Great Depression Television Series: Carniv Le, the Untouchables, Al Capone, Eliot Ness, Characters of Carniv Le

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 48. Chapters: Carnivale, The Untouchables, Al Capone, Eliot Ness, Characters of Carnivale, List of The Untouchables episodes, Mythology of Carnivale, List of Carnivale episodes, Chicago Outfit, Frank Nitti, List of awards and nominations received by Carnivale, Robert Stack, Frank J. Wilson, Paul Picerni, Bill Gardner, Elmer Lincoln Irey, Nicholas Georgiade, Oscar Fraley, Abel Fernandez. Excerpt: There are several main characters in Carnivale, an American television serial drama set in the United States Depression-era Dust Bowl between 1934 and 1935. It aired on HBO between 2003 and 2005. The show traces the disparate storylines of an ensemble of fictional characters revolving around two main characters: young Ben Hawkins working in a traveling carnival, and a California preacher named Brother Justin Crowe. Carnivale has a large cast, amounting to eighteen main cast actors over its two-season run. Most characters are introduced in Ben's storyline: Samson, a dwarf co-running the carnival with Management; Jonesy, Samson's right-hand man with a crippling knee injury; Apollonia and Sofie, two fortunetellers working a mother-daughter act; Lodz, a blind mentalist, and his lover, Lila the Bearded Lady; the cootch (striptease) Dreifuss family; snake charmer Ruthie and her son Gabriel, a strongman; and many other sideshow performers. The supporting characters of Brother Justin's storyline are his sister Iris, his mentor Reverend Norman Balthus, radio show host Tommy Dolan, and convict Varlyn Stroud. Several characters appear in mysterious dreams and visions connecting the slowly converging storylines. Show creator Daniel Knauf's original story pitch to HBO included elaborate character biographies, which he gave to the actors, the writers and the studio as an overview over the series' intended plot. These biographies were rewritten before t...