Film editor Dann Cahn recommended a young woman he was dating for the part of a beautiful young woman in an episode of the show. Producer Stanley Rubin auditioned her and turned her down because she did not have enough experience. The young woman's name was Marilyn Monroe.
Stanley Rubin accepted an Emmy (for "The Necklace") in the award's first ceremony in 1949. However, Rubin is not listed as an Emmy winner in the official Emmy Awards database. Show producers and executive producers were never officially listed as award recipients until the 1965 Emmy Awards ceremony.
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In an unusual situation for a program lasting less that one full season, "Your Show Time" received two Emmy nominations in the television academy's first two ceremonial years (1949 and 1950).
The eligible programs for the 1949 Emmy winners and nominees were produced and televised in the Los Angeles area only. Presumably, the anthology and the segment "The Necklace" aired in Los Angeles a few months before airing nationally on NBC. The first Emmy ceremony was held January 25, 1949. "Your Show Time" premiered on NBC on January 21, 1949.