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magic lantern
The magic lantern, also known by its Latin name , is an early type of image projector that uses pictures—paintings, prints, or photographs—on transparent plates (usually made of glass), one or more lens (optics), lenses, and a light source. ...
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, ...
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''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 and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors of all time, his films have been described as "profoun ...
*''The Magic Lantern'', a 1990 book by
Timothy Garton Ash recounting the fall of communism throughout Eastern Europe
*''
The Punch and Judy Murders'', also published under the title ''The Magic Lantern Murders''
Music
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The Magic Lanterns, a 1960s music group
*''Magic Lantern'', an album by
Haymarket Square
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''Magic Lantern'', 2023 art book and studio album by Yorushika
Theatre
*Magic Lantern, a street theater and puppetry group in the 1970s, formed by
Taffy Thomas
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Laterna Magika
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 Theatre, perform ...
, a Czech theater in Prague which served as the headquarters for the Velvet Revolution reform movement
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Magic Lantern (theater), a theater in Bridgton, Maine, United States.
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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 theater, discount theatres. Magic Lantern Theatres was founded in 1984 in Edmonton, Alberta, while Rainbow Cinemas was founde ...
, in Canada
Software
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Magic Lantern (firmware)
Magic Lantern is a firmware add-on for various Canon digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras and the EOS M. , enhancements to Canon digital SLRs
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Magic Lantern (spyware)
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 Pre ...
, 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
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''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 and theatre director and screenwriter. Widely consi ...
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Aladdin
Aladdin ( ; , , ATU 561, 'Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with '' One Thousand and One Nights'' (often known in English as ''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part of the original ...
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Jinn
Jinn or djinn (), alternatively genies, are supernatural beings in pre-Islamic Arabian religion and Islam.
Their existence is generally defined as parallel to humans, as they have free will, are accountable for their deeds, and can be either ...
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