The hit Warner Bros. film, They Made Me A Criminal, opened in Chicago at the ace Loop house, the Chicago theatre, on Friday, February 10, 1939---the ad reads: "The Picture the Whole World is Talking About! . . . John Garfield, The 'Dead End' Kids, Claude Rains, Ann Sheridan, May Robson, Gloria Dickson . . . A Warner Bros. Picture . . . Stage Revue, Extra! Romantric Valentine with the Singing Sweethearts . . .