Blind Item #4 - Reader Blind Item - Old Hollywood

This permanently A list immediately recognizable Oscar winning actor was not a good person.  He was a bully, a blowhard, and a racist.  He was also a coward who dodged military service in World War II.  In the early 1960’s, he received his comeuppance while working on a movie with this also recognizable Oscar winning actor who's war record in the Pacific theatre  is the stuff of legend.  One of the few men in his company to survive combat, he was gravely injured and received several decorations and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.  The director on this movie was also a multiple Oscar winner and also had distinguished military service including a purple heart.  The war hero actor and the director spent the whole time on set mocking the war record or lack of one of the blowhard actor but he couldn’t do anything as either man would have easily beaten the crap out of him.  Phony tough guy meets real life tough guys.