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Brook Benton
   released the single   
Rainy Night In Georgia
1970

Music > Sounds of the 1970s


Brook Benton
   released the single   
Rainy Night in Georgia
1969

Music > Sounds of the 1960s


Robert Benton
   directed the film   
Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
Movies > Academy Award for Best Director


Robert Benton
   wrote the screenplay for   
Places in the Heart
Won an Oscar for this original screenplay in 1984. Benton's father had two brothers, both of whom were murdered

Movies > Screenplay Writers


Robert Benton
   wrote the screenplay for   
Kramer Vs Kramer
Won an Oscar for this screenplay adaptation in 1979. Directed 8 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry, Jane Alexander, Sally Field, John Malkovich, Lindsay Crouse and Paul Newman. Hoffman, Streep and Field won Oscars for their performances in one of Benton's movies.

Movies > Screenplay Writers


Franklin County
   has the county seat   
Benton
Formed in 1818 out of Gallatin and White Counties -- named after Benjamin Franklin -- actor, producer and director John Malkovich was born in Christopher -- NBA player and coach and US Olympian Doug Collins was also born in Christopher

Geography > Illinois County Seats


Robert Benton
   directed   
Twilight (1998)
Movies > Directors - Narrative Feature Films


Benton Harbor Lunch Box
   Means   
Heathkit CB-1
Language > CB Slang


Brook Benton
   is the stage name of   
Benjamin Franklin Peay
US singer & songwriter

Entertainment > Stage Names - Male


Lorna Doone (1951)
   starred   
Barbara Hale, Richard Greene and Carl Benton Reid
Director: Phil Karlson. Also starred William Bishop, Ron Randell & Sean McClory

Movies > Movies of the 1950s


Thomas Hart Benton
   painted   
July Hay
1943, oil and egg tempera on composition board; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Arts & Literature > Paintings


Benton Lake
   is located in   
Montana
Est. 1929, cattail and bulrush marsh surrounded by shortgrass prairie

Geography > U. S. National Wildlife Refuges


20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
   starrred   
Curtis Benton, Wallace Clarke and Howard Crampton
Director: Stuart Paton. Also starred Joseph W. Girand, Dan Hanlon & Allen Holubar. Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge....

Movies > Movies of the 1910s


Bentonite
   is described as   
A Type of Clay Used in Wine Clarification.
Misc > Wine and Wine Terms


Aye-Aye
   has the latin name   
Daubentonia Madagascariensis
Only a handful of aye-ayes survive in the wild. Found only at a few localities along the eastern half of Madagascar, off eastern Africa. t has suffered from extensive loss of its natural habitat of humid tropical forest, which now exists only in fragmented remnants, including 16 protected areas. The aye-aye is also killed by local people, who believe that it is an evil omen.

Science & Nature > Endangered Mammals


LongBenton
   is found in   
Newcastle, U.K.
Geography > Strange Place Names








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