The Warner film, On Dress Parade, opened in Chicago at the State Lake theatre, on Friday, December 29, 1939 . . . the ad reads: "Leapin' Into Leap Year with a Whoopin' Big Show on Stage & Screen! The Dead End Kids, with John Litel, Frankie Thomas and all those Angels With Dirty Faces . . . On Stage: Revels of 1940 . . .
