In 1977, the filming of The Betsy was a highlight on the Henry Ford Hospital campus. Along with actors, Sir Laurence Olivier and Tommy Lee Jones, hospital nurses also participated in the movie. The Clara Ford Nurses Home lounge was transformed into a patient room and the thirteen hour day ended in a four minute segment. The movie took two weeks to film in Detroit, with other locations at Cranbrook, Parke-Davis and the Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
The production of movies was however nothing new to the Henry Ford Hospital staff. John Kroll and Joe Madej worked on countless international medical films, which began in the 1950's with Drs. Guyton, Lam, Szilagyi, Ponka, Redfern and Schucknecht. Dr. Joseph Beninson and Joe Madej worked on the film, Pressure Gradient Prophylaxis of Thrombosis, which won the motion picture Golden Eagle Award, the medical equivalent to the Academy Award in 1979. The Conrad R. Lam Archives has also assisted in historical research for film companies, including the 2008 Universal Films production Public Enemies starring Johnny Depp.
Conrad R. Lam Archives at Henry Ford Hospital.
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