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Left: In her beautiful Hollywood home, Joan seemed a perfectly contented wife. She and Bill had so much in common. Despite which, intimates claim, a divorce was inevitable. Both had been married before. Their wedding was the most unHoliywood in history. There wasn't a soul from the movie industry at the ceremony. Even the best man was a lawyer, not a producer. They got off to a great start. Their marriage seemed so solid.
Right: Joan Fontaine and Bill Dozier, in their happier days, attending a formal Hollywood premiere. Both had a grand sense of humor, but it wasn't enough to laugh off their unexpected marital difficulties.
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Joan and Mark Stevens in an RKO film she made when Bill was just her boss.
THE most surprising Hollywood separation in years is that of Joan Fontaine and her husband, William Dozier, film executive. They had been married for three years and were generally considered to be one of the happiest couples, successfully combining their careers and marriage. Precisely what happened to this once ideal union is still a matter of speculation, although Dozier insists that love flew out the window and marriage can't exist without it. Joan waited until she had finished "Bed Of Roses," for RKO, before making the announcement. Shortly after that she sailed for Italy to make scenes for "September," a Hal Wallis production. They have a daughter, Deborah, who'll be a year old on November 1st. Joan and Bill were married in Me)(ico City, May 2, 1946. He proposed to her while she was in St. John's Hospital suffering from overwork and fatigue. They had seen each other but six times when he popped the important question.
''You know, you're not really sick at all," he had said. "You just need someone to take care of you." "Who?" Joan asked. "Me," Bill said.
"That's the strangest proposal I ever heard," Joan answered, "but I'm going to snap you up so fast you'll be dizzy."
Joan Fontaine and Gary Cooper have a rehearsal snack during preparation of "Farewell To Arms" for a CBS Screen Guild presentation.