Here’s How ‘Jaws’ 50th Anniversary Is Being Celebrated at Original Filming Site

Jaws is about to turn 50 years old—and the community of Martha’s Vineyard is pulling out all the stops.

The iconic Steven Spielberg film was released by Universal Pictures on June 20, 1975, and starred Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert Shaw, Murray Hamilton, Lorraine Gray, and yes, that mechanical great white shark. The thriller film was set on Amity Island, which was really Martha’s Vineyard.

Fifty years later, businesses on the Massachusetts island where much of the action was...