Edith Blake
In the words of the movies, Jaws has “wrapped,” struck its sets and stolen away in mammoth trucks.
Jaws
Alex Elvin
Forty years after its release, Jaws remains a treasured part of Island history. A look back on the summer Hollywood filmmakers descended on the Island and struggled against all odds to make a realistic-looking movie about a giant shark with a taste for human flesh.
Jaws

2023

Ms. Blake cut a colorful figure in Edgartown society for decades and famously documented the filming of the movie Jaws on Martha’s Vineyard in the summer of 1974.

2022

It's hard to miss Wayne Iacono as he sails out of Menemsha harbor.

From the April 26, 1974 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

2021

The Main street miniplex reopens Friday with Cruella and A Quiet Place Part II, and Jaws on Sunday night.

Accessories include two tiny Narragansett Beer cans (one crushed) and an arsenal of weapons and headgear.

2020

An art show at the Old Sculpin Gallery in Edgartown this week pays a unique 45th-anniversary tribute to the lasting impact of Jaws.

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