TO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON

TO JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON -This is no joke. It’s a sensation. The public’s screaming for more. -More what? -Talking pictures. -It’s just a freak. -What a freak! We should have such a freak at this studio.I told you talking pictures were a menace, but no one would listen to me. Don, we’re going to put our best foot forward. We’re going to make The Duelling Cavellier into a talking picture. -Talking picture? But that means I’m out of a job? At last I can start suffering and write that symphony. -You’re not out of a job. We’ll put you in as head of the music department. -Thanks. At last I can stop suffering and write that symphony. -Wait a second. Talking pictures! I think you should wait… -Every studio is jumping on the bandwagon. All the theatres are putting in sound equipment. We don’t want to be left out of it. To jump on the bandwagon ENG: join others in doing or supporting something fashionable or likely to be successful RUS: не остаться в стороне, подхватить идею, следовать последней моде To be left out of ENG: not included in something RUS: забытый Put your best foot forward ENG: to try as hard as you can RUS: пытаться изо всех сил Singin’ in the Rain (1952)