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The Magic Lantern. La Lanterne magique, sold in the United States as The Magic Lantern and in Britain as The Magic Lantern, or the Bioscope in the Toy Shop, is a 1903 French silent trick film by Georges Méliès. It was sold by Méliès's Star Film Company and is numbered 520–524 in its catalogues.
- Silent
- Georges Méliès
- Zizi Papillon
- Star Film Company
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More than twenty-five hundred years ago, intellectuals from many cultures began to experiment with image projection in their attempts to understand the relationship between the mechanics of the human eye and the physical principles of light. Consequently, they discovered the value of image projection for religious, educational, and entertainment pu...
The invention and first public demonstration of the magic lantern has long been a subject of debate. In 1646 Athanasius Kircher (c. 1602-1680), a German Jesuit priest, detailed improvements in "mirror writing" in Ars Magna lucis et umbrae. This method of projecting images etched into highly polished metal plates had earlier been described by Giamba...
Improved projection technology had an immense impact on society in the following centuries. In many ways, because of the magic lantern's descendants—slide shows and motion pictures—people gained a new perspective about themselves and the world around them. Public moving picture exhibitions made everything larger than life, literally reflecting back...
Books
Chadwick, W. J. The Magic Lantern Manual.London: Frederick Warne, 1878. Hammond, John H. The Camera Obscura: A Chronicle.Bristol: Adam Hilger, 1981. Liesegang, Franz Paul. Dates and Sources: A contribution to the History of the Art of Projection and to Cinematography. Hermann Hecht, ed/trans. London: The Magic Lantern Society of Great Britain, 1986. Lindberg, David. Studies in the History of Medieval Optics.London: Variorum Reprints, 1983. Weiss, Richard J. A Brief History of Light and Those...
Internet Sites
Burns, Paul T. "The Complete History of the Discovery of Cinematography." www.precinemahistory.com.
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The American Magic Lantern Theater (AMLT) Location: Based in PA, but travel nationally and worldwide. Contact Terry Borton, tborton#magiclanternshows.com or 860-508-2265. Website: magiclanternshows.com. For the last 25 years AMLT has presented more than 1,000 magic lantern shows— from Lincoln Center in New York, to theaters, museums, and ...
Sep 9, 2017 · Before acquiring his first magic lantern in the mid-1970s, Balzer was not much of a collector—beyond a stack of comic books that his mother threw out when he left for college. He was, however, a born showman: a storyteller with a folksy patter and waggish grin. For him, the magic lantern is a device that needs to be operated, not swaddled in ...
Magic Lantern Films takes its name from the old Magic Lantern Theater, now called the Isla Vista Theater. In the 1970s, the Magic Lantern was an art house that screened classic, independent and foreign films. The new Magic Lantern picks up where the old one left off by screening critically acclaimed films as well as cult classics.
Oct 14, 2023 · For the last 25 years AMLT has presented more than 1,000 magic lantern shows— from Lincoln Center in New York, to theaters, museums, and cultural sites throughout the United States and the world. We have ten different shows, most with a holiday hook: Halloween, Christmas, New Years, Valentine, Spring, Patriotic, Civil War, Sea, Young Kids.
Magic lantern. ca. 1900. The Strong National Museum of Play. Rochester , United States. Long before we watched TV, Americans throughout the country enjoyed the wondrous and spooky images of the "magic lantern." The first projector and an early precursor of movies, it was among the most popular late-19th-century "philosophical toys ," meant to ...
