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 si ...

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 Green Lantern is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. They fight evil with the aid of rings that grant them a variety of extraordinary powers, all of which come from imagination, fearlessness, ...

* ''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 Timothy Garton Ash CMG FRSA (born 12 July 1955) is a British historian, author and commentator. He is Professor of European Studies at Oxford University. Most of his work has been concerned with the contemporary history of Europe, with a speci ...

recounting the fall of communism throughout Eastern Europe *''

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''

Music

The Magic Lanterns The Magic Lanterns were an English pop rock/soft rock group formed in Warrington, Lancashire. Career They formed in 1962 as The Sabres, playing locally in Manchester and changing their name a few years later. They signed to CBS Records after ...

, a 1960s music group *''Magic Lantern'', an album by

Haymarket Square Haymarket Square may refer to: * Haymarket Square (Boston), in Boston * Haymarket Square (Chicago), in Chicago * Haymarket affair The Haymarket affair, also known as the Haymarket massacre, the Haymarket riot, the Haymarket Square riot, or ...

Theatre

*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 ...

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 *

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 ...

, a theater in Bridgton, Maine, United States. *

Rainbow and Magic Lantern Cinemas Magic Lantern Theatres is a chain of 11 movie theatres in Canada. Three of these locations are Rainbow Cinemas discount theatres. Magic Lantern Theatres was founded in 1984 in Edmonton, Alberta, while Rainbow Cinemas was founded in the early 199 ...

, in Canada

Software

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) Magic Lantern is keystroke logging software created by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Magic Lantern was first reported in a column by Bob Sullivan of MSNBC on November 20, 2001 and by Ted Bridis of the Associated Pres ...

, FBI keylogging and surveillance software

Other uses

* Magic Lantern (charity), United Kingdom-based educational charity * ''Magic Lamp'' (film), a 2008 Indian Malayalam film

Books

Music

Theatre

Software

Other uses

See also