AP WAS THERE: ‘Jaws’ and the parental debates it set off

LOS ANGELES (AP) — It didn’t take long for “Jaws” to make an impression. The movie that launched the summer blockbuster season and changed how people view sharks and the ocean 50 years ago also created a dilemma for parents: Was it a movie their children could watch?

To help answer that, The Associated Press went to the film’s star, Roy Scheider.

Legendary AP Special Correspondent Linda Deutsch interviewed Scheider and others for a story that ran on July 28, 1975, roughly a month after “Jaws” arrived in theaters.