James Laver's Nymph Errant. In 1951, Posford was again in collaboration with Maschwitz, writing Zip Goes a Million. Starring George Formby, the show ran for 544 performances at the Palace Theatre, and the songs included the title song, "Ridin' Into Town", "The Thing About You", "It Takes No Time To Fall In Love", "Nothing Breaks But The Heart", "I Owe You", "Big Business", "Trouble With My Heart", "Thou Art For Me", "Ordinary People" and "I'm Saving Up For Sally". Posford and Maschwitz also collaborated on Happy Holiday (1954), a musical version of Arnold Ridley's The Ghost Train. Among the songs from this show was "Sew A Silver Button On the Moon". Staged over Christmas, the show was unsuccessful. Personal life and death Posford married actress Rène Ray in August 1936. He died on 24 April 1976 in Worplesdon, Surrey, aged 70. He had a house built for him in Rustington, West Sussex, called Sark House and Noel Coward was a regular guest. Tributes An album of his works, Room Five-Hundred-and-Four: The Music of George Posford (named after his song of the same name) was recorded by Frank Barber and released by EMI Columbia in 1960. Works Musical theatre Goodnight, Vienna (1931) Balalaika (1936); co-composed with Bernard Grün Evangeline (1946 musical) (1946); music also by Harry Jacobson Her Excellency (1949); co-composed with Manning Sherwin Zip Goes a Million (1951) Happy Holiday (1954) Film scores Goodnight, Vienna (1932) The Good Companions (1933) Balalaika (1939) Magyar Melody (1939) Full Swing (1942) Orchestra Transatlantic Rhapsody (1942) References External links 1906 births 1976 deaths British film score composers British male film score composers British musical theatre composers People from Folkestone 20th-century classical musicians 20th-century British composers 20th-century British male musicians 20th-century British musicians