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{{Infobox film

| name = Diplomaniacs

| image = Diplomaniacs (1933) poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = William A. Seiter

| producer = Merian C. Cooper (executive producer)
Sam Jaffe (associate producer)

| writer = Joseph L. Mankiewicz (screenplay and story)
Henry Myers (screenplay)

| starring = Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
Marjorie White
Phyllis Barry
Louis Calhern
Edgar Kennedy

| music = 'Uncredited:'
Max Steiner
Roy Webb
'Songs:'
Harry Akst (music and lyrics)
Edward Eliscu (music and lyrics)
'Others:'
Bernhard Kaun (orchestration)
Eddie Sharpe (orchestration)

| cinematography = Edward Cronjager

| editing = William Hamilton

| distributor = RKO Radio Pictures

| released =

| runtime = 61 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $242,000Richard Jewel, 'RKO Film Grosses: 1931-1951', 'Historical Journal of Film Radio and Television', Vol 14 No 1, 1994 p56

| gross = $461,000}}

'Diplomaniacs' is a 1933 American pre-Code film starring Wheeler and Woolsey. The film in noted for its absurdist political satire, somewhat in the manner of 'Million Dollar Legs' or 'Duck Soup', both of which were released within a year of 'Diplomaniacs'.

Plot



The film concerns itself with the adventures of two men who have set up a failing business as barbers on an Indian reservation. When they are sent by the tribe as representatives to a peace conference in Europe, unbeknownst to them they face constant threats from other attendees. In particular, a group of armaments manufacturers want to ensure that the peace conference is a failure, and do everything they can to sabotage it.

Cast



* Bert Wheeler as Willy Nilly

* Robert Woolsey as Hercules Glub

* Marjorie White as Dolores

* Phyllis Barry as Fifi

* Louis Calhern as Winklereid

* Hugh Herbert as Chow-Chow, the China Man

* Edgar Kennedy as Chairman of the Peace Conference

* Richard Carle as Ship's Captain

* William Irving as Schmerzenpuppen

* Neely Edwards as Puppenschmerzen

* Billy Bletcher as Schmerzenschmerzen

* Ted Hart as Puppenpuppen

* Edward Cooper as Indian Chief

Box office



According to RKO records, the film made a profit of $65,000.

References




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