 In the opening shot Chrissie, Sallys sister, gets excited when she  sees a large model elephant. The elephant called "Lucy" was a  tourist attraction, built in 1881, to lure prospective land buyers  to Margate (originally called South Atlantic City), a small town  south of Atlantic City. She was left to deteriorate over the years  and on the brink of demolition when the people of Margate raised the  money to have her restored in 1971. Today "Lucy" still stands in  Margate as a landmark and is on the register of National Historic  Places.