The movie production of Jaws continues to roam the Island in much the same manner as a touring medicine show, playing in each of the Island’s towns.
Jaws
June 14, 1974
Tom Lee
Edgartown at any price is a bargain compared to friendly Amity.
July 2, 1974
Tom Lee
The rumors about Jaws suddenly turned ugly three weeks ago.
July 12, 1974
Edith Blake
“We’ll go again,” said the assistant director, Tom Joyner, and into the valley of death waded The 400 with cameras to the right of them, and cameras to the left of them.
2025
March 6, 2025
The Vineyard Gazette Media Group in collaboration with the Martha’s Vineyard Museum will host a day-long celebration of Jaws this summer, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the movie.
February 4, 2025
Plans for a 10-day summer festival in Aquinnah to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the blockbuster Jaws have deteriorated before they ever really materialized.
2024
July 30, 2024
In 1974, Susan Murphy and her husband Lynn towed the 25-foot-long mechanical shark for the filming of the movie Jaws.
July 30, 2024
Fifty years ago, when Wendy Benchley’s late husband Peter Benchley wrote a novel called Jaws, neither had any idea that it would become a phenomenon.
June 19, 2024
The Vineyard has long been a sought after location for film and TV, and town administrator James Hagerty said the policy was written in an effort to streamline the application process.
May 14, 2024
Susan Backlinie, who played the doomed skinny dipper Chrissie Watkins in Jaws, died May 11 at 77. The movie was released in 1975 and Ms. Backlinie became an enduring screen icon as the shark's first victim.
