the Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and Blade Runner movies, went to Maine East, and has been credited as being the radio station's first sports announcer. James Pankow, a trombone player, songwriter, composer, and brass instrument player, best known as a founding member of the rock band Chicago. Artist Grant Wood once owned a shop in Park Ridge, and he lived in Park Ridge. Sister city Park Ridge has one sister city: Kinver, Staffordshire, England Culture Landmarks Park Ridge's most recognizable landmark is the Pickwick Theatre, an Art Deco building dating back to 1928. It is a movie theater and a venue for plays and concerts. In 1975, the theater was named to the National Register of Historic Places. Although smaller theaters have been added to the rear of the building, the main auditorium theater remains intact in its original large five-aisle state. The main auditorium can seat up to 1,400 people. In the 1980s, the Pickwick's facade was one of many used as the backdrop for the opening credits of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert's At the Movies. Up until 2017, it also had a restaurant next door. Park Ridge Public Library. City of Park Ridge Historic Preservation Commission's Historic Landmarks and 100 Year-Old Homes In popular culture In film The 1980 film The Blues Brothers had some scenes filmed in Park Ridge. The scenes where the brothers were first pulled over by the state police and the beginning of the subsequent chase were filmed there. The Nelson Funeral Home and Shell gas station which the brothers drove past as the police pulled out to intercept them are still in business at the intersection of Talcott and Cumberland avenues. The brothers were pulled over at the intersection of Cumberland and Gillick. As the chase progressed, a trooper radioed that the chase was "proceeding on Courtland Avenue". The scene where the Blues Brothers and the police spun out in a three-way intersection occurred at the intersection of Devon Avenue, Talcott Road, and Courtland Avenue. In the 1990 film Home Alone, Buzz McCallister wears a Maine South High School letterman's jacket. The curved-shaped house appears several times in the TV police drama Crime Story that was set in 1963. Actor Jon Polito played Chicago crime boss Phil Bartoli in the series, who owned the Park Ridge house in the episodes. The series debuted in 1986 on NBC. Ray Luca (actor Anthony Denison)