This negative is illuminated from the front by an arc lamp, and the light from this lamp passes through the transparent regions of the liquid-crystal layer to the middle layer.

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Making use of a table, a lamp, the front of the stage and a cast of hand-drawn marionettes, The Paper Cinema told two classic tales.

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After only a few minutes, the lights of the Lamanai Outpost faded into velvety darkness and the only light was a brilliant shaft from the halogen lamp at the front of the boat.

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If you rub the magic lamp as it appears right in front of your nose, it will spark further visual wizardry, with the stage transformed into a 3D cave of riches where Aladdin finds his fortune.

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The front window of the house has a replica of the leg-shaped lamp from the classic holiday movie "A Christmas Story".

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But my older brother James found the lamp under my seat and had to be stopped dashing to the front of the auditorium running up to the stage to claim the spoils which, unbeknown to him, was a great big doll.

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