As you mentioned parts of it were shot in my home town, San Diego. There was a scene shot at the Santa Fe Depot and other scenes shot at the Marine Corps Recruitment Depot (MCRD). MCRD no longer exists, but I remember going there when I was a kid with my family to go to the commissary and other stores. When I first saw Tell It to the Marines I was astonished. It looked almost exactly the same. I'd walked in Lon Chaney's footsteps. An eerie feeling.
Thanks for sharing a great story about "Tell It to the Marines" with us. If you have any pictures of the filming locations, please send them to Rush. He will post them on this website.
It's fun to know that both Lon Chaney and Warner Oland worked in the San Diego area for the making of this film.
