Magic lantern (disambiguation)

Not to be confused with magic lamp.

A magic lantern 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
• 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

• The Magic Lanterns, a 1960s music group
• Magic Lantern, an album by Haymarket Square
• 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
• Laterna Magika, a Czech theater in Prague which served as the headquarters for the Velvet Revolution reform movement
• Magic Lantern (theater), a theater in Bridgton, Maine, United States.
• Rainbow and Magic Lantern Cinemas, in Canada

Software

• Magic Lantern (firmware), enhancements to Canon digital SLRs
• Magic Lantern (spyware), FBI keylogging and surveillance software

Other uses

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

See also

• Laterna magica (disambiguation)
• Aladdin
• Jinn