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CCaptain commented about Vogue Theatre on Jun 10, 2010 at 7:41 pm

The Vogue and Fox theaters are both owned by the Helen T. Wilkes Company Trust. The daughter of Mrs. Wilkes was the last known trustee of the estate and she used to live in Upland. I am Mrs. Wilkes God-daughter and know this information first-hand. Mrs. Wilkes' father, Dr. Townsend, was a dentist and he and his family lived on the same small court as Cecile B. DeMille. Mrs. Wilkes babysat for Mr. DeMille’s children when they were young. She would be very sad to see the condition of her family’s investments. They are both being leased to that club company – very sad…