14
Slipstream promotional materials and correspondence, 1988 April 26
Slipstream screenplay draft, undated
Whodunnit, Darling?, 1983-2016, undated
Whodunnit, Darling? play flyer, undated
Whodunnit, Darling? publicity and correspondence, 1983 March 15-1991 February 27
Whodunnit, Darling? screenplay draft, 1988
Whodunnit, Darling? screenplay and letters, 1997 May 7
Whodunnit, Darling? script draft, 2010
Whodunnit, Darling? play productions promotional materials, 2014 June 1-2016 November 15
Whodunnit, Darling? television series format outline, undated
Whodunnit, Darling? final production draft, undated
Whodunnit, Darling? tu format, undated
Whodunnit, Darling? script draft, undated
Frankenstein: As It Happened, 1982, undated
The Fly, 1983-1987, undated
The Fly script first draft, 1983 December 27
The Fly screenplay draft, 1984 May 21
The Fly script ending, 1984 May 21
The Fly screenplay draft, 1984 November
The Fly screenplay draft, 1985 January
The Fly screenplay draft, 1985 September 5
The Fly screenplay draft, 1985 November 1
The Fly promotional materials, 1985 May-1987 November 17
The Fly reviews, 1985 May-1986 August 15
The Fly reviews, 1986 August 14-1986 August 16
The Fly outline, undated
The Fly treatment, undated
The Fly first draft, undated
The Fly outline, undated
The Napoleon of Crime, 1982, undated
Psycho III, 1985-1986, undated
Psycho III script with note, undated
Psycho III revised draft, 1985 April 25
Psycho III second draft screenplay, 1985 May 17
Psycho III second draft screenplay, 1985 May 23
Psycho III final draft screenplay, 1985 June 6
Psycho III second shooting schedule, 1985 June 21
Psycho III publicity materials and correspondences, 1985 August 4-1986 July 11
Psycho III reviews, 1985 August 7-1986 July 17
Psycho III revisions, 1985 November
Psycho III reviews, 1986 June 19-1986 July 14
Psycho III script draft, undated
Psycho III notes, undated
Psycho III script draft and notes, undated
Psycho III script, undated
D.O.A., 1985-1988, undated
D.O.A. script draft, 1985 October 14
D.O.A screenplay draft, 1986 February 16
D.O.A. script draft, 1986 February 16
D.O.A. revised draft, 1986 June 22
D.O.A. script draft and notes, 1986 June 22
D.O.A. script draft and notes, 1986 September 23
D.O.A. third screenplay draft, 1986 September 23
D.O.A. notes and corrections, 1987 April 1
D.O.A. screenplay, 1987 April 13
D.O.A. screenplay revised draft, 1987 May 5
D.O.A. rewrite, 1987 May 13
D.O.A. script draft, 1987 May 18
D.O.A. final shooting script and writing credits notice, 1987 July 24
D.O.A. reviews, 1988 March 12-1988 March 30
D.O.A. promotional materials and correspondence, 1988 March 16
D.O.A. reviews and features, 1988 March 28-1988 April 14
D.O.A. script notes, undated
D.O.A. notes, undated
Deceived, 1986-1987, undated
Deceived script draft, 1986 October 22
Deceived correspondence, 1987 March 12
Deceived script draft, 1987 July 16
Deceived notes and script draft, 1987 July
Deceived screenplay draft, undated
Deceived project report, undated
Deceived notes and outlines, undated
Deceived script draft, undated
The Thief of Baghdad, 1985-1996, undated
The Thief of Baghdad notes, 1985 March 25
The Thief of Baghdad screenplay, 1995 August 31
The Thief of Baghdad screenplay draft, 1996 July 31
The Thief of Baghdad notes and script draft, 1990 July 31
The Thief of Baghdad notes and script draft, undated
The Thief of Baghdad script drafts, undated
A Princess of Mars, 1987-1989, undated
A Princess of Mars script draft, 1987 May 4
A Princess of Mars screenplay, 1987 December 16
A Princess of Mars promotional materials and correspondence, 1988 March 17-1989 August 3
A Princess of Mars notes and script drafts, undated
A Princess of Mars script draft, undated
A Princess of Mars script notes, undated
The Magic Cottage, 1987-1989, undated
The Magic Cottage and notes, 1987 June
The Magic Cottage script draft, 1988 September 29
The Magic Cottage script draft, 1989 January 3
The Magic Cottage first revision draft, 1989 February 9
The Magic Cottage screenplay draft, 1989 March 13
The Magic Cottage screenplay, 1989 April 7
The Magic Cottage correspondence, 1990 January 14-1990 September 10
The Magic Cottage script draft, undated
The Magic Cottage script draft and notes, undated
Pagemaster, 1985-1998
Dragonheart, 1990-2002, undated
Dragonheart correspondence, 1990 August 3-1990 October 23
Dragonheart screenplay draft, 1990 October 9
Dragonheat screenplay draft 27, 1991 February 2
Dragonheart notes, 1992 March 2
Dragonheart screenplay draft, 1993 March 31
Dragonheart draft, 1994 February 22
Dragonheart script draft, 1994 March 10
Dragonheart screenplay draft, 1994 March 16
Dragonheart novel manuscript draft, 1994 April 24
Dragonheart screenplay draft, 1994 April 13
Dragonheart novel final working proof, 1994 April 24
Dragonheart script with revisions, 1994 April 26
Dragonheart notes and edits, 1994 May 1
Dragonheart script, 1994 May 18
Dragonheart notes and edits, 1994 June 8
Dragonheart notes and edits, 1994 June 10
Dragonheart screenplay draft, 1994 June
Dragonheart shooting schedule, 1994 July 6
Dragonheart script breakdown, 1994 July 13
Dragonheart shooting notes, 1994 October 3
Dragonheart screenplay with revisions and notes, 1994 October 11
Dragonheart final crew list, 1994 November 24
Dragonheart novel draft, 1995 June 12
Dragonheart final field promotion and publicity report, 1996 May 31
Dragonheart promotional materials, 1996 May 31
Dragonheart media breaks, 1996 June 4
Dragonheart novel reviews, 2002 April 23
Dragonheart novel draft, undated
Dragonheart novel outline and chapter breakdown, undated
Dragonheart script working draft, undated
Dragonheart screenplay draft, undated
Dragonheart screenplay with edits, undated
Dragonheart screenplay draft, undated
Dragonheart script and notes, undated
Dragonheart production notes, undated
The Witching Hour, 1992, undated
The Witching Hour screenplay by Mark Allen Smith, 1992 June 8
The Witching Hour script draft and notes, 1992 July 4-1992 August 3
The Witching Hour longhand script draft, 1992 August 3
The Witching Hour script draft and notes, 1992 September 18
The Witching Hour meeting notes, 1992 September 21-1992 September 23
The Witching Hour revised draft, 1992 November 2
The Witching Hour screenplay drafts, undated
Kull the Conqueror, 1993-2002, undated
King Kull screenplay draft, 1993 February 11
Kull the Conqueror revised script, 1993 May 14
Kull the Conqueror script draft and notes, 1993 May 14
Kull the Conqueror script draft, 1993 May 14
Kull the Conqueror screenplay draft, 1993 June 11
Kull the Conqueror script breakdown, 1993 August 25
Kull the Conqueror revised draft, 1993 September 14
Kull the Conqueror screenplay, 1995 January 19
Kull the Conqueror screenplay draft, 1996 February 1
Kull the Conqueror script drafts, 1996 February
Kull the Conqueror screenplay, 1996 May 3
Kull the Conqueror emails and notes, 1997 June 22-1997 July 11
Kull the Conqueror publicity report, 1997 August 29
Kull the Conqueror review, 2002 July 24
Kull the Conqueror and King Kull screenplay drafts, undated
Conan the Conqueror, 1992-1993, undated
Conan the Conqueror screenplay, 1992 February 14
Conan the Conqueror revised third draft screenplay, 1993 June 5
Conan the Conqueror notes, undated
Conan the Conqueror script drafts, undated
Evil, 1990-1991, undated
The Uninvited, 1993-1994, undated
The Uninvited notes and script drafts, 1993 November 4-1994 July 29
The Uninvited screenplay draft, 1994 December 12
The Uninvited retyped script and notes, 1994 December 12
The Uninvited notes and script draft, undated
The Last Viking, 1997-2001, undated
The Last Viking script draft and notes, 1997 March 17
The Last Viking screenplay draft, 2000
The Last Viking script draft, 2001 January 29
The Last Viking screenplay draft, undated
The Last Viking script draft, undated
Unicorn, 1998, undated
Hercules, 2002-2004, undated
Hercules notes, 2002
Hercules script draft and notes, 2003 January 27-2004 July 20
Hercules notes and script draft, 2003 March 4
Hercules mini-series draft and notes, 2003 June 16
Hercules script draft, 2003 September 15
Hercules script draft, 2003 December 8
Hercules mini-series script, 2004 January 2004
Hercules script draft, 2004 January 12
Hercules script draft, 2004 January 12
Hercules script draft, 2004 March 3
Hercules script draft, 2004 April 15
Hercules script draft, 2004 May 10
Hercules script draft, 2004 May 10
Hercules second night script, 2004 May 21
Hercules night one script, 2004 May 21
Hercules shooting script, 2004 June 1
Hercules script draft, 2004 June 1
Hercules shooting script, 2004 June 20
Hercules script draft, 2004 June 20
Hercules script draft and notes, 2004 June 14
Hercules script draft, undated
Hercules script draft, undated
Hercules script draft, undated
Hercules script and notes, undated
Hercules script and notes, undated
Tartuffe, 2007, undated
Pretenders, 2012, undated
Flea in the Ear, 2014, undated
Voyage of the Basset, undated
Other manuscripts and related materials, 1978-2016, undated
Scope and Contents
The Manuscript and Related Materials series mainly contains script and screenplay drafts and notes for a variety of film and play projects on which Charles Edward Pogue worked. Other materials include correspondence, articles, promotional and production documents, and reviews. Some of the projects are The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983), Psycho III (1986), The Fly (1986), D.O.A. (1988), Dragonheart (1996), and Kull the Conqueror (1997).
Richard III play script, 1979 June 13
Double Time script draft, 1979 September 3
The Sign of Four script, undated
The Bruce-Partington Plans, undated
Monkey's Paw script drafts, undated
The Sign of Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles script drafts, 1981 August 6
The Sign of Four final draft, 1982 September 5
Sherlock Holmes promotional materials, 1983 May 20-1989 September 18
Promotional materials for Sherlock Holmes films, 1983 July 12-1990 May 12
The League of the Just second draft screenplay, undated
League of the Damned outline, undated
A Scandal in Bohemia outline, undated
Sherlock Holmes script treatments, undated
Dead on Arrival photocopied screenplay, undated
An Arabian Romance notes, 1985 August 2
Illium correspondence and publicity materials, 1985 August 21-1991 April 4
Underworld script drafts, 1998 January 12
Jagged Edge II screenplay draft and notes, undated
What's It Like Out There? notes and script draft, 2006 May 7
The Screaming Skull script drafts, 2015
House of Wax script draft and notes, undated
Blood of the Gods script draft, undated
Arise, Dissembler script draft, undated
The Greystone screenplay draft, undated
All the World's a Stage notes, undated
Blood and Sex screenplay draft, undated
Richelieu; or, The Conspiracy play script, undated
Untitled script notes, undated
Actors' Guild of Lexington play promotional materials, 1978
Correspondence, 1980 December 31-1988 July 27
Treatments and outlines, 1982 July, undated
Rights contracts, 1982 July 13
Publicity and correspondence, 1985 May 14-2001 February 5
Interviews, articles, and assorted writing, 1988 March-2016 December 20
Premiere magazine article drafts, 1997 August 6- 1997 September 24
Edits for Weird Alike by Templeton Moss, 2003 November 14
Promotional materials for assorted theatre productions, 2006 October 21-2014 November 2
Performing arts and media comp informational booklet, 2008
Play script promotional materials, undated
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Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Descriptive Summary
- Collection Overview
- Preferred Citation
- Restrictions on Access and Use
- Contents of the Collection
- The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1982, undated
- The Ebony Ape, 1984-1987, undated
- The Britannia Kidnapping, undated
- Scarlet Justice, 1983, undated
- Slipstream, 1983-1988, undated
- Whodunnit, Darling?, 1983-2016, undated
- Frankenstein: As It Happened, 1982, undated
- The Fly, 1983-1987, undated
- The Napoleon of Crime, 1982, undated
- Psycho III, 1985-1986, undated
- D.O.A., 1985-1988, undated
- Deceived, 1986-1987, undated
- The Thief of Baghdad, 1985-1996, undated
- A Princess of Mars, 1987-1989, undated
- The Magic Cottage, 1987-1989, undated
- Pagemaster, 1985-1998
- Dragonheart, 1990-2002, undated
- The Witching Hour, 1992, undated
- Kull the Conqueror, 1993-2002, undated
- Conan the Conqueror, 1992-1993, undated
- Evil, 1990-1991, undated
- The Uninvited, 1993-1994, undated
- The Last Viking, 1997-2001, undated
- Unicorn, 1998, undated
- Hercules, 2002-2004, undated
- Tartuffe, 2007, undated
- Pretenders, 2012, undated
- Flea in the Ear, 2014, undated
- Voyage of the Basset, undated
- Other manuscripts and related materials, 1978-2016, undated
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