The owner, a fan of all things antique, last weekend put up a 1940s-era sign salvaged from a restaurant in New York City.

But why were the neon signs and most other lights turned off ... In April 1974, after a long phone call with Federal Energy Administration head William Simon, O’Callaghan said casino lights ...

In the film, a grieving widow takes up her late husband’s trade of making neon signs. Public safety concerns grew in the 2000s after incidents of ageing signboards falling on pedestrians.