 The Beacon's existing buildings, particularly the former nurses's residence, formerly called Murdoch Hall, have often been used for filming movies, TV commercials and music videos, including the Robert Redford-directed "Quiz Show" starring John Turturro  and Stanley Tucci’s "The Impostors".Richard Price 1992 novel, "Clockers", makes a thinly veiled reference to the abandoned Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital on Clifton Place.A "chronicler of Hudson County's underbelly", Price describes how vandals stripped the hospital interior of artifacts to be sold for scrap.