It should be noted, though, that TELL IT TO THE MARINES was a "special" from MGM, with popular prices raised to $2 a ticket in many first-run territories, around the same time as MGM's THE FIRE BRIGADE. Many exhibitors and trade magazines, such as Harrison's Reports, bemoaned this increase in price, as they felt it was an unfair mark-up for what they considered to be product in comparable quality to programmer material.