Old Hollywood: The gossip columns said that the actor was drunk and fell down the stairs, which obviously wasn’t the case.
The male singer was let go and his arrest expunged thanks to the studio fixers but the actor wasn't so lucky.
He was in the closet for the entirety of his career
They were both A-list during their peak of popularity. One of the most famous screen teams of all times, appearing in a string of musicals that were big money makers for their studio. There’s a small contingent of fans who insist that they were romantically involved as well and that they continued their clandestine affair all through their later marriages right up until one half of the team’s passing away.