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{{Infobox_Person
| Name = Paul Le Paul
| Background = [[close up magician]]
| Birth_name = Paul Shields Braden
| nationality = [[American]]
| known_for = [[sleight of Hand]], [[card magic]]
| Alias =Paul Le Paul
| Born = {{birth date and age|1900|08|02|df=y}}<br>[[Olney]], [[Illinois]]
| DateOfDeath = {{Dda|1958|06|08|1958|9|11}}
| Occupation = [[Magician]]
| birth_place = [[Olney]], [[Illinois]], [[USA]] {{flagicon|Illinois}} Born August 02, 1900
| death_cause = natural causes
| occupation = magician, performer, inventor
| death_date = [[June]] 08, [[1958]]
}}

== ”’History”’ ==
Paul LePaul ([[August]] 2, [[1900]] – [[June]] 8, [[1958]]) was born Paul Shields Braden in [[Olney]], [[Illinois]]. He grew up in [[St. Louis, Mo]].<br /><br />

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]] of [[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 Carroll]]s’ Vanities.<br /><br />

He was a technical adviser for movies, including ‘[[Eternally_Yours_(film)]]’ starring [[David Niven]] ([[1939]]). He also held a small role as the Butler. In that same year, Paul LePaul was also credited for being part of the miscellaneous crew on the film [[Miracles for Sale]].<br /><br />

During [[World War II]], he performed tours with the [[USO]].<br /><br />

‘LePaul is one of the greatest manipulative magicians ever to practice the art of pleasant deception.’ – John Mulholland<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.conjuringarts.org/exhibitions/lepaul/index.html |title=The Magic of Paul LePaul}}</ref><br /><br />

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 [[1940]]s. ([[Wallets]] did not become a common item until after the [[1950]]s). <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.magictricks.com/library/invented.htm | title=Magic Inventions and Magical Inventors}}</ref><br /><br />

== ”’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]]
*[[Magicians]]
*[[card magic]]
*[[sleight of hand]]
*[[cardistry]]

== ”’External Links”’ ==
*[http://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php/Paul_Le_Paul Paul LePaul MagicPedia entry]
*[http://www.magictricks.com/bios/whoswho-l.htm Paul LePaul who’s who]
*[http://www.conjuringarts.org/exhibitions/lepaul/index.html Paul LePaul exhibition]
*[http://archive.denisbehr.de/archive/resultbook.php?book=89&edit= Table of contents for the Magic of Paul LePaul]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494514/ IMDB information on Paul LePaul]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0494514/bio IMDB Bio information on Paul LePaul]
*[http://www.contrast-software.com/magicofmagic/no-flash/photoalbum/displayimage.php?album=3&pos=8 Photo of Paul LePaul]

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