Today's Blind Items - "Thought She Was Dead" - Old Hollywood

One half of this very famous duo thought he was going to have spend the rest of his life in jail. He thought he killed his wife. Our actor was a huge drinker and he was always beating his wife, generally after he had a few drinks. She would leave and he would apologize and she would come back. It was a never ending cycle. One night he was drinking and she was late getting dinner ready. he threatened to kill her. She laughed it off by literally laughing. Our actor went out to the garage and got a shovel and started beating her with it until she was motionless on the kitchen floor. Her screams prompted a neighbor to call the police. They arrived and rushed to the aid of the wife. It turns out she was still alive. barely. Our actor then said out loud that he thought he killed her. Nothing happened to him. The studio made most of it go away.