The Card Magic Of Le Paul

This book is a must-own for any serious card worker. It is broken down into two parts, Sleights/flourishes and tricks.

The tricks, while all good, are nothing special. You might use one or two, but lets just say that when looking for new routines to learn I rarely turn to this book. (If you have further questions comment in this thread.)

The Sleights, on the other hand, are great. Le Paul created many of his own sleights and improved many more. One of my favorite go to moves in all of magic is the Le Paul Invisible Turnover pass, taught in the book. He also includes many other valuable techniques, such as the side steal, top and bottom palm, center steal, bottom/second deal, and false shuffles. Not only are they explained in detail, there are pictures of his hands with a deck of cards performing the moves, which is unusual for a book at all, let alone one published so long ago. Even if you think you know many of these moves, I guarantee if you read this book it will improve your handling of at least one of them.



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Paul LePaul
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Born
Olney, Illinois, USA Born August 2, 1900

Died
June 8, 1958

Cause of death
natural causes

Nationality
American

Occupation
magician, performer, inventor

Known for
sleight of Hand, card magic

Paul LePaul (August 2, 1900 – June 8, 1958) was born Paul Shields Braden in Olney, Illinois. He grew up in St. Louis, Mo.

He started his professional career around 1920, doing a manipulative act entirely with playing cards. He adopted the name LePaul around 1927. LePaul made his New York vaudeville appearance in July 1928 at the Fifth Avenue Theater. He worked in vaudeville and later appeared in the top night clubs and hotels. He also played on Broadway in Earl Carrolls' Vanities.

He was a technical adviser for movies, including "Eternally Yours (film)" starring David Niven (1939). In a brief cameo he is seen doing card flourishes. In that same year, Paul LePaul was also credited for being part of the miscellaneous crew on the film Miracles for Sale.

During World War II, he performed tours with the USO.

"LePaul is one of the greatest manipulative magicians ever to practice the art of pleasant deception." - John Mulholland[1]

LePaul was one of the first to use to the split-fan production in a professional act. At one time he also used the glass vanish under the newspaper, and may have been the first man to use this as a stage trick. He appears to have started the Card to Wallet fad among magicians which was based on the routine he published as "Cards in Sealed Envelope" in the late 1940s. (Wallets did not become a common item until after the 1950s).[2]

Contents
1 Published works
2 See also
3 External links
4 References


Published works
The Card Magic of LePaul (1949)
The Card Magic of Brother John Hamman (written and edited by LePaul) (1959)

See also
List of magicians
card magic
sleight of hand
cardistry

External links
See more about Paul LePaul at MagicPedia, the free online Magic encyclopedia.
Paul LePaul who's who
Paul LePaul exhibition
Table of contents for the Magic of Paul LePaul
IMDB information on Paul LePaul
IMDB Bio information on Paul LePaul
Photo of Paul LePaul

References

1.^ "The Magic of Paul LePaul".
2.^ "Magic Inventions and Magical Inventors".