magic lantern
The magic lantern, also known by its Latin name , is an early type of image projector that used pictures—paintings, prints, or photographs—on transparent plates (usually made of glass), one or more lenses, and a light source. Because a sin ...
is an early type of image projector, an ancestor of the modern slide projector.
Magic lantern may also refer to:
Books
*''Magic Lantern'', an alternate version of the comic book hero Green Lantern
* ''Magic Lantern'' (novel), 1945 novel by Lady Eleanor Smith
*''The Magic Lantern'', a 1952 novel by Robert Carson satirizing Hollywood
*''The Magic Lantern'', a 1988 autobiography by Swedish film director
Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer and playwright. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known ...
*''The Magic Lantern'', a 1990 book by Timothy Garton Ash recounting the fall of communism throughout Eastern Europe
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The Punch and Judy Murders
''The Punch and Judy Murders'' (also published under the title ''The Magic Lantern Murders'') is a mystery novel by the American writer John Dickson Carr (1906–1977), who published it under the name of Carter Dickson. It is a whodunnit and fea ...
'', also published under the title ''The Magic Lantern Murders''
*Magic Lantern, a street theater and puppetry group in the 1970s, formed by
Taffy Thomas
Taffy Thomas, MBE is a storyteller, based in Grasmere in the English Lake District.
Biography
In September 2009, Thomas accepted the honorary position of the UK's first Laureate for Storytelling, which was officially launched on 30 January 201 ...
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Laterna Magika Laterna magika ( cs, Laterna magika), largely considered the world's first multimedia theatre, was founded as a cultural program at the 1958 Brussels Expo. It launched its official activity on 9 May 1959, as an independent company of the National ...
, a Czech theater in Prague which served as the headquarters for the Velvet Revolution reform movement
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Magic Lantern (theater) The Magic Lantern is a movie theater in Bridgton, Maine, United States. It was demolished due to a sinkhole located on-site. The theater reopened at its new location on February 8, 2008.
Original Magic Lantern
The original theater, which had a ...
Magic Lantern (firmware)
Magic Lantern is a firmware add-on for various Canon digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras and the EOS M.Magic Lantern (software), FBI keylogging and surveillance software
Other uses
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Magic Lantern (charity)
Magic Lantern is an educational charity in the United Kingdom. It was founded by Diana Schomberg in 1994. The charity delivers interactive art history workshops in schools throughout England.
The charity's remit is to introduce children to art ...
, United Kingdom-based educational charity
* ''Magic Lamp'' (film), a 2008 Indian Malayalam film
See also
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Laterna magica (disambiguation) Laterna magica may refer to:
* Laterna Magika, a theater in Prague
* ''Laterna Magica'' (book), by Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film director, screenwriter, Film producer, producer and ...
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Aladdin
Aladdin ( ; ar, علاء الدين, ', , ATU 561, ‘Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' (''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of ...