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41 Q3 2019 / CINEMONTAGE 41 Q3 2019 / CINEMONTAGE by Peter Tonguette portraits by Martin Cohen F or the last century, the Musso & Frank Grill has been the preferred dining and drinking destination for innumerable movie stars, literary legends and other notables. Even sports heroes have been known to walk through its doors. Just ask picture editor Billy Weber, ACE, who, during one of his many visits to the famed restaurant and bar at 6667 Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, found himself in the same room as former Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown. "I saw him come in with a big party of about eight people; I was at dinner and said, 'Just excuse me for one second,'" remembers Weber, who, as a youth in Southern California, had seen the running back play when the Browns faced off against the Los Angeles Rams at the LA Memorial Coliseum. "I got up, went over and introduced myself to him. He was incredibly sweet and charming and said, 'I'm honored that you came over to say hello.'" Brown was far from the only recognizable face Weber has encountered at Musso's through the decades. "I've seen famous people there, and when I see them, I don't hesitate to walk up to them and say hello," comments the editor, whose credits include Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven (1978) and Warren Beatty's Bulworth (1998). >>> Editors Nancy Frazen, left, Steven Nevius, Robert Leighton, Donn Cambern and Billy Weber at the bar at Musso & Frank Grill. Inset: Musso & Frank's in 1930. Courtesy of Marc Wanamaker/ Bison Archives