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, a 1968 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