Magic lantern (disambiguation)

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
• The Magic Lantern, a 1952 novel by Robert Carson satirizing Hollywood
• 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 (band)

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 (software), FBI keylogging and surveillance software

Other uses

• Magic Lantern Guides, series of aftermarket in-depth operating manuals for cameras
• Magic Lantern Deployment Contingency, a US Navy laser-based mine hunting system

See also

• Laterna magica (disambiguation)
• Aladdin
• Jinn