BOXING.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18848, 10 April 1931, Page 10

BOXING.

LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE. RETAINED BY LOSER. Bj Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, April 9. Owing to a technical breach of the rules on the part of the Northern Boxing Association, in not applying to the New Zealand Council for a permit to hold a contest for the lightweight championship of the Dominion, the title is still held by H. Johns, of Auckland.

Johns was recently defeated on points by Tommy Donovan (Waitara). Donovan, however, cannot be officially i ecognised as title-holder on account of the minor breach mentioned.

by a cast of distinguished players. ‘Romance’ becomes a glorious screen drama presented with a wealth of genuine artistry. It is as much of an achievement for the talking screen as it is a personal triumph for Greta Garbo. She makes an impression that will last for years in the role of Rita Cavailini, the Italian Dpera singer, to whom love can hold nothing but bitter memories. Her interpretation of the one love in the life of Cavallini. a love that is hopeless because of the past, is vividly clear. Lewis Stone is splendid as Cornelius, and there is fervent appeal about the acting of Gavin Gordeon which enables him to share in the major honours with Miss Garbo. There is a quaint charm about. ‘Romance’ which must appeal to everyone.”

“ KING OF JAZZ.” COMMENCES AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, SATURDAY. “King of Jazz." the super-musical extravaganza starring Paul Whiteman and his internationally famous orchestra. will be the extraordinary offering of the Theatre Royal, commencing on Saturday next. “King of Jazz" brings to the all-talking, all-singing, alldancing, and all technicolour screen, the most scintillant and colourful sound production so far envisioned by any film producer. It is the most costly, most elaborate, the most spectacular. and the most entertaining revue ever presented on either stage or screen, a veritable "revue of revues," which is loaded with the most celebrated stage and vaudeville headliners and the greatest stars of the studios The picture, consisting of eight stupendous musical spectacles between which ja re interspersed innumerable speciali ties and comedy acts, dramatic skits and blackouts, is filmed entirely in technicolour. The most beautiful girls, the most gorgeous costumes and the most lavish sets are presented as tableaux of loveliness never before even conceived. Besides Paul Whiteman and his band, who appear in person in a variety of numbers as well as providing the music all through the picture. “King of Jazz” presents an array of stars hitherto unapproached in a single picture. Laura La Plante. John Boles, the sensation of the singing screen; Jeanette Loff, Stanley Smith, the famous Russell Markert dancers, Grace Hayes, Billy Kent. Charles Irwin, Paul Howard, A 1 Norman, Tommy Atkins’ sextet, and Nell O’Day, all head-liners of the vaudeville stage; the celebrated Sisters “G.” the dancing rage of Europe brought especially from Berlin; Rose Statler. Jeanie Lang, and countless others from all spheres of the entertainment world appear in their choicest numbers. Mabel Wayne, who wrote “Spanish Town,” “Ramona.” and many other •song hits, wrote new music especially for the revue. George Gershwin contributed his immortal “Rhapsody in Blue,” conceded to be a classic of modern jazz, for an atmospheric number in which sixteen b2autiful girls toe-dance the number on the biggest piano ever built. Herman Rosse. the famous New York theatrical designer, who has been responsible for the costumes and scenic effects of many of the metropolis’s most celebrated shows, designed all the beautiful costumes and settings for “King of Jazz.” Each number, separate in itself, called for a separate setting, more lavish, more gorgeous than the last. A new innovation which he calls “colour-tone,” was invented for the picture by Rosse, by means of which he suits the moods of his creations exactly to the Whiteman music throughout the film.