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 (novel), 1945 novel by Lady Eleanor Smith
• 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 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

Music

• The Magic Lanterns, a 1960s music group
• Magic Lantern (album), 2023 art book and studio album by Yorushika
• Magic Lantern, a 1968 album by Haymarket Square

Theatre

• Magician's Lantern, 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
• Magic Lantern, a street theater and puppetry group in the 1970s, formed by Taffy Thomas

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

See also

• Magic lamp, a plot device in the story of Aladdin
• The Punch and Judy Murders, also published under the title The Magic Lantern Murders
• Laterna magica (disambiguation)